John McCain actually said...

For us to say that we are going to go in and help and train-and-equip these people, and only to fight against ISIL, you're not going to get many recruits to do that.

Context

McCain argues that focusing solely on ISIL will deter recruits for the Free Syrian Army.

09/15/2014

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