The United States has never been particularly supportive of efforts by European nations to negotiate a ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine. Perennial hawks Sen. Lindsey Graham (R – SC) and John McCain (R – AZ) took things a step further, however, visiting Ukrainian troops on the frontlines and openly urging new military offensives against the ethnic Russian rebels.
Addressing the troops alongside Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Graham declared 2017 to be “the year of offensive” against Russia, insisting Ukraine’s fight was America’s fight, and that he was determined to make the Russian “pay a heavier price.”
Sen. McCain concurred, insisting that the US could not allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to “succeed” in Ukraine, because if he does he’s liable to also “succeed” in other countries around the world.
Graham is also said to be pushing a draft resolution aiming to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia for “trying to interfere with our election.” He insisted he would “never be satisfied” until the US punishes the Russian government.
Deranged war criminals all three.
Has Trump authorized McCain and Graham to conduct US foreign policy? If not, he ought to arrest them when they return.
Trump did tweet that the two of them are jumpiing at every chance to start WWIII.
So they are. McCain just wants to be a commander in chief. He tried, and keeps on trying. From the disaster in Georgia that he spearheaded, to the disaster in Ukraine — where he took plenty of pictures with an ardent Nazi “Svoboda” party. He is still at it. They are encouraging every outrage as Trump’s policy is still tied to the lie that Russia is not following Minsk agreements. Trump cannot make a U-Turn, and Putin is trying not to do anything to make it harder for Trump. So, for the two it looks like they cannot lose. But they have so far always lost to Russia. To start with, if your cause is a nefarious one — you deserve to lose. But this is what the twosome cannot see. They just want to win. The problem is, Russia’s response is always asymetrical. Take McCains strategy for Saashkavilli in Georgia’s 2008 attempt at “solving” the frozen conflict in South Ossetia. Agressive minds never understand the value of frozem conflicts. Without bloodshed, areas of conflict delay political decisions that are premature. This was the case of both Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both were not given the explicit constitutional right to have a referendum on their status following the constitutional separation of Georgia from Soviet Union. By freezing the conflict, Russia was able to keep peace, and in time, region could peacefully integrate with Georgia. But McCain advised a surprise attack on Russian peacekeepers, and forcing population into Russian Ossetia. While the masses were fleeing, Russia”s army took possession of the ONLY tunnel connecting the Russian Federation with South Ossetia. Once Russian AirForce took control, ground forces moved via Roky tunnel into Georgia. The bottom line, Georgia lost both, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia.
They are playing with fire in Ukraine. Lugansk and Donetsk are not the only regions that would like to bolt from Ukraine. There are five more: Zapopozhie, Herson, Mykolaevo, Dnyepropetrovsk, Odessa.
Well said Bianca There was also the matter that the Chechen Rebels read foreign insurgents, were being trained in Georgia and who was funding them! McCain was also photographed with the leaders of Al Nusra Front in Syria, that was before they split which also formed ISIS in those photos there are ISIS leaders as well!
Mcain loves war. He sits back in his office and gets rich as our boys get killed he does not care because he is nothing but a trader
And your evidence is…
That is exactly what I’m thinking. President Trump needs to put a leash on these two egomaniacs, or they will start a war that nobody wants.
This is why I am beginning to be suspicious of Trump. I think Trump doesn’t mean a word of what he says about Russia. If he does, he is certainly being undermined by neo-con rats inside his administration. Putin isn’t stupid and he will see right through Trump if Trump is BSing him. When Niki Halley said what she did at the UN and Trump didn’t correct her, tells Putin everything…Trump is full of BS.
A brief preview of O’Reilley this week (with Trump) has O’SOB asking him why he respects ‘killer Putin’ to which Trump responds that ‘we’ have been doing a lot of killing and are not innocent. The segment is cut shortly so it is probably a promo, but I thought it unusual that a President would actually say something like that. We shall see. Check out Zero Hedge for the clip.
McCain and Graham are trying to incite Putin into an ‘aggressive’ move. It won’t work as there should be little doubt that Trump has given assurance to Putin that the USG is not going to go to war with Russia over Ukraine.
They just might be able to do it too . Now that Trump seems to be coming up with some of the same stupid answers Graham and McCain come up with .. Russia has now also claimed the option of using a first strike nuclear attack to prevent a bigger war . It seems to me whoever strikes first would have the best chance of hitting the most destructive blow .
“It seems to me whoever strikes first would have the best chance of hitting the most destructive blow .”
That is true but Trump is focused on ISIS and some elements of the US military have been giving the Russians intelligence data to carry our airstrikes and other missions.
A recent piece by Seymour Hersh even says that some elements of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been funneling info to Syria itself via elements of German intelligence and others and that this has been going on for some time. They disagreed with Obama but he wouldn’t listen.
Obama and Hrc and Mcain and other congress members started isis. And Obama gave 221 million to the palestines for war against Isreal. But the main fact and main person is behind this is Soros it keeps coming back to him
And I gotta bridge for sale in NY.
They will detonate the nukes in the atmosphere to produce an EMP & they have superior submarines to ours which can come right up to our coast undetected to fire them from. A dozen nukes detonated 12 miles up will take the power out to the entire lower 48. We would have no counter options because our grid is not hardened . Within a couple weeks 1/2 the population would be dead. In 3 months 80-90% would be dead.
Its a good thing that Putin is smart and sees right through all of them.
Including his wife, right?
McCain and Graham are two lunatic warmongers that both should be institutionalized. They are deranged.
As Putin said of McCain, “He left his brains in a hole in Vietnam”, while, of course, he was spilling all he knew about Navy battle plans and making propaganda broadcasts. The way Graham leaps to attention every time he hears, “Israel”, I suspect a certain intelligence agency may have compromising information on him.
I’ll just cut the shit right now and say what no one else is aloud too. Graham is a bigger tranny than I am.
Not PC these days. But it is said that J. Edgar Hoover never found out that there was a Mafia because they had certain film clips. Also, Graham is not a senator from California.
Interesting how elements of the neocons use Ukraine to confront Russia, like a reliable patsy. Ukraine gets to take all the risks. McCain and Graham are just doing what they know best, start wars.
At last we have found a valid use for Camp Xray. The reptiles McCain and Graham should be stripped of their citizenship and consigned to Gitmo. These traitors ceased to represent US interests long ago.
And thats coming from someone who does not know the diff between human and reptile.
This is the latest and most visible of a series of US neocons urging Ukraine into an offensive. Ukraine did it, and it was a miserable failure.
Now they are blaming the Russians for fighting they started, and blaming anyone who says what they did for favoring Putin, being a “Russian spy” (WaPo comments) and more like it.
That war is going to get out of hand if the US allows these neocons free rein to make trouble. They’re dangerous.
This is similar to Cheney’s crew encouraging Georgia to attack Russia — lunacy that we then blame on the Russians when it turns out as anybody ought to have expected.
Yes and we donated 5 billion to help Georgia do it . Cheney even wanted to attack Russia because they responded to Georgia’s attack . This is where the world learned the bear is back . Medvedev was president of Russia at this time . A few NATO battle ships rushed to Georgia in the Black sea . Medvedev got nervous and telephoned his commander and asked now what will we do ? Don’t worry I can make those ships disappear was his reply . I suspect Russia’s fire power would have come from Crimea to control the Black sea . Now my president Trump wants the Russian people that voted to leave Ukraine .To reconsider and join against their will with the new NAZI Ukrainian government we installed in Ukraine with a illegal CIA coup . Trump is either not as smart as I thought he was or he thinks Putin is very stupid and ready to give Russia over to NATO
Or Trump will be given a playground to play with -/ like immigration. Neocons will run the rest.
Mcain wants war with Russia so he can take over the natural gas and everything else and Mcain thinks he will be that almighty powerful say. But Mcain and Graham are nothing but treasoness cowards who are bought and paid for by Soros. Trump better arrest Soros and send him to Russia ASAP
Will the press give them the Tulsi Gabbard treatment? – These criminals need to be arrested for violating the Logan Act! Who paid for this travel? Who did they meet with? Did they have State Department permission? Was this given by Trump or arranged prior to Jan 20th.
The neoconservative Senator’s should be sure to tell them that they are on the ash heap of history with dwindling power. They will gladly watch the death and destruction of Ukraine from the comfort of their sinecures.
NATO would likely disappear tf Russia and China really attack Ukraine and the 3 little Nazi Baltic states Russia and China never did cotton to nazis very well anyway .
You must be from Earth 47
So they are urging the Ukraine to violate the cease fire? Don’t they have grandkids that can join some kind of international brigade?
Are these 2 AIPAC golems joined at the hip or something? The Mossad must have some real great dirt on these 2 clowns for them to be such stooges for their AIPAC masters
Good point. And since everyone is so keen to investigate Trump’s supposed links with the Kremlin, it is not about time that the Justice Dept open a similar investigation to probe Crackpot McCain and Graham’s ties to various foreign governments, eg. Ukraine, Israel, Georgia?
The republicans that are bought by Soros is Mcain and Graham and Rubio and kasich and Ryan. Trump needs to drain this swamp fast
God, will these two creepy war-junkies just f**k and get it over with.
Songbird McCain & his lover Graham Crackers are not just warmongers who are bought & paid for by the corporate military industrial complex McCain is a war criminal who should be in Leavenworth
http://freedomoutpost.com/john-mccain-the-insane-traitor-who-masquerades-as-an-american-hero/
& WTF are we paying to send these criminals over there? This is the 2nd trip in a month
There senators not criminals….
Hate to burst your bubble, but the biggest criminals in this country are all in Congress
They should be arrested as war criminals. Even though they are senators, it gives them no right to go to foreign countries and persuade them to go to war. I am sure this is also against US law, as I’m sure they have no mandate from the President to do this.
And that Ukraine leader is nothing but crooked. He is also involved with pedophilia
And your proof?
You know why these two go to the Ukraine so often because there buddy makes sure they get there perverted wims filled. Mcain is a coward and graham is worse yet. He hides behind old weasel coward Mcain
You should know Katherine. Open wide now.
I guess it’s only a violation of the Logan Act if you are trying to stop a War?
Remember Logan’s Run?
This would be the same McCain that visited Syria illegally , he never went through Syrian Customs, his visit included Al Nusra front BEFORE they split with ISIS and he said these are the people we should be funding! al Nusra fronts former name was Al Qaeda in Iraq, now correct me if i am wrong but giving material support to Al Qaeda or its affiliates is actually a serious crime in the US, one that gets you locked up UNTIL your trial, that’s if you ever get a trial!
… for “trying to interfere with our election.” …
Basically the same strategy for both pushing a war and maintaining it’s prestige: if a fantasy gets a big hostile action done, or tends to justify after the fact, people will be scrambling to defend the fantasy much harder than they would any reality.
I have one thing to say to Graham. F-OFF! You freakin disgusting warmongering piece of garbage.
god help us
I just want to know who’s pulling the strings behind these two clowns. They’re too damned stupid to be doing all of this on their own, so whoever is leading them must be in almost daily contact with one or the other of them. Someone should check their appointment books for often recurring visitors. (I certainly have a very good hunch)