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Lindsey Graham growing "increasingly concerned" over Syria
X ^ | Jan 16 | Sen. Graham

Posted on 01/16/2026 5:29:21 AM PST by RandFan

@LindseyGrahamSC

As I have previously stated, I am growing increasingly concerned that the new Syrian government is aligning with Turkey to use military force against the Syrian Kurds, who are our strongest ally in the enduring defeat of ISIS in Syria.

They also have control of about 9,000 of the worst of the worst ISIS prisoners. It is in our vital national security interest that these prisoners do not go back to the battlefield.

I support a fair chance for the new Syrian government, however if there’s an escalation of attacks against the Kurds by Syrian forces supported by Turkey, this will create a whole new dynamic.

I believe there would be wide and deep bipartisan support to push back against such action. If anyone believes that I or any of my colleagues would be comfortable - at this stage - for the ISIS prisoners to be guarded by the Syrian army or Turkey instead of the Kurds, you are sadly mistaken. Choose wisely.

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1) He supported Assad being deposed

2) He supported the new guy they put in charge (a former ISIS leader)

3) When does he put SC first... (just asking!)

1 posted on 01/16/2026 5:29:21 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I, I, I. F that guy.


2 posted on 01/16/2026 5:31:53 AM PST by NavyShoe
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To: RandFan

“It is in our vital national security interest that these prisoners do not go back to the battlefield.”

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It’s in the globalist’s interest and no one else’s interest. But Lynda has garnered some renewed popularity around here these days.


3 posted on 01/16/2026 5:32:24 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: RandFan

Syria needs to be welcoming Syrians back home.


4 posted on 01/16/2026 5:32:37 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Bishop_Malachi

He got a ride on Air force one. He was giddy the other day

Now he’s not in good mood.


5 posted on 01/16/2026 5:34:23 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I’m concerned about Graham. War mongering swamp creature.


6 posted on 01/16/2026 5:37:35 AM PST by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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“1) He supported Assad being deposed”

I was going to say the same. He is the KING OF THE NEOCONS and got exactly what he wanted in Syria...but like all Neocons, can NEVER admit he was wrong (which we especially see with their constant doubling-down in Ukraine).


7 posted on 01/16/2026 5:39:16 AM PST by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: BobL

It never ends well.

But they shrug their shoulders and ask us to forget.


8 posted on 01/16/2026 5:40:06 AM PST by RandFan
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To: BobL

It never ends well.

But they shrug their shoulders and ask us to forget.


9 posted on 01/16/2026 5:40:06 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

We have a little insurrection problem right here at home.

Linda needs to get his priorities in order.


10 posted on 01/16/2026 5:40:57 AM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: RandFan

Here’s a wild idea, Linda: Show some concern for the citizens of South Carolina you limp-wristed, RINO, panty waist...


11 posted on 01/16/2026 5:41:02 AM PST by Common Sense 101
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Aunt Bea needs to focus on his pickle recipe


12 posted on 01/16/2026 5:41:10 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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1) He supported Assad being deposed

Seems like CIA is familiar with the new President of Syria. I'm sure that they were carrying out the former policy of the Obama Administration.

Like you said, the region would have been better off with Assad still in charge even though he's a brutal dictator and his allies were Russia and Iran.

13 posted on 01/16/2026 5:42:20 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: cgbg

I noticed. The Senate has other priorities for sure


14 posted on 01/16/2026 5:43:21 AM PST by RandFan
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“3) When does he put SC first... (just asking!)”

Did you ever look into ‘The Great Compromise’ written by the Founders as I recommended? Grahamnesty is a perfect example of why it cancerous to this day. We’re not going to live long enough to repeal the 17th Amendment either and get rid of this POS.


15 posted on 01/16/2026 5:50:17 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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Deposing Assad and turning Syria into a chaotic/failed state was a decades long objective of the NEOCONs.

Now that it has occurred, and we are dealing with the unintended consequences, Senator Lindsay Graham should keep his trap shut.


16 posted on 01/16/2026 5:52:29 AM PST by JoeVortex (I did not vote for Trump to go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.)
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“It never ends well.”

I’m trying to think of any examples where it did end well...cannot come up with anything.

In the Third World, we know all their disasters (pretty much cleaned out Christians from the Arab World, for starters).

But even in Europe - they’ve installed governments that literally HATE THEIR OWN PEOPLE (think Democrats here)...and now they are mocked by Russia for their Globohomo, Immigration and “Green New Deal” - forcing EVs on their people, restricting meat consumption, closing nuclear plants (just to be forced to replace them with coal plants...LOL), and destroying their economies in their vain attempt to ‘punish Russia’.

Yet they STILL have cheerleaders here. Go figure.


17 posted on 01/16/2026 5:54:36 AM PST by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: RandFan

That weasel is going mad trying to be responsible for at least one more war before he exits…

… watch to see which groups he gets fancy titles in after.


18 posted on 01/16/2026 5:57:05 AM PST by No.6
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Hey Linda … this is why the U.S. should just stay the f#&% out of these places.

Instead of being “concerned,” why don’t you just go over there and run that dump yourself.

19 posted on 01/16/2026 5:57:13 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: BobL

You’re right and the bias for “action” (war) means they get their way A LOT

And yet it hardly works out and is very costly.


20 posted on 01/16/2026 5:57:51 AM PST by RandFan
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