Why, I DO declare, y'all are telling me that LINDSEY GRAHAM was the one who convinced Trump to attack Iran? [View all]
Speaking with Politico, Graham said, "We were thinking about this early, early on about how Iran is a spoiler for expanding the Abraham Accords and stability in the Mideast. I told him before he took office
if you can collapse this terrorist regime, thats Berlin Wall stuff."
Graham also claims he managed to cut through the naysayers on bombing Iran and convinced the president it was the right course of action to back Israel in their campaign.
He said, "There was a real fight not to do it. Let Israel do it by itself, or just not do much. So we talked a lot about this: Mr. President, you want to have your fingerprints on this. You want them to know America will fight.' Hes a hard sell, but when you sell him, hes all in."
Graham went on to suggest a regime change would ultimately benefit the US, and that if the new Iranian government takes the same stance as ayatollah Khamenei, the military may intervene again.
"If they want to reconstitute their country, to build more nuclear weapons and more missiles to hit us, well treat the new people like we did the old people," he said. "I just dont believe it. I think theyre going to find a way to ... be a different country.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2675551470/