Posted on 04/14/2018 3:06:12 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham released the following statement on the U.S. strikes in Syria.
“I applaud and admire the bravery of our men and women in uniform. They continue to carry out their duties and responsibilities in a manner which makes all Americans proud.
“President Trump deserves credit for working with our allies and ordering this strike against Assad. He is a ruthless butcher who has murdered hundreds of thousands of Syrians and should be considered a war criminal.
“But I fear that when the dust settles this strike will be seen as a weak military response and Assad will have paid a small price for using chemical weapons yet again. Assad has likely calculated a limited American strike is just the cost of doing business. Russia and Iran will view the limited action as the United States being content to drop a few bombs before heading for the exits. We seem to have settled on and be comfortable with being the chemical weapons police.
“It’s not the type of sustained, game-changing strategy that will lead to Assad, Russia, or Iran changing or reevaluating their strategy in Syria. It is clear our military response was a tactical response meant to deter future chemical weapons attacks. That’s a positive. But it was not part of an overall strategy to degrade Assad’s war making capability or counter Iranian and Russian aggression.
“To those who believe the administration does not have a strategy when it comes to Syria, I respectfully disagree. The administration does have a strategy – and it’s to withdraw from Syria as quickly as possible.
“To do so will be letting the radical Islamists off the mat to regroup and organize, put Israel at increased risk from Iran and its proxy Hezbollah who will now have two neighboring countries (Syria and Lebanon) to use as bases of operations, strengthen the role of Putin’s Russia in the Middle East, and create havoc for our Arab allies in the region. At the end of the day, this will be seen as a victory for Russia and Iran. It’s a nightmare for the Syrian people and our regional allies, both Arab and Israeli. We have seen this movie before. It does not end well and is a recipe for disaster.
“Ignoring the situation in Syria, simply saying — Not Our Problem — was a losing strategy when President Obama adopted it five years ago. And it’s a losing strategy still today.”
Can’t please some people.
He inherits McCain’s war-profiteering donors.
Send your son, Lindsey. Oops. Send your favorite twink.
IMHO, Lindsay (sp) is a gay warmonger.
He’s a Democrat when it comes to worrying about some vague Trumpian wrongdoing; he’s right out front with McCain when it comes to putting our troops in harm’s way.
Is there such a condition as being a Nymphomaniac for War?
Some of the old guard GOP are insatiable.
Well if Lindsey Graham said it, my mind is at ease. That's the next best thing to a pronouncement by McCain.
Linda; The NG lawyer. These clowns like Linda will never learn.
“he’s right out front with McCain when it comes to putting our troops in harm’s way.”
Then you must have forgotten Harry Reid’s POS statement in 2003 “we are losing in Iraq, we need to bring our soldiers home” garbage..
Do these statements make him feel as though he has some testosterone?
I thought that Lindsey would be so elated by the strikes against Syria that (s)he’d start prancing around in his tu-tu with joy, but apparently (s)he needs more.
POTUS and the military whacked the CIA/ISIS/Graham/McCain HQ.
It was set up to start WW3 for Graham/McCain/Soros/clowns.
Graham will NO DOUBT be featured tomorrow, as
the mockingbirded-MSM continues its attempt to start WW3.
Tain’t nuff. As we knew it would be. Not enough US soldiers shed blood for Linda and McStain. The more bombing and killing the better makes these types soooo happy.
More US deaths is a must for these monsters.
I don’t think much of Harry Reid, either. He’ll say or do anything for party political advantage.
Is your point that Harry’s in first place, and Graham is prancing for show? I’d be hard pressed to argue there.
They’re both ass hats LOL
Sorry, but I'm not interested in Linda's orgasms.
Graham cannot seem to make ANY definitive statement without following with a series of BUT BUT’s.
War is their viagra.
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