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Lindsey Graham Gets Testy with Abby Phillip on Bombing Iran [1]

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Date: 2023-10-11 11:27:56+00:00

Senator Lindsey Graham grew impatient with CNN’s Abby Phillip challenging his call for the US military to bomb Iran if Hamas were to escalate the current situation in Gaza with public beheadings and further atrocities.

Over the weekend, Hamas terrorists killed over 1,000 Israelis and took hostage many more, including over a dozen reported Americans, in a surprise attack that has been (nearly) universally condemned.

Graham appeared on Fox News earlier this week and said, “For every Israeli or American hostage executed by Hamas, we should take down an Iranian oil refinery. The only way you’re going to keep this war from escalating is to hold Iran accountable.”

Phillip referenced Graham’s comments and asked, “Are you calling for the U.S. to become directly involved in this war with Hamas?”

The senator replied, “We’re already directly involved. Fourteen Americans are dead tonight.” As Phillip pressed for a follow-up, Graham interjected, “Just listen to me. They’d be alive today without Iran building up Hamas.”

Graham then spelled out exactly what he meant:

I want to be very clear. If you kill the hostages — the Hamas has hostages, Americans and Israeli hostages — they start killing those hostages, if there’s an attack by Hezbollah in the north, creating two fronts for Israel, what I would do is, I would bomb Iran’s oil infrastructure. The money financing terrorism comes from Iran. It’s time for this terrorist state to pay a price for financing and supporting all this chaos. Yes, if you’re the Iranians, if it were up to me, this war escalates, I’m coming after you.

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