According to ABC News:

Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) made a secret trip to northern Syria last week to meet with U.S. troops and Kurdish fighters amid their longstanding battle to defeat ISIS, his office said Wednesday.

“Senator McCain traveled to northern Syria last week to visit U.S. forces deployed there and to discuss the counter-ISIL [another acronym for ISIS] campaign and ongoing operations to retake Raqqa,” a McCain spokesperson said in an emailed statement on Wednesday, referring to ISIS' Syrian capital. “Senator McCain’s visit was a valuable opportunity to assess dynamic conditions on the ground in Syria and Iraq.“

John McCain made a “secret trip” to Syria to supposedly talk to U.S. troops and allies who were getting ready to retake Raqqa from ISIS.

This article came out on February 17, 2017.

Donald Trump had recently become president, and McCain was panicked.

Why?

More from ABC News:

On Wednesday, the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition pushed further into Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, in a bid to wrest control of it from ISIS, which captured the city in 2014. Meanwhile, the U.S. military and its allies have for months been preparing a campaign to retake Raqqa in Syria, where ISIS has its de facto capital.

Members of Congress rarely travel to Syria, as it does not have diplomatic ties to the U.S.

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Under President Trump, our military was preparing to retake Raqqa, which ISIS had declared its new capital. The U.S. doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Syria, but that didn’t stop McCain from sneaking into Syria.

Why was it so important for McCain to travel to Syria at this critical moment?

Sometimes the enemy needs a face to face meeting in order to hide their treason.

Why was McCain desperate to go to Syria for a face to face meeting? Did you know that this was the second trip McCain had made to Syria

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