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Graham: ‘Very little appetite’ for US to take over Gaza
The Hill ^ | 02/17/25 4:28 PM ET | by Sarah Fortinsky

Posted on 02/18/2025 10:28:33 AM PST by RandFan

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday he thinks there’s “very little appetite” among Americans for a U.S. takeover of Gaza.

“One thing I will say, there’s very little appetite that I’ve seen in the United States Senate for America to take over Gaza in any way, shape or form,” Graham said at a press conference in Israel, standing among bipartisan Senate colleagues on a delegation overseas.

“I think that would be a difficult sell in South Carolina,” Graham said.

Graham’s remarks come as President Trump has doubled down on his controversial plan for the United States to take over the war-torn Gaza and push nearly 2 million Palestinians in the region to resettle elsewhere.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: grahamnesty; lindagraham; tds; trump
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Good grief this must be the first time in his Senate term I've agreed with Graham...
1 posted on 02/18/2025 10:28:33 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Trump is just putting out “bones”....and they chomp...even Graham chomps.


2 posted on 02/18/2025 10:31:17 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Indeed.


3 posted on 02/18/2025 10:32:31 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: RandFan

I’d say he’s right this time.


4 posted on 02/18/2025 10:32:49 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: RandFan

Someone should tell Grahamnesty that the Americans are just looking for a place to live in Gaza to nobly improve their lives.


5 posted on 02/18/2025 10:33:20 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: RandFan

Nobody in the Middle East will allow Palestinians into their country. Israel is the only one that tolerates them. Most of the planet would prefer it if they simply didn’t exist anymore, and we would all likely be better off. Sad but true.


6 posted on 02/18/2025 10:34:35 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: RandFan

Right, time to reevaluate my position


7 posted on 02/18/2025 10:35:43 AM PST by datricker (Go Trump/Vance!)
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To: RandFan

Americans have very little appetite for you Miss Lindsey.


8 posted on 02/18/2025 10:37:12 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: RandFan

Folks don’t recognize that this is Trump’s master move to get the Arab states to step up with a solution to an uninhabitable desolation created and ruled by an irredentist islamo-terrorist death-worshipping ideology

Give the man space time and support to let the Arabs grapple with the concept of Trump turning Gaza into an international resort and come up with a better solution.


9 posted on 02/18/2025 10:37:25 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: mass55th

We’ll settle for Greenland.


10 posted on 02/18/2025 10:37:48 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: RandFan

Linda is too stupid to be a garbage collector.
Trump is trying to rebuild Gaza into a real city instead of the mess Yassar Arafat left them.


11 posted on 02/18/2025 10:40:53 AM PST by Zathras
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Folks don’t recognize that this is Trump’s master move to get the Arab states to step up with a solution...

I recognize the technique. Propose an "extreme" measure that is clearly unacceptable then "compromise" on the terms that you really wanted in the first place.

But we are not to take over Gaza and expel all the Gazans.

Let the Israelis do that.

12 posted on 02/18/2025 10:50:40 AM PST by flamberge (The times, they are a' changing.)
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To: silverleaf

Exactly. Anyone thinking Trump really intends to put American boots on the ground in Gaza, whether military or construction, doesn’t get Trump, doesn’t get Art of the Deal.


13 posted on 02/18/2025 10:54:45 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: flamberge

Having the Israelis clean out Gaza…is an unacceptable solution for the long term. The arabs need to clean up their own mess.


14 posted on 02/18/2025 10:56:26 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
"We’ll settle for Greenland."

Exactly!!

15 posted on 02/18/2025 10:57:28 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: No name given

I agree. We have no business getting mired down in that hell hole.


16 posted on 02/18/2025 11:05:45 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: RandFan

Graham isright about this. Trump shouldn’t even be talking about such a proposal, serious or not.


17 posted on 02/18/2025 11:10:37 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: RandFan

Of course Trump’s plan for Gaza does not involve sending troops into an active war zone to occupy Gaza. His plan is about the post war environment. Lindsey knows this.

Lindsey is just mad that he is on the outs with President Trump. He seems quite bitter about it actually. He’s been making the rounds on legacy media attacking all of Trump’s major foreign policy initiatives, including ending the war with Russia which is very popular with most Americans. I’m just glad Trump realized what a snake this guy really is.


18 posted on 02/18/2025 11:11:45 AM PST by McCarthysGhost
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To: RandFan

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said “Notice me! Notice me! Me! Me! Me!”


19 posted on 02/18/2025 11:14:29 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: RandFan

But Linda wants to send American Troops to YouCrayne.


20 posted on 02/18/2025 11:16:24 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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