Ariz. Sen. John McCain Blasts Obama, Fall of Ramadi as 'One of the Most Disgraceful Episodes in American History'

Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain has recently blasted President Barack Obama's foreign policy after the Iraqi city of Ramadi fell to the Islamic State, suggesting that the president should never have removed U.S. troops from Iraq.

McCain made his comments in a recent interview with Fox News, where he said that the fall of Ramadi to the terrorist group, coupled with the president's handling of the Islamic State, serves as "one of the most disgraceful episodes in American history."

The senior senator from Arizona added that he believes the president's handling of the terrorist group is a "failure of a policy, which I think is not enough of anything."

McCain followed up in an interview with MSNBC, telling "Morning Joe" that the fall of Ramadi is "terribly significant" and proves that the U.S. needs to put more troops on the ground in Iraq.

It's huge," he said Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "Now you've seen virtually everybody who has come talk … this morning have all said we need more boots on the ground. Not the 82nd Airborne, but we're going to have to have more people on the ground, and this is really serious, the fall of Ramadi."

This past weekend, the Islamic State hoisted its infamous black flag over the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's largest providence, after days of fighting with local government forces.

Several foreign policy experts see the taking of Ramadi as the first successful victory by the Islamic State since Iraq and the U.S. announced a coalition to defeat the terrorist group last summer.