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Saudis Lobbied John McCain & Lindsey Graham to sell War.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/16/1330029/-Saudis-Lobbied-John-McCain-Lindsey-Graham-to-sell-War
The Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan had been appointed by Saudi King Abdullah to lead Saudi Arabia's efforts to control Damascus by toppling Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Officials inside the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] knew that Saudi Arabia was serious about toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad when the Saudi king named Prince Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud to lead the effort.
Saudi Prince Bandar was working hard to build support to topple Assad.
Prince Bandar has largely stayed out of Washington but held meetings with U.S. officials in the region. One was in September 2012. Sens. McCain and Graham, who were in Istanbul, met him in an opulent hotel suite on the banks of the Bosporus.
In January, 2014, Senator John McCain praised Prince Bandar on CNN
JOHN McCAIN: “Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar,”