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Graham: US should consider strike on Iranian oil refineries after attack on Saudi Arabia
By Tal Axelrod - 09/14/19 01:57 PM EDT
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a prominent foreign policy hawk, said the U.S. should consider striking Iranian oil refineries in response to new attacks on Saudi oil refineries by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
Iran will not stop their misbehavior until the consequences become more real, like attacking their refineries, which will break the regimes back, he added.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/461419-graham-us-should-consider-strike-on-iranian-oil-refineries-after-attack-on?fbclid=IwAR1RJz0OX0M5vzzVLGRnFBjmsrJIlHmN7tzyQQRBNpDNk5w1vB4NadQXYu4
spanone
(135,862 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)And it begins.
rampartc
(5,434 posts)as people tend to do when they are invaded and oppressed.
we should let these Saudi jerks take their lumps.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)A corrupt attempt by Putin,trump, and the prince to use for another pre-election war for profits by them, and Graham is helping to promote it for them by calling for this now. Corruption running wild from trump , and his compromised Republicans .
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)And thus to Putin, who's stolen a great deal of Russia's oil wealth.
no_hypocrisy
(46,160 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,965 posts)Houthis utilize asymmetrical tactics against economic target and suddenly it's war time.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 16, 2019, 06:20 AM - Edit history (1)
TheFarseer
(9,323 posts)NO!!!!!!!
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)eShirl
(18,502 posts)bout the only thing he's still with his late friend McCain on ("bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran"
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)babylonsister
(171,079 posts)Yemen's Houthi rebels claim a 'large-scale' drone attack on Saudi oil facilities
By Nada Altaher, Jennifer Hauser and Ivana Kotta
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/14/middleeast/yemen-houthi-rebels-drone-attacks-saudi-aramco-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3HbTFWq0zloNYTolJ1wT6o-jrlABtbG_McGG4nv1FhCM8ZUWlRkwVgINU
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Or is it just the tRump regime casting blame on Iran.
pecosbob
(7,542 posts)Freethinker65
(10,036 posts)kacekwl
(7,021 posts)Tired of supporting the country that attacked the USA. Are they going to pay us for such support Lindsey ?
jpak
(41,758 posts)Fucking Chickenhawk.
Yup
Phoenix61
(17,018 posts)Helps Putin and will give a reason to drill on every single square acre anywhere in the US there might possibly be oil. Including, but not limited to all national and state parks.
Hotler
(11,443 posts)Lindsey has always been Lindsey, a little snivler. It seems to me he went from being a GOP follow along he turned into a real ass kisser to to tRump around the Mueller report time. maybe it's just me. Maybe Putin has something on Lindsey and tRump knows about it.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)I couldn't care less that Houthi rebels have responded.