If we turn our backs now on the millions of people in Libya and Egypt and Syria and other countries across the Middle East, people who share so many of our values and interests, people who are the true authors of the Arab Spring, we will hand our common enemies, the terrorists and extremists, the very victory that they seek.
John McCain: “If we turn our backs now on the millions of people in Libya and Egypt and Syria and other countries across the Middle…”
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John McCain warns against abandoning support for democratic movements in the Middle East following the attacks.
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