Republican Senator John McCain in a statement on Sunday said: "President Trump last week signaled to the world that the United States would prematurely withdraw from Syria. Bashar Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers have heard him, and emboldened by American inaction, Assad has reportedly launched another chemical attack against innocent men, women and children, this time in Douma".
The hard-line chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called on President Trump to launch a military strike on the Syrian government, following reports of a chemical attack near the capital Damascus.
The alleged chemical attack on Saturday in the militant-held town of Douma in the Eastern Ghouta region left dozens dead and drew international condemnation from various countries and international bodies. The Assad government has strongly rejected allegations of using chemical munitions.
Trump had earlier announced that he wants to withdraw US troops from Syria, complaining that Washington has wasted trillions of dollars in Middle East wars. He subsequently changed his mind, and decided to keep US forces in Syria for the time being, after his own national security team and the Pentagon opposed the move.
Meanwhile, American political analyst E. Michael Jones, in an interview with Press TV last Tuesday said: "Daesh militants were proxies of the United States to begin with. If the United States is not supporting them, they will not come back.”
E. Michael Jones also said that McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham are complete operatives of the US Deep State.
“Lindsey Graham and John McCain are two of the biggest warmongers in the United States Senate. They are complete operatives of the Deep State. Their job is to keep these wars going in the Middle East, for lots of reasons; first of all, in the interest of Israel, that’s why he mentioned Iran, because Israel does not want any Iranian influence whatsoever in that area, but also in the interest of the military-industrial complex".
