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GRAHAM: "bone-crushing" sanctions if Syria forces continue to advance north
X ^ | Jan 19 | Sen. Lindsey Graham

Posted on 01/19/2026 12:16:56 PM PST by RandFan

@LindseyGrahamSC

If Syrian government forces continue to advance in the north toward Raqqa, I will push for reimposing Caesar Act sanctions on steroids.

Apparently no one in Syria is listening to me or other U.S. government officials. If this continues, not only will there be bone-crushing sanctions, it will permanently damage relationships between the U.S. and the new Syrian government. If you think we’re BSing - keep it up.

I’ve tried to be fair to the new government, but apparently it’s falling on deaf ears. If you want a conflict with the U.S. Senate and to do permanent damage to the U.S.-Syria relationship - keep going. If you want to salvage the relationship, stop and turnaround.

I hope you choose wisely.

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Lindsey's threatening sanctions on Syria... How many of his posts are about America or SC?

Just asking...

1 posted on 01/19/2026 12:16:56 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Did somebody die and make Linda President?


2 posted on 01/19/2026 12:18:00 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ( Klaatu barada nikto.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Or secretary of state.


3 posted on 01/19/2026 12:19:44 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan
I’ve tried to be fair to the new government, but apparently it’s falling on deaf ears. If you want a conflict with the U.S. Senate and to do permanent damage to the U.S.-Syria relationship - keep going. If you want to salvage the relationship, stop and turnaround. I hope you choose wisely.

He sounds like a character out of Dr. Strangelove. The reason that his conversations are falling on deaf ears is because he sounds like a lunatic and everyone knows that he doesn't have the power to do anything that he threatens.

4 posted on 01/19/2026 12:20:51 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: RandFan

His dividends from defense contractor stocks must be getting low.

The neocons are always, always on the warpath, looking for new territories to wreck and plunder. Lindsey “Wayne Gacy” Graham is one of the worst, along with John Bolton. /spit


5 posted on 01/19/2026 12:22:24 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: RandFan

The Bible says Damascus will be completely destroyed. It’s going to happen. It’s just a matter of when.


6 posted on 01/19/2026 12:23:39 PM PST by roving
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Yes but this conflict was supposed to have been settled.

Strange one he’s piping up about it. He was supporting their government like a month ago..


7 posted on 01/19/2026 12:24:41 PM PST by RandFan
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We should have never been friendly with the current President of Syria in the first place.

My guess is that he worked with CIA so we were familiar with him.

8 posted on 01/19/2026 12:24:43 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: RandFan

Hey Linda!

You don’t make policy.


9 posted on 01/19/2026 12:26:34 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (AWFUL (Affluent White Female Urban Liberal))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He crowned himself king after a trip to a certain burger joint.

Seriously, I was thinking the same.

What did you expect after funding and arming and training (and cheering for!) a bunch of Al Qaeda/Al Nusra/ISIS head choppers and giving them the keys to Syria, Linda? You think you can make pets out of Islamist terrorists? Now toodle along to the pet shop and get yourself a nice scorpion (and never mind that frog).


10 posted on 01/19/2026 12:29:04 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "all's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well, he’s ticked off Lindsey

I haven’t heard Trump talk about this [yet].


11 posted on 01/19/2026 12:29:26 PM PST by RandFan
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12 posted on 01/19/2026 12:35:02 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust

Yeah he was very happy the other day


13 posted on 01/19/2026 12:37:48 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Lindsey Graham—an Army of One. Mr. Tough Guy.


14 posted on 01/19/2026 12:38:23 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Linda is the ultimate chessboard warrior.

How much longer is DJT going to put up with Graham?


15 posted on 01/19/2026 12:39:20 PM PST by BrexitBen
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

16 posted on 01/19/2026 12:59:07 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: RandFan

I thought the Al Qaeda folks in Syria were our friends now?


17 posted on 01/19/2026 1:07:38 PM PST by PGR88
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To: RandFan

Bone-crushing paired with Lindsey has a queerish feel to it.


18 posted on 01/19/2026 1:25:52 PM PST by rfp1234 (E porcibus unum)
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To: RandFan

Wherever there’s a potential war, Linds is there to sell it like a cheerleader’s mom at a fundraiser.


19 posted on 01/19/2026 1:32:46 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Way past time for someone to slap Linda.
Senator Nobody.


20 posted on 01/19/2026 1:51:10 PM PST by Zathras
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