Posted on 10/15/2023 8:54:37 AM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned Iran against escalating the conflict in Israel after Hamas launched an unprecedented, deadly attack on the nation more than a week ago.
“I just got off the phone with the Israelis. Their goal is to destroy Hamas in the south and try to save as many innocent Palestinians as possible to prevent escalation north from Hezbollah,” Graham said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Here’s my message. If Hezbollah, which is a proxy of Iran, launches a massive attack on Israel, I would consider that a threat to the State of Israel, existential in nature.”
“I will introduce a resolution in the United States Senate to allow military action by the United States in conjunction with Israel to knock Iran out of the oil business. Iran, if you escalate this war, we’re coming for you.”
Earlier this month, militant group Hamas launched its attack on Israel, resulting in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring war on the group, which the U.S. has labeled as a terrorist organization. The war has claimed more than 3,600 lives across Israel and Gaza as Israel prepares for a possible ground operation into Gaza.
Iran-backed Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, and Israel have exchanged fire in recent days in the wake of Israel’s separate front against Palestinian militant group Hamas.
When asked if he was ready to declare war on Iran, Graham said he was ready to use military force to destroy the funding backing Hamas and Hezbollah.
” I am poised to use military forced to destroy the source of funding for Hamas and Hezbollah. The idea that Iran read about this operation in the paper, or on television is laughable. Ninety-three percent of Hezbollah and Hamas’ money comes from Iran. They’re the source of the problem. They’re the great evil. So, if Hezbollah escalates against Israel, it will be because Iran told them to. Then Iran, you’re in the crosshairs of the United States and Israel.”
Sounds like Linda will be making all the buttons from now on taking over the zipper factory.
John McCain Jr.
Shut up Linda
He grows them every now and then.
They fall off occasionally - more often than not.
Unless he's referring to the little children, there's no such thing.
Someone put a helmet on this stooge, hand him a rifle, and send his his flabbly azz, “over there”.
We're?
Same old shit...
This little faggot loves his foreign wars. He needs to be parachuted in to Tehran. Show us how it’s done.
Ain’t it nice of Linda to volunteer US ?
I laughed out loud at the headline (a real LOL!), probably as hard as the Iranian mullahs did...
Ezekiel 38 is gonna happen one way or another
The shift in Turkey this week aligns quite well with Ezekiel 38
Keep praying and looking up!
And prep if you can (I can’t at the moment)
Someone please stick a sock in this moron’s mouth.
Not while Big den is.President
Great idea Linda....you can be the tip of the spear......we’ll be right behind you.
How would Graham feel if his grandkids were shipped off to war?
Uhh, wait. Never mind.
So America’s going to take on another proxy war with an incompetent President and a woke, trannie military???
Like Biden, Lindsey likes to taunt and threaten but never do anything of consequence. Better to be visibly strong, state your vision and let your enemy observe and make their own convictions from what they have seen and heard.
Taunts and threats often lead to unintended consequences.
Why isn’t Lindsey married? Why does he not have a woman companion?
I see what you did there...
21st century warfare is not just kinetic. If fact, kinetic warfare is the very last tool in the toolbox. 21 century warfare is total warfare. It is trade, economic, cyber, information warfare among other things before putting troops in harms way. It is degrading the enemies ability to fight. It is isolating the enemy from the rest of the world. That not the same as traditional diplomacy. It is on a continuum of traditional diplomacy moving towards hot war. There is no longer a clear line between failed diplomacy and kinetic war. Those that still think that way waste American soldiers lives, waste American tax dollars, and do not prepare the battlefield for victory.
I contend that Trump used elements of total warfare and was succeeding. He put America first. He saved American lives and tax dollars by not entering into kinetic warfare with Iran and other nations.
Contrast that to everything Uniparty surrogates and neocon desire to do and have done for decades. They put America last while telling lies to America people. They put the Military Industrial Complex before all others. They repeatedly fail because their reasoning is not sound, their strategies do not work, but most importantly they do not put the everyday American citizens and soldiers first.
Linsey Graham is an enemy to America that is quite possibly more destructive than Iran. He is the poster child of incompetence and ignorance. His principles and hence his priorities are consistently incorrect and put America last. We need to rid ourselves of Linsey Graham and others of his ilk if we every want to prosper as a nation and truly be secure.
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