“I think we ought to take action on all fronts including Syria.”
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It took him awhile, but it appears that Carl has swallowed a dose of reality.  On Sunday’s Meet The Press, he finally admitted that Al-Qaeda is in Iraq and American troops needed to stay there for “a counter-terrorism purpose.” I am no fan of his and have never voted for him, but i will give credit where credit is due and say thank-you for doing the right thing!
From Redstate:
Today, he got bolder and and called for escalation of the offensives against both Iran and Syria. Bravo. Speaking at a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting, Senator Levin said to John Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence,
I think we ought to take action on all fronts including Syria and any other source of weapons coming in, obviously Iran is the focus – but it shouldn’t be the sole focus.
Folks, did you get that? In addition to admitting we need to keep troops behind in Iraq, Carl Levin now says we need to go after Syria and Iran. In fact, in asking John McConnell about what steps were being taken to cut off weaponry coming in from Syria, Levin went so far as to ask this question:
I was just wondering, does the military have a plan to, if necessary, to go into Syria to go to the source of any weapons coming from Syria?
The video is here.
SEN CARL LEVIN (D-MI): “Now, in terms of the weapons coming in from Syria, those weapons that you’ve described as coming in from Syria and perhaps other Sunni neighbors are killing our troops. Do we have a plan to address the Syrian weapon source — of killings of our troops?”
JOHN MCCONNELL, Director of National Intelligence: “Sir, I know the military is working that border area to close it down from not only weapons but also jihadists coming in –”
LEVIN: “It’s more than just — we’re trying to close down the Iranian border area too. The problem is that these weapons are coming from a state which is — doesn’t recognize Israel either, just like Iran doesn’t. We’ve got to try to stop weapons coming into Iraq from any source that are killing our troops. I agree with the comments about trying to stop them coming in from Iran, I think we have to try stop them that are going to the Sunni insurgents as well as to the Shia. I was just wondering, does the military have a plan to, if necessary, to go into Syria to go to the source of any weapons coming from Syria? That are going to Sunni insurgents? That are killing our troops? : I think we ought to take action on all fronts including Syria and any other source of weapons coming in, obviously Iran is the focus – but it shouldn’t be the sole focus.” (Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 02/27/07)
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I do have one question for Senator Levin. Even if the military does have a plan to go into any country that is providing weapons to the militias, exactly WHY would they give it to ANY Democrat other than Joe Lieberman? I wouldn’t trust any of them with the combination to a gym locker let alone a secret battle plan for an invasion of a hostile foreign state. Not only are they NOT authorized to have that information, but they have a history of leaking any bit of secret intelligence crossing their paths to the nearest New York Times reporter.
1, FAO, I’d go farther, I wouldn’t give any Democrat my daughter’s cell phone number.
I remember when Oliver North testified to Congress, in response to a question why certain members were not informed of Administration plans, he replied that “…some members of Congress cannot be trusted.”
It was absolutely true then and now. Congress has a number of traitors who are ready and willing to compromise America in order to gain some perceived political advantage.
The first president to comment on the inability of Congress to keep secrets was… (drum roll please)…. Thomas Jefferson. Even as early as 1800, there were those in the Congress who would happily make sensitive information public for the purposes of political gain. The more things change, the more they remain the same. There is a reason as to why the President is Constitutionally charged with being Commander in Chief. The founding fathers saw exactly how little would get done should the egos of a committee came into play when vital decisions were required in a timely fashion. Hell, US voters have been screaming for a #$%^&* wall to help secure our southern border and Congress has been actively fighting the will of the people solely for the purpose of political gain.