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Democrats rebuff Graham's call for military use authorization against North Korea
CNN ^ | June 10, 2018 | Maegan Vazquez

Posted on 06/10/2018 10:42:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday urged Democrats to sign onto an authorization to use military force against North Korea as a precautionary measure in case Pyongyang and Washington fail to reach a diplomatic agreement during next week's summit in Singapore.

On ABC's "This Week," Graham asked his Democratic colleagues, "If diplomacy fails, will you support my efforts to authorize the use of military force as a last resort to convince North Korea and China that things are going to be different this time?"

Graham made the remarks after saying he agreed with Democrats' demands in letter to President Donald Trump that any nuclear agreement meet several standards, including requiring North Korea to denuclearize, scrap its ballistic missile program and allow robust inspections, before any easing of sanctions....

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Japan; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: china; graham; japan; korea; lindseygraham; maga; pyongyang; republicofkorea; russia; southcarolina; trump; warparty
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To: House Atreides
Great T. Roosevelt quote. Thanks for posting that.

It's perfect.

Bagster

21 posted on 06/11/2018 1:37:29 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: plain talk

And by all means, let the democrat losers at every aspect of foreign and domestic policy, interfere with and tie the President’s hands in what authority he has to negotiate


22 posted on 06/11/2018 1:53:26 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: poinq

Bingo!


23 posted on 06/11/2018 3:31:49 AM PDT by Bigg Red (The USA news industry, the MSM-13, takes a machete to the truth. {h/t TigersEye})
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To: plain talk
"By all means - advertise to the Norks in advance that Congress will NOT provide authorization for the use of force...

Telegraphed that we wouldn't provide material support for South Vietnam, either. See how great THAT worked out.

24 posted on 06/11/2018 3:41:26 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: plain talk
By all means - advertise to the Norks in advance that Congress will NOT provide authorization for the use of force against NK. Great move Lindsey.

By all means - on the eve of the summit cut the legs out from under President Trump by passing an authorization to attack North Korea. As touchy as Kim is, such a stupid stunt would blow the talks up before they even begin.

25 posted on 06/11/2018 3:44:33 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Being deprived of his steady supply of little boys has really unnerved Linda Graham.


26 posted on 06/11/2018 5:02:10 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not needed the 1950 authorizations are still in effect.


27 posted on 06/11/2018 5:27:31 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; alarm rider; Alex1977; at bay; Babsig; BILL_C; bnelson44; ColdOne; DesScorp; ...
linda, you're an embarrassment to your home state.

Uber RINO linda graham Ping
"Republican by day, Democrat by night."


Want on or off this ping list?
Just FReepmail me.

h/t to martin_fierro for the graphic

28 posted on 06/11/2018 5:59:45 AM PDT by upchuck (The problem: parents doing their careers instead of raising their kids. h/t: Wyrd bið ful aræd)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ah, Lindsey Graham...one of the few Republicans that sux just as much as any Democrat I can think of.


29 posted on 06/11/2018 6:35:50 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Poor little Lindsey; the media has not given him much attention, so, with advice from John Mc Cain, he had to say something to get their attention.


30 posted on 06/11/2018 6:45:43 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: DoughtyOne
Trump is headed into delicate talks with Kim, and Graham wants to put a gun to his head before the talks even start.

I watched the Graham interview on Fox. I am no fan of Graham for his past behavior, but I actually got the impression he was trying to show support (real or for his own political reasons) for Trump. He was basically calling out the Dems saying it was two faced of them to tell Trump what conditions NK had to meet for a ratifiable treaty if they (Dems) were not also willing to support the President in the necessary measures should Kim not take the deal. Even from Graham it sounded smart. Am I missing something?

31 posted on 06/11/2018 6:45:57 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Graham and McCain do love war anytime anywhere.


32 posted on 06/11/2018 6:57:54 AM PDT by lurk
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