Senator John McCain has been a very, very busy old crank. If you recall, when the ex-Soviet State Georgia launched a doomed attack on Russian territory, McCain claimed “We are all Georgians now”. This was in a vain attempt to rally the U.S. and NATO into clashing with Russia, a non-starter.
As we will see, the debacle in Syria also has to do with Russia, as Putin is Assad’s ally and arms supplier – which helps to keep a fragile balance of power in the region. When Obama and Putin agreed to handle the destruction of Syrian gas weapons it ended the neo-con plan to bomb Syria and destroy it as they did in Libya. An effort to pry any cooperation between Obama and Putin apart has been underway in Ukraine. Senator McCain was one of the first to amble over to Kiev and wrap his arms around the first fascist he could find:
Above we see McCain and Oleh Tyahnybok, leader of the anti-Semitic Svoboda Party. Svoboda is the umbrella group that contains offshoots that are openly Nazi in their statements and methods.
For a deeper look into the Nazi storm troopers in Ukraine, see “The Neo-Cons, The Nazis and The Snipers” from March 2014. (LINK)
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Over at the European-based “Voltaire Network”, Thierry Meyssan has a very well-researched article that clearly links McCain to the leader of the “Islamic State”, also known as ISIS. (LINK)Here’s a few excerpts from Meyssan’s piece:
“On February 22nd, John McCain was in Lebanon. He met members of the Future Movement (the party of Saad Hariri) whom he charged to oversee the transfer of arms to Syria around the MP Okab Sakr [4]. Then, leaving Beirut, he inspected the Syrian border and the selected villages including Ersal, which were used as a basis to back mercenaries in the war to come.
The meetings chaired by John McCain were clearly the trigger point for a long-prepared Washington plan; the plan that would have the UK and France attack Libya and Syria simultaneously, following the doctrine of “leadership from behind” and the annex of the Treaty of Lancaster House of November 2010. [5]”
“In May 2013, Senator John McCain made his way illegally to near Idleb in Syria via Turkey to meet with leaders of the “armed opposition”. His trip was not made public until his return to Washington. [6]”
“In photographs released at that time, one noticed the presence of Mohammad Nour, a spokesman for the Northern Storm Brigade (of the Al-Nosra Front, that is to say, al-Qaeda in Syria), who kidnapped and held 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in Azaz. [8] Asked about his proximity to al-Qaeda kidnappers, the Senator claimed not to know Mohammad Nour who would have invited himself into this photo.
The affair made a great noise and the families of the abducted pilgrims lodged a complaint before the Lebanese judiciary against Senator McCain for complicity in kidnapping. Ultimately, an agreement was reached and the pilgrims were released.
Let’s suppose that Senator McCain had told the truth and that he was abused by Mohammad Nour. The object of his illegal trip to Syria was to meet the chiefs of staff of the Free Syrian Army. According to him, the organization was composed “exclusively of Syrians” fighting for “their freedom” against the “Alouite dictatorship” (sic). The tour organizers published this photograph to attest to the meeting.”
“If we can see Brigadier General Idriss Salem, head of the Free Syrian Army, one can also see Ibrahim al-Badri (foreground on the left) with whom the senator is talking. Back from the surprise trip, John McCain claimed that all those responsible for the Free Syrian Army were “moderates who can be trusted”
“However, since October 4, 2011, Ibrahim al-Badri (also known as Abu Du’a) was on the list of the five terrorists most wanted by the United States (Rewards for Justice). A premium of up to $ 10 million was offered to anyone who would assist in his capture. [9] The next day, October 5, 2011, Ibrahim al-Badri was included in the list of the Sanctions Committee of the UN as a member of Al Qaeda. [10]
In addition, a month before receiving Senator McCain, Ibrahim al-Badri, known under his nom de guerre as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, created the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ÉIIL) – all the while still belonging to the staff of the very “moderate” Free Syrian Army. He claimed as his own the attack on the Taj and Abu Ghraib prisons in Iraq, from which he helped between 500 and 1,000 jihadists escape who then joined his organization. This attack was coordinated with other almost simultaneous operations in eight other countries. Each time, the escapees joined the jihadist organizations fighting in Syria. This case is so strange that Interpol issued a note and requested the assistance of the 190 member countries. [11]
For my part, I have always said that there was no difference on the ground between the Free Syrian Army, Al-Nosra Front, the Islamic Emirate etc … All these organizations are composed of the same individuals who continuously change flag. When they pose as the Free Syrian Army, they fly the flag of French colonization and speak only of overthrowing the “dog Bashar.” When they say they belong to Al-Nosra Front, they carry the flag of al Qaeda and declare their intention to spread Islam in the world. Finally when they say they are the Islamic Emirate, they brandish the flag of the Caliphate and announce that they will clean the area of all infidels. But whatever the label, they proceed to the same abuses: rape, torture, beheadings, crucifixions.
Yet neither Senator McCain nor his companions of the Syrian Emergency Task Force provided the information in their possession on Ibrahim al-Badri to the State Department, nor have they asked for the reward. Nor have they informed the anti-terrorism Committee of the UN.”
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So we see that McCain was conspiring with and arming the same groups that have swept across a large swath of the middle east, a brutal cadre of heavily armed terrorists that have already slaughtered thousands, including non-Sunni Muslims. They have been armed and trained at NATO bases in Turkey and Jordan, financed by the Saudi’s and directed by the CIA. How has this been allowed to happen? One popular theory is that the U.S. is hell-bent on breaking up large countries (See this link), turning them into much smaller entities that are vulnerable to resource extraction and pose no economic threat to western corporations. The ISIS army may very well be intended to be used in Islamic States bordering Russia and ultimately go after the Saudi throne as the dog biting the hand that feeds it.
After all, Al-Qaeda was a creation of the Neo-Cons to fight the Russians in Afghanistan. Look how well that worked out.
For more information on John McCain and ISIS, read the full article at Voltaire Network at this link.
Another puffy, white guy who has long since passed the point of being useful!