McCain Meets With Libyan Rebels in Benghazi

He called the members of the opposition "heroes"

By U.S. News Staff

April 22, 2011 RSS Feed Print

Republican Sen. John McCain met with rebel forces in Libya Friday and applauded the opposition’s efforts. In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, McCain called members of the opposition “heroes.” McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has been a strong supporter of the U.S. military intervention in Libya, having urged the United States to get involved in Libya even before the UN security council called for it. But he has been critical of the United States’s withdrawal of combat aircraft and the decision to hand control over to the NATO. McCain’s visit comes as President Obama authorized the use of armed Predator drones against Qadhafi’s forces, intended to help improve attacks on the ground.  [Read McCain’s first person account of being a POW.]

--Caitlin Huey-Burns

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I don't think that the "free Libyans" desire to free themselves from TERRORIST Gaddafool for submit themselves to other theocrat terrorists like Hamas, Hezbollah, The Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, or any dictator ayatollah like in Iran theocracy!

"free Libyans" take every help they can find for killing Gaddafool, but they aim for freedom and modern democracy, and not for coming 1400 years back with Hamas, Hezbollah, The Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, or any theocrat, that all want to live as plutocrat Muhammed, marrying a 6 years old girl Aicha and screwing it when 9 years old...

Terrorists must all be killed, and I don't understand that terrorist Gaddafool is still alive after so many bombing! Ronald Reagan had begun the job, Barack Obama should finish it!

Jean-Francois Morf, Charrat, Switzerland 1:40PM April 27, 2011

Aiding a abetting rebel forces in Libya is problematic for me.

First, its taking sides in a civil war.

We are broke already and can't afford to fund this conflict.

Who is to say what form of government will fill the void?

Belief that the coming storm of Radical Islam will not govern Libya is childish.

The rebels have been identified as Hamas, Hezbollah, The Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda fighters who fought and killed Americans in Iraq. Our Enemy. Why on earth would we fund them?

We all know weapons and training we give them will be used against Israel.

The solution is to take out Qaddafi in a covert operation and be done with the conflict. Do the deed and get the F$#K out.

Dr Helldigger of AZ 12:27PM April 22, 2011

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