Lindsey Graham Says He Plans To Introduce An Authorization For The Use Of Military Force In Iran...

[Purveyor]

Source: The Global Dispatch

Lindsey Graham Says He Plans To Introduce An Authorization For The Use Of Military Force In Iran By Summers End

Just days after saying the same thing in an interview at the Capital last Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC) again said in front of a friendly audience at a conference put on by the Christians United for Israel that he introduce a resolution to authorize war with Iran.

“If nothing changes in Iran, come September, October, I will present a resolution that will authorize the use of military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb,” Graham told the conference audience.

“The only way to convince Iran to halt their nuclear program is to make it clear that we will take it out,” he continues.

The National Iranian American Council came out today condemning Graham’s call to war.

Read more: http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/lindsey-graham-says-he-plans-to-introduce-an-authorization-for-the-use-of-military-force-in-iran-by-summers-end-82742/

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[bluesbassman]

1. As long as he's the first in.

What an ass.

[yurbud]

8. dammit! You beat me to it. He could pout and whine until they surrender.

[flt rsk]

19. He is presently

a reservist in the South Carolina Air National Guard, with the rank of a Colonel. Send his ass in to scout a good bar for the “O” club. The only combat he could be involved in is over the last martini olive.

[avebury]

25. Exactly what I thought! nt

[dbackjon]

51. Beat me to it!

Him and all his family and supporters go first.

[Mr. David]

2. Excuse me while the Senate finishes laughing..

and awaits your ouster next year....

No justification for another war.

And besides, fork up the dough if the Republicans want a damn war. We're tired of paying for it and getting nothing back.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

30. who is exactly paying for this?

not the taxpayers

[Iliyah]

3. Oh for pete sakes!

President McCain and now Ms. Lindsey. War war war, kill, kill, kill. Y'think the warmongering industries have enough money oops blood on her hands, feet, streets, but hey, like the oil industries they feel they don't have enough.

[bunnies]

56. Im curious.

When you say "Ms. Lindsey" are you intending that to be an insult? And if so, which is more insulting... being called a woman? Trans? Or maybe youre just saying he's a little, you know, "light in the loafers". Interesting choice of words either way.

[azurnoir]

5. but but but I thought Boehner wanted cutz a billion little ones

but now I understand we need to free up money for another war-children old folks and other 'non-productive' members of our society be damned, they'll just have to tighten their belts (can't afford new pants) a few more notches because they do non-productive things thing like eat and breathe



just in case

[lakercub]

6. I've often wondered if McCain and Graham

are on the take from defense contractors, but I actually don't think so. I think they are just two of the most bloody-minded senators America has had the misfortune to elect over the last few decades. Neither one is ever happy unless American troops are dying somewhere. They're sickening.

[flt rsk]

35. They could be both.

[leveymg]

7. Still partying like it's 2003.

Great Americans. Lindsay only wishes he were there.

[Thor_MN]

9. WTF??? Is it time for competency hearings yet?

He's gone 'round the bend...

[SunSeeker]

10. So you offering up your kids/grandkids for conscription, Lindsey?

Yeah, I didn't think so. Come to think of it, you never fought either. Fucking chickenhawk.

[warrant46]

21. Too young for thr Viet adventure

He served in the United States Air Force from 1982 to 1988 and currently serves as a reservist in the South Carolina Air National Guard, with the rank of a Colonel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Graham

A kind of guy to let someone else do the bleeding and the dying

[maddiemom]

44. No kids, no grandkids, and I don't think Graham has ever been married.

Along with his present age, I think the "gentleman" is pretty safe.

[Agnosticsherbet]

11. Did I wake up in an alternate universe where Lindsey Graham is President?

Most surreal news of th day.

He's grandstanding for the End of Days vote and the minuscule far right Jewish vote.

[MisterP]

12. ach, you never roll out a new product in August! n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

40. We are talking war...

nothing new for us.

[Ed Suspicious]

13. Fucking chickenhawk! Didn't Iran just have a democratically elected peaceful

transfer of power? These people are not the enemy... Lindsey Graham is.

[dbackjon]

52. Democratically elected?

You mean selected after the Mullahs narrowed the field to those they approved.

[ronnie624]

54. Kind of like in the US,

where corporate 'mullahs' narrow our choices with money and propaganda. A candidate who is not vetted by the establishment, gets little or no campaign funding and highly restricted/selective exposure. Our way is a little more sophisticated, but it serves the same purpose as the Iranian method; the perpetuation of the status quo.

[Deuce]

57. I agree...

[Rebellious Republican]

14. Another chicken shit Chicken Hawk beating the drums of war!

Hey Lindsey, I understand that you your self have suffered the horrors of war, preparing all those wills for real combat veterans going off to war while doing your stint in the Air Force during the Gulf War. Must have been horrible watching FOX News stories about the war while sitting at your desk.

"Senator Lindsey Graham's repeated description of himself as a Gulf War veteran, despite the fact that the closest he came to the Gulf was South Carolina, where processing wills for soldiers who did deploy to the Gulf".

"Graham had endlessly told the world that he was a "Gulf War veteran," although his service during that period hadn't taken him off the east coast. (The east coast of the U.S.) By the way: In Graham's case, we weren't discussing a single misstatement from a single, two-year-old speech; Graham had endlessly presented himself as a "Gulf War veteran."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2010/05/19/instantly-disqualifying-unless-youre-a-republic/164977

[John2]

15. Well he made this

promise to Christians United for Israel, to comit U.S. Forces to War against Iran if they don't heel to not producing nuclear weapons which threatens Israel. So we will go to War for Israel. It is not for the defense of the United States but for Israel. He has no right to do that under the U.S. Constitution. I guess he means after we comit U.S. forces to get rid of Syria first. I guess he thinks we already eliminated Iraq as a threat to Israel?

I don't think Iran wants to develop a nuclear Bomb because of their religious views. I do think they will use conventional forces if any country attacks their country. I doubt the Iranians are afraid of Netanyahu's or Graham's threats. If Iran was to invade Israel, I do think they (Israel) will resort to using their nuclear weapons because they are vastly out numbered against Iran's huge Arm Forces. Israel does not have the numbers to carry on a sustain War with the size of a country like Iran, the same as Saddam found out. Saddam needed to resort to chemical warfare against Iran's huge army, because they came at Iraq's military in waves.

It is the reason Israel needs the U.S. on their side. In theory, if the U.S. or Israel carry out their threats to bomb Iran, they could retaliate on U.S. interests in the region and countries like Jordan,Qatar, Saudi Arabia and even Israel will be in danger if an Iranian invasion. It will give the Iranians justification to invade other countries.

If that happens, the U.S. will have no other alternative, then to comit U.S. forces to a full scale War with Iran, which will draw in other countries. You just as well say Lindsay Graham's saber rattling could trigger the beginning of World War III with other countries taking sides. There is no way you can figure out the outcome either. It is why madmen like Lindsey Graham shouldn't be in any position of decision making. The last time the World comitted itself to War, it was started by far rightwingers thinking their race was superior. I think that is the mindset of men like Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham. They want be the ones to suffer, but the people they put on the frontlines.

[cvoogt]

16. "friendly" audience?

I somehow don't think our neighbors in Iran will see it that way.

[Ash_F]

17. Laugh now.

Watch how many vote for it.

[warrant46]

18. OOO another War Oh Goody

</sarcasm>

[W T F]

20. That's Lindsey Graham for ya. Spending money we don't have, on another

Fishing expedition for WMD.

[harun]

22. Must need some campaign contributions

[Drunken Irishman]

23. Good luck with that.

[Lugal Zaggesi]

24. Iran should just lawfully withdraw from the NPT

as allowed by Article X - just give 3 months notice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons

Then, nobody has a right to inspect anywhere within Iran.
Just like Israel.
And nobody can demand to inspect a top secret military base there that has nothing to do with the nuclear program.
Just like Israel.
All the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons will no longer apply to Iran.
Just like Israel.

No matter how much the USA pressures Yukiya Amano to demean the office, the IAEA will have absolutely no authority there.
Just like Israel.

[daleo]

26. No money for pensions

But there's always money for a fresh war. It tells you all you really need to know.

[RKP5637]

28. Yep, always money for war ... helping people, building a better

society, not so much return on investment for the profiteers. We are in a deep rut. 12% congressional approval rating ... these guys just don't get it, people are fed up with them and their direction.

[RKP5637]

27. IMO, then, he should mount his horse and lead the charge. Usually these

jerks pound the war drums and then sit behind the lines safe and secure.

[blkmusclmachine]

31. "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran"

It's the GOPee theme song

[Volaris]

32. It's NOT the only way...

How about abolishing America's deployed Nuclear Arsenal, and WATCH how fast the rest of the world follows our lead..and then if Iran STILL wants a bomb, the rest of the Planet can call them uncivilized on our behalf.

I don't care if Iran has a nuke anyway (and neither does Lindsey, if he stops to think about it). I care that they don't drop one on Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, and there's enough daylight between those two things that allowing the first does NOT guarantee the second.

[John2]

47. That is how stupid

the entire argument is. If Israel has 200 nuclear warheads already, what difference does it make if Iran even has one? The region is already unstable and gives one country the military advantage to threaten the rest.

The argument by the U.S. and Israel even gets more revealing, because the U.S. deploys nuclear weapons in different countries such as Turkey, under a NATO Treaty. And they are still holding Jonathan Pollard under the pretense he stole nuclear secrets and gave them to Israel, which makes me suspicious. Why did the U.S. decide to punish an individual instead of putting sanctions on Israel for espionage? It is a good cover if someone wanted to turn the blind eye to Israel getting a nuclear arsenal. It mkes the U.S. look like they are doing something about it.

[Gregorian]

33. Lindsey suffers from premature attackulation.

Seriously, we just can't have that big war machine sittn' around doin' nuthin.

[Wolf Frankula]

34. This Sort of Saber Rattling is the Best Way

to insure that Iran DOES develop nuclear weapons. Countries with nuclear weapons don't get invaded.

Wolf

[City Lights]

36. Pssst, Lindsey, we need to CUT spending, not increase it.

Defense budget needs to be slashed, big time!

[madrchsod]

37. we are going to war with iran?

or is lindsey still pisssed because they kicked out the shah of iran?

[SoapBox]

38. Blah, blah, blah Lindsey...Blah, blah, blah.

Shut the fuck up, LINDSEY, you jackass.

Where ya gonna get the money? And ALL of your relatives are the first to be shipped over and put on the front line!

How's that grab ya...LINDSEY!

[awoke_in_2003]

39. One thing both sides can agree on...

more war.

[tanyev]

41. I'm curious to see how the House GOP debt ceiling hostage takers would handle this.

[JoePhilly]

42. You mean he hasn't done that already.

[Turbineguy]

43. That would serve the Iranians right...

for electing a more moderate president!

[sinkingfeeling]

45. Can someone explain to me how 'military force' can prevent a country

from developing a bomb? All Iran would have to do is move all its development operations deep underground. All the US will accomplish is more death, destruction, hate, and the continued increase in that awful national debt, that the GOP is sooooo very concerned about.

[John2]

48. The same people

that you see, wanting to discriminate against other Americans, are running the Government. You think they are only racist at home but not in the International arena? I pointed out Graham's friendly audience for a reason. His audience was Christians for Israel. THey are probably against abortion, voting rights and immigration rights too. They are our religious extremists. Just listen to someone like Sarah Palin. They operate from the premise of cultural superiority. If Iran got a bomb, it places them closer to equality which threatens their idea of superiority.

When you hear arguments from the right that Iranians or Arabs can't even build an airplane that flies, but on the other hand have the intelligence to build a nuclear bomb defeats the whole idea of racial superiority for these people. They keep bragging about Israelis' superior military but they aren't any smarter than any other people. They got that superior weaponry from the United States which has a history based on racism. Manifest Destiny,the Slave Trade,Civil War, and Civil Rights Movement all testify to that in our History, which many Americans want to deny. This is a country's government that once supported Apartheid South Africa over human rights. It took Civil Rights movements to change that Policy too, when many of the same people such as Lindsy Graham supported countries like South Africa. It may not have been Graham but the main supporters came from his rightwing constituents and many was on the religious right.

[L0oniX]

46. That fuck face loses brain cells every time he shits!

[AnotherMcIntosh]

49. Like John Wayne, he's behind the troops. Far behind.

[louslobbs]

53. Would he be so eager to get us into another war if he and his pals were ordered to head up

the first invasion forces, or will this just be another bomb'em from afar and watch it on television with a drink in one hand and some popcorn in the other kind of thing? These people make me sick.
Lou

[Democrats_win]

55. We still owe trillions on bush's wars.

Guess who'll pay this time? Just like last time: We will PAY. We'll pay more for college loans, more government cuts, more tax breaks for multi-billionaires, much higher gas prices, and higher food prices.

Oh, and don't forget about the extra security they'll use to take away more of our rights because they keep screwing around in the Middle East. The GOP will use the opportunity to keep us good and scared. The only thing we EVER have to fear is the GOP.

[Myrina]

58. Because why? Doesn't congress have other work it can be doing??

[penndragon69]

60. Fucking INSANE cHristian zeolets.

[The Wizard]

61. Trying to look like a tough guy

to appease the teabagger element, and Lindsy knows all about teabagging.

[ctsnowman]

62. K & R

[drynberg]

63. WHAT A DAMN FOOL LINDSEY GRAHAM IS!

Lindsey is just a'helpin' the Dems with this WAR statement. Rattlin' Swords wrapped in Ole Glory, just a clown like a skit too corny for SNL, but perversely funny just the same and of couse a lot pathetic. Let's laugh this clown off the stage.

[KurtNYC]

64. September is the traditional time in marketing to introduce new products

Here is an artist's conception of how Graham can introduce war with Iran:

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

65. Let's just have our Taliban fight their Taliban.

Or let's have our fundamentalists fight their fundamentalists. That way we get two for the price of one. Mutually assured destruction all over again.