McCain And Graham Want To Arm Al Qaeda Influenced Syrian Opposition
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Is it really a good idea to arm those opposing Syrian’s dictator even if those people appear to be heavily influenced by Al Qaeda? If Egypt is any indication of what follows from an “Arab Spring”, namely an “Islamic Winter”, then arming those friendly to Al Qaeda may not be such a good idea. This is apparently what Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham want to do. From The Hill:
Two prominent Republican U.S. senators urged that the United States arm opposition forces in Syria Sunday as the government of Bashar al-Assad continued a bloody crackdown on the protests that have engulfed the nation.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who both serve on the Senate Armed Services committee, argued that arming rebel fighters in the country could help beat back a Syrian government with close ties to Iran.
“Breaking Syria apart from Iran could be as important to containing a nuclear Iran as sanctions,” Graham said at a press conference in Kabul, according to the New York Times. “If the Syrian regime is replaced with another form of government that doesn’t tie its future to the Iranians, the world is a better place.”
Graham and McCain were in Afghanistan as part of a larger tour through the Middle East. The former GOP presidential candidate said that Syrian rebels needed help to defend themselves.
“I believe there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct United States involvement,” McCain said. “The Iranians and the Russians are providing Bashar Assad with weapons. People that are being massacred deserve to have the ability to defend themselves.”
“So I am not only not opposed, but I am in favor of weapons being obtained by the opposition,” McCain added…
The opposition army has adopted a flag that is known for being connected to Al Qaeda.
I am not sure there are any good options in Syria that would stop one dictatorship and not replace with another.
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