Warmonger Graham Sees Perfect Chance to Strike Iran's Nuke Facilities
Neocon has been pushing war with Iran for months
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sounds like he’s looking for an administration position.
The AIPAC-funded Republican appeared on pro-Israel Fox News to promote war with Iran — stating that the country has been significantly weakened in recent weeks due to the blows suffered by Hamas and Hezbollah.
“There is an opportunity to hit the Iran nuclear program in a fashion I haven’t seen in decades,” he said, according to The Washington Times. “I think it would be in the world’s interest to decimate the Iranian nuclear threat while we can.”
Graham is a pro-Israel extremist in the U.S. whose position on Israel echoes essentially every Cabinet pick by President Donald Trump.
Graham’s comments came a day after Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, told Al Jazeera that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities by Israel or the U.S. would thrust the region into an all-out war.
He said Iran would respond decisively.
Graham’s support for Israel has resulted at times in disorientation.
He was interviewed — again on Fox News in October — when thousands of Americans on the East Coast were dealing with the impact of Hurricane Helene and told the network that Israel should be on their mind.
“I've been going all over South Carolina, and like most people, I haven't slept much… but look what's going on in Israel,” he said awkwardly. “Our friends in Israel are surrounded by people who want to kill them… destroy them… a second Holocaust in the making, and [U.S. President Joe] Biden says, ‘Be proportional.’ What is the proportional response to people who want to kill you and your family. They're running out of ammunition in Israel. We have to help our friends to keep the war over there from coming here.”
Graham has also repeated the Israeli talking point that it should be allowed to kill as many Palestinians as it wants because of how the U.S. conducted WWII.
He said in October 2023:
If somebody asked us after World War II, “Is there a limit what would you do to make sure that Japan and Germany don’t conquer the world? Is there any limit what Israel should do to the people who are trying to slaughter the Jews?” The answer is no. There is no limit.
But here’s what you need to do. Be smart. Let’s try to limit civilian casualties the best we can. Let’s put humanitarian aid in areas that protect the innocent. I’m all for that. But this idea that Israel has to apologize for attacking Hamas, who’s embedded with their own population, needs to stop. The goal is to destroy Hamas. Hamas is creating these casualties – not Israel.