At least on MSNBC last night, not everyone is happy with John McCain's (possible) rogue trip to meet with rebels in Syria. Especially his renewed call for giving them arms.
There were two experts on that region interviewed last night who said this just undermines everything the Obama administration has been trying to do to get some peace process started there.
One said, vehemently, the only way to stop the violence is to stop sending more arms to the country -- both to the Assad regime, as Iran and Hezbollah are doing, and to the rebels. We're just engaging in an arms race by proxy.
The other problem with arming rebels is that there is no clarity about who would be getting the arms and whether they are ones who could govern if they gain power -- or whether the arms would just be fueling sectarian inter-fighting and brutality.
Also the other said, Secretary of State John Kerry "must be pulling out his hair" in exasperation at McCain's undermining tactic.
Ralph
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