McCain# urges White House to consider a 'necessary# military component' to end Syrian# war

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain

The Hill, Oct. 5, 2016 - Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday urged the administration to consider a more forceful military component in its approach to ending the Syrian civil war.
'The Obama administration’s approach to Syria has failed miserably. Now is the time for a new strategy—including the necessary military component—that can achieve this more realistic objective,' McCain said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
The call comes as White House Cabinet officials prepare to meet on Wednesday to discuss new options to end the civil war in Syria, after U.S.-Russia talks to cooperate in Syria were officially suspended on Monday.
A National Security Council meeting, which could include the president, could be convened as early as this weekend, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
McCain said he believed Congress would back a more forceful approach against the Syrian regime, despite a seeming lack of support for U.S. airstrikes after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad conducted a chemical weapons attack in 2013 in defiance of President Obama's 'red line' against doing so. 

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