Sen. John McCain accused of posing with kidnappers in Syria

Washington Times

Sen. John McCain is denying Lebanese media reports that he posed with known kidnappers during his recent visit to Syria.

Two men pictured next to Mr. McCain were responsible for kidnapping 11 Lebanese Shiites, press from that country is claiming, as reported in the Daily Mail. And nine of those abducted are still being held hostage, the Daily Star in Beirut claims.

The two suspected kidnappers — Mohamed Nour and Abu Ibrahim — in the photo with Mr. McCain are members of the Northern Storm militant group, who are believed to have planned and executed the abduction, the Daily Star said.

Mr. McCain’s office went on the defensive, issuing a statement through spokesman Brian Rogers.

“A number of the Syrians who greeted Sen. McCain upon his arrival in Syria asked to take pictures with him, and as always, the senator complied,” he said, as quoted in the Daily Mail. “[It] would be regrettable” if those pictured with the senator were kidnappers, he added.

Mr. Rogers also assured that Mr. McCain does not condone “the kidnapping of Lebanese Shia pilgrims or [have] any communication with those responsible,” the Daily Mail reported.

See why I don't like this guy? What in the world is he even doing over there? We're running guns to people who are evil! McCain is adamant that we supply these rebels but many of these people are of the Muslim Brotherhood or Al Quaida. People who have stabbed us in the backs, people we were fighting only a few years ago.

The United States is now in bed with Islamic terrorists. Imo, this is what the Benghazi story is all about. The Unite4d States is once again meddling into the affairs of a bunch of people dedicated to wiping Israel off the map and planning one day to see the crescent moon flag flying over the Capital and White House. These militants are evil, terrorists and I promise you this will come back to haunt us.

Such a tool mccain is. Amazing how different he is from bush, yet in 08 all we heard were 4 more years of bush.

Pun wrote:Such a tool mccain is. Amazing how different he is from bush, yet in 08 all we heard were 4 more years of bush.

We are actually ending up with 8 more years of Bush. To bad most are to blind to see or to stubborn to admit it.

Worse than, my friend. A conti uation, but worse than.