Lindsey Graham says U.S. must prepare to attack Iran

[unhappycamper]

Lindsey Graham says U.S. must prepare to attack Iran
By James Rosen | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Monday that the United States must be prepared to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon — and added that the last-resort step should be taken with the goal of overthrowing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Graham, a military lawyer and a senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, became the first senator to support direct U.S. military intervention in Iran, saying it should not involve ground troops but be launched by U.S. warplanes and ships.

"If you use military force against Iran, you've opened up Pandora's box," Graham told the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. "If you allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, you've emptied Pandora's box. I'd rather open up Pandora's box than empty it."

Graham's unusual public support for overturning Ahmadinejad and the ruling council of Shiite Muslim clerics that he nominally heads recalled President George W. Bush's controversial policy of regime change to invade Iraq in 2003 and overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein.

Graham was a prominent supporter of the Iraq war, though he criticized Bush and former Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld for sending too few U.S. troops.



unhappycamper comment: :crazy:

[hobbit709]

1. Ask him if he's willing to be strapped onto the first bomb.

If he isn't then he needs to STFU.

[Lost4words]

2. they are fucking out of their minds, lets focus on living for once

:crazy: :kick:

[bdamomma]

10. yea for real.

just pure madness. they are not happy unless they are killing someone.

[democrank]

3. Alrighty then.

Maybe he`d like to ride in the first flight over there, given his war experience and all.

[Iggo]

4. He really doesn't understand the Pandora's Box thing, does he.

:banghead:

[karynnj]

13. My thoughts exactly - it really is not a good analogy for him

He also seems to willingly ignore that just because WE use bombs and planes, they won't turn it into a ground war against the troops we have in the countries on both sides of Iran. Not to mention, Iran has a border with Pakistan, which could be further destabilized. Pandora's box sounds about right - and sane people do NOT want to open Pandora's box, not one little bit. (As to Graham's alternative - Pandora's box when opened lets everything in it escape. So, we trade 100% the box contents excaping for some (unknown) likelihood that Iran will "empty the box".

Does this mean in the 50s, a time shifted Graham would argue that we should nuke the USSR - just in case?

[Barack_America]

5. Somebody get that man some boots and a rifle!

For I'm sure he's planning on marching in on the first line!

[Turbineguy]

6. Ahmadinejad was put in to

out-crazy George W Bush. He seems to have outlasted his usefulness.

[ladjf]

7. No, we don't need to be ready to "attack" Iran. nt

[defendandprotect]

8. Hitler said, "let's attack Iran" . . . ??? Let's work on getting this nut out of the Senate -- !!!

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Ahmadinejad was behind 9-11. Let's get him!

Saddam was a mistake.

[DCKit]

11. Little Lindsey's in the wrong line of work if he (still) doesn't understand...

that Ahmadinejad is simply the mouthpiece and puppet for the actual rulers of Iran. A figurehead, not unlike W*, working for corporate Amurka.

[lunatica]

12. Lindsey knows war is the answer to all our problems

And he wants a big war where we send more troops to invade and occupy.

But I'm stating the obvious...

[w8liftinglady]

14. soooo...after 9 years and wars on 2 fronts,let's add another country.

we haven't fucked our own troops enough-let alone the citizens of these countries.
methinks Lindsey and his friends want to cash in while the cahing is still good.

[mitchum]

15. He's pitching another hissy fit

[Hubert Flottz]

16. You lead the charge you fucking loud mouthed dickhead!

That motherfucker makes me :puke:

[Scuba]

17. Can't we just attack Lindsey Graham instead?

[Kalun D]

18. LOLZ!!

I read the headline as "Lindsey Lohan says U.S. must prepare to attack Iran" because she's also in the news.

[bullwinkle428]

19. I'd trust her advice on Iran more so than L. Graham's!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. Holy shit so did I. nt