Sen. Lindsey Graham is continuing to push for the US to fully enter Israel’s war against Iran, including potential regime change efforts.
Graham, giddy like a schoolgirl at the prospect of war, made the comments on Sunday’s episode of CBS’s “Face The Nation.”
Host Margaret Brennan began, “The thing with diplomacy is that the Israeli Prime Minister is calling for the Iranian people to rise up against the regime—a regime he says is calling for the destruction of his state. It doesn’t seem like there’s a compromise there. If it’s truly this existential, is this just leading us toward the outcome you say, which is the United States getting involved in military conflict?”
“I would love for the regime to fall. If you don’t—if you want this regime to stay in power—you are wanting people to oppress the Iranian people. You want people to threaten their neighbors, to be the largest—who wants the largest state sponsor of terrorism to stay in place?” Graham replied.
“But regime policy—not the policy of the United States. It’s not the purpose of this attack—yet,” Graham continued.
The career neoconservative politician continued, “If there’s one attack on an American in the Mideast by Iran, then you will get regime change.”
“What are we dealing with? We are dealing with a non-negotiable part of the deal,” he said. “They can’t have a nuclear program that can make a bomb. Diplomacy is preferred, as Dick says. But force may be the only option.”
Graham said that he told President Donald Trump that he needs to “help Israel finish the job” if diplomacy fails.
“I said, if diplomacy fails—Mr. President, President Trump, you have been great—help Israel finish the job,” he stated. “I cannot stress to you how—if you want to get Russia right, you want to make China be better, you want to convince international terrorism we mean business—you have to finish the job with Iran.”
Brennan replied, “We will see if there’s any willingness to negotiate. So far, we haven’t seen much.”
“That’s a big mistake on Iran’s part. If we don’t have negotiations, it’s not because of Trump—it’s because of the Ayatollah,” Graham said.
“You can’t necessarily bomb someone into concessions that they were not willing to make,” Brennan pointed out.
“I don’t think they have any desire to make concessions,” Graham said.
At this point, Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal chimed in, “If Iran miscalculates now, it will face the consequences.”
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Graham has continued his push to send American troops to war despite facing massive backlash for his inability to hide his glee over Middle East bombings.
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