What's Obama's strategy on Syria?
- 9 years ago
Republican presidential candidates on Sunday expressed skepticism over President Barack Obama's plan to deploy a small number of special forces to Syria, saying it showed "weakness", Reuters reported.
Both the White House and the State Department insisted Friday that the Syria strategy had not changed, though Secretary of State John Kerry refused to rule out more U.S. commandos being sent to Syria.
"What we're about to accomplish is to turn Syria over to Russia and Iran, and to make sure that we never destroy ISIL on Obama's watch, and pass this mess on to the next president," Graham was quoted as having said on the "Fox News Sunday" program, referring to the Islamic State .
Senator John McCain, also a former presidential candidate who lost to Obama in the 2008 elections, said that, "unfortunately, this limited action is yet another insufficient step" taken by a president who "continues to have no realistic" and "coherent" strategy on Syria.
Both the White House and the State Department insisted Friday that the Syria strategy had not changed, though Secretary of State John Kerry refused to rule out more U.S. commandos being sent to Syria.
"What we're about to accomplish is to turn Syria over to Russia and Iran, and to make sure that we never destroy ISIL on Obama's watch, and pass this mess on to the next president," Graham was quoted as having said on the "Fox News Sunday" program, referring to the Islamic State .
Senator John McCain, also a former presidential candidate who lost to Obama in the 2008 elections, said that, "unfortunately, this limited action is yet another insufficient step" taken by a president who "continues to have no realistic" and "coherent" strategy on Syria.