Wednesday, in response to Russia’s air strikes in Syria, with early reports that civilian Syrian rebel are being targeted instead of ISIS, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) gave a speech on the Senate floor. McCain said, “We now have information that the Russians have now launched air strikes in Syria, ostensibly against ISIS. In reality, it is not clear. In fact, there is information that some of these strikes were at Homs and the latest information is that the Syrian observatory for human rights reports that at least 27 people were killed, and that six children were among the dead. These strikes near the city of Homs is not under control of ISIS—of the Islamic state. So already we are seeing the true intentions of Vladimir Putin, which is to maintain a strong position in Syria, his foothold in the Middle East, and his propping up of Bashar al-Assad, who has killed at least 250,000 of his own citizens through the horrible process of barrel bombing, has driven millions into refugee status, with the full and complete support of Iran and Vladimir Putin.” “I said to my colleagues over the past six-and-a-half years, President Obama has sounded retreat across the Middle East. In fact,