Senator Graham Threatens Turkey With Sanctions He Failed to Enact on MBS
When have we heard Lindsey Graham thunder like this before?
Senator Lindsey Graham:
Just spoke to Sen @ChrisVanHollen about situation in Syria.
We will introduce bipartisan sanctions against Turkey if they invade Syria and will call for their suspension from NATO if they attack Kurdish forces who assisted the U.S. in the destruction of the ISIS Caliphate.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 7, 2019
Hope and expect sanctions against Turkey – if necessary – would be veto-proof.
This decision to abandon our Kurdish allies and turn Syria over to Russia, Iran, & Turkey will put every radical Islamist on steroids. Shot in the arm to the bad guys. Devastating for the good guys.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 7, 2019
Any incursion into northern Syria by Turkey creates a nightmare for the region & US national security interests.
It will be met with most severe sanctions against Turkey’s military and economy – by Congress – at a time we should be working together to solve common problems.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 7, 2019
If Turkey moves into northern Syria, sanctions from hell – by Congress – will follow.
Wide, deep, and devastating sanctions.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 8, 2019
Strong words. Where have we heard them before? Oh yeah:
(4:35 mark)
I firmly believe there will be strong bipartisan support for serious sanctions against Saudi Arabia, including appropriate members of the royal family, for this barbaric act which defied all civilized norms.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) November 20, 2018
I’m sure the Turks are shaking in their boots right now.
As a ‘special treat’ here is Graham explaining (5:38) how US troops “had tears in their eyes” when they were forced by Obama to leave Iraq:
However it wasn’t so long ago that Graham was singing from a different hymn sheet:
Graham is off his ever lovin’ rocker! He is a wishy washy little fool of a Senator who is not even attempting to represent his flock back in ole South Carolina.
Of course, Russia should go in there and replace the reckless Americans who invaded the country…unfortunately, the US military will stay, like a bad bacteria, in Syria because of its OIL…Hello there, did someone forget that little tidbit? Russia mainly has Syria’s independence as a sovereign state (which indeed it is) in its intentions, the US should move very quickly out of the country…maybe even forced out eventually, which would be best for everyone! Russia will fill the vacuum that the heartless US has left in its wake….
Ole show me to the Kiddy Playground is upset is he?
haha
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Likely the most absurd man in the US Senate, although there is ferocious competition for that title.
Extremely dishonest, too, because he doesn’t talk about what really motivates him, bringing to the boil all that sputtering righteous indignation.
I think he must have received a call from Netanyahu advising him that it was time to perform. Graham is Israel’s official junk yard dog in the Senate, always creating a stir when the interests of that state are being mentioned.
It is Israel who wants some kind of rump Kurdish state created in northeastern Syria as a way to weaken the Syria emerging from an unsuccessful proxy war that was intended to topple it.
The concept had multiple attractions for Israel: depriving Syria of its crude oil deposits, offering rule on the far end of Syria by a group who might prove very friendly to Israeli interests, giving a further sense of legitimacy to Israel’s own stolen piece of Syria, Golan, and annoying the hell out of Turkey’s Erdogan, a man truly hated in Tel Aviv.
But it has never seemed realistic, given especially Erdogan’s acute allergy to Kurds and Turkey’s keystone position in NATO at a time of so many disagreements between Turkey and the US.
As to Graham’s propensity to explode over the concerns of Israel, I think there are several contributing factors. First, he is simply one of the most kneejerk imperialists in the Senate, always ready immediately to send in the “boyz” and do bombing runs for dear old America and the cause of freedom.
Second, he may be reflecting the interests of some of his Southern Baptist constituency, fundamentalists with their own special “Second Coming” attitudes towards Israel.
And, third, I’ve long suspected that he was once the target of an Israeli honey-trap and that he knows some very compromising photos exist, photos that would deeply trouble Southern Baptists since Lindsey is gay.
Actually, contrary to the opening lines, we have heard Lindsey Graham like this before. But of course, not about anything like the Saudi Crown Prince’s many bloody crimes. After all, the Crown Prince is a Netanyahu favorite, a genuine blood brother.
You are coming in that kind of function when “they” are sure you can be blackmailed and/or you are or have a criminal record.
Otherwise?
You will be a danger to the ‘Deep ‘State, you are independent without burden and can speek out the Truth.
Makes you wonder just what kind of idiots populate that state. They’ve given us Graham and Nikki Haley…….
I am sure, IMO, Nikki Haley is a great danger for the 50 states of the United States of America.
She is a “Zionist Israhell Lover”.
BTW Marko
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“When have we heard Lindsey Graham thunder like this before?”
the last time his hemorrhoids were bothering him.