John McCain with kidnapper
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John McCain in Syria. In the foreground at right is the director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force. In the doorway, center, Mohammad Nour.
As the implacable advance of ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) militants in Iraq continues, several US senators called for a new bombing campaign against the jihadists and for the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down.

Senators Dianne Feinstein and John McCain are calling for the US intervene in Iraq again, this time to bomb the groups of ISIS terrorists who have captured a series of Iraqi cities in rapid succession and to kill everyone they regard as a security risk.

According to a new report by the Center for American Progress (CAP), the US should "prepare for limited counterterrorism operations against ISIL, including possible air strikes."

"I think most important is that we take direct action now against ISIL, marching down to Baghdad, and prevent them from getting into Baghdad," said Feinstein (D-CAL), head of the Senate Intelligence Committee.


Comment: McCain is calling for the bombing of the same group of people that he met and supported in Syria and in Libya. Wherever McCain goes the stench of war and destruction follows.

It should also come as no surprise that the Center for American Progress is sponsored by companies such as General Electric, Boeing and Lockheed.


Senator John McCain (R-AZ) also supports the idea of air strikes. After US President Barack Obama announced the deployment of 275 troops to Iraq to provide security for the US Embassy in Baghdad against Sunni insurgents, McCain said that his concern is "whether we're going to do anything besides send a few extra marines, which won't do anything," he said.

Both Feinstein and McCain accused the acting government of Nouri al-Maliki of an inability to curb the Islamist insurgency in the country, and claimed that a regime change in Baghdad is necessary.

"I think it's most important that the Maliki government be replaced, and that includes Mr. Maliki, with a reconciliation government," Feinstein said, adding: "Based on all I've heard, read and know, Mr. Maliki is not able to bring about reconciliation in that country."

The Obama administration should send representatives to Baghdad to "work with Maliki and tell him he's got to step down and have a coalition government," McCain said, agreeing with the idea of al-Maliki stepping down.

The centrist Center for American Progress, an organization with close ties to the White House, has urged the White House to protect Iraq from disintegration and to mount a military campaign against ISIL and other extremist groups.

Former Congressman Ron Paul however condemned the current White House's foreign policy and cautioned President Obama against a potential US military intervention in Iraq.
"They cannot admit they were wrong about the invasion being a 'cakewalk' that would pay for itself, so they want to blame last week's events on the 2011 US withdrawal from Iraq. But the trouble started with the 2003 invasion itself, not the 2011 troop withdrawal. Anyone who understands cause and effect should understand this," Paul wrote.