Melbourne – U.S. Senator John McCain said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to global security than ISIS, and warned that the Senate would push for sanctions against Moscow for its alleged interference in the U.S. election.
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McCain, a leading foreign policy voice in the U.S. Congress, was speaking in an interview in Australia, where he has held security talks on his way to a defense summit in Singapore.
“I think he (Putin) is the premier and most important threat, more so than ISIS,” McCain said in an interview on Australian Broadcasting Corp television.
He said while there was no evidence the Russians succeeded in changing the U.S. election outcome, they were still trying to change elections, including the recent French vote.
“I view the Russians as the far greatest challenge that we have,” said McCain, who is chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee.
“So we need to have increased sanctions and hopefully when we come back from our recess, the Senate will move forward with sanctions on Russia and enact other penalties for Russian behavior.”
McCain, who has been a critic of President Donald Trump, said he believes the national security team around Trump is developing a strategy that will lead to “victory” in Afghanistan, and Trump has great confidence in that team.
“I do believe that most of the time that he accepts their advice and counsel. Can I tell you that he does all the time? No. And yes, does it bothers me? Yes, it bothers me,” he said.
what’s he been drinking lately???????????????
Good thing Mr. McCain isn’t running the country.
McCain – rhymes with “insane”, doesn’t it?
This weasel is the biggest danger to the USA, he’s a rino, he’s sleazy and sly and likes to attack conservatives as well as trump at every opportunity. Yes he was a hero, however the wars scarred him. He’s mentally unfit to fill any official role. He needs to go to bed in a mental institution.
Also McCain believes Trump shot Kennedy & aliens are coming
Unfortunately ignorance is a bliss and you are very blessed. The Danger of Putin is that he has the Russian Orthodox Church behind hm A institution without scruple and trained as a KBG agent who has no scruples
I respect Senator McCains opionions, which were formed during his service in Nam, his captivity there, and his forty years in government.
This compares quite favorably with the Orange Menuvals military dervice where?, his extreme sacrifice for his country over the last 40 years NOT, his vast experience in banqkruptcy court, stiffing his employees and contractors, screwing the students of Trump University and all the other great accomploshmints running businesses and Casinos into the ground, and not getting a single bill or budget passed since his inauguration ( ON Day 1 I will build the wall, repeal and replace Obamacare, move the emabassy to Yerushalayim, put the miners back to work, repeal NAFTA ,make America the laguhingfstok of the world oops make America Great again (in the eyes of Kellayane and Spicer at least), respect all women etc BS pile it on.
Putin eliminated one his foes in London by poisoning him with an atom cocktail. McCAIN as more brain in his little finger than all of you, shmiggeges
Russia is more dangerous than ISIL? Is Russia chopping off heads on you tube? Is russia sending millions to the golug? Is Russia digging mass graves? Is Russia kidnapping young yazidi girls and selling them as sex slaves? Did Russia do anything different than what other countries do?
Do we have to be vigilant and watch our backs? Yes. But come on “interfering” in other country elections is not the “most” dangerous thing. Such a backward thinker. We need to think about the 21st century. We need to think forwardly. So Sad
Wait didn”t Romeny get flack from the democrats for saying the same thing in 2012? So when its suites the democrats, then Russia is not a threat but now in the Trump era they are?
To # 5. No. Trump truly believes Cruz’s father shot Kennedy, and the aliens are coming from Mexico
Read Aleksander Dugin and you will see McCain is correct
To TrumIsrez 4-8. I still prefer McCains way of thinking to Trumps way of reacting. Trumps only two thoughts are 1. I know the whole world revolves around me, why cant everybody else see that, and 2. Who can I screw (literally and figuratively) next.
Putin is able legally wherever there is Russian embassy to place one of his agents and created havoc inn that country
What an idiotic statement. Time for him to retire.