Of all the war cheerleaders in Congress, no one is more
remarkably and consistently dedicated to ceaseless military
conflict than South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R). It should
come as no surprise, then, that Graham wholeheartedly supports war
with ISIS, though the
plan of attack proposed by President Obama is little more than
a playful slap when compared with the brutal smackdown Graham has
in mind: American troops, on the ground, fighting ISIS for as long
as it takes.
And why is such a smackdown necessary? Because ISIS fighters are
coming to America to kill us all—and we have to get them before
it’s too late, Graham said on Fox News
Sunday:
This is a radical Islamic army that’s pushing the theory of a
master religion, not a master race like the Nazis. This is not
about bringing a few people to justice who behead the innocent in a
brutal fashion. It’s about protecting millions of people throughout
the world from a radical Islamic army. They are intending
to come here. …There is no way in hell you can form an army on the
ground to go into Syria, to destroy ISIL without a
substantial American component. …This is a turning point in the War on Terror. Our strategy will
fail, yet again. This president needs to rise to the
occasion before we all get killed here at home.
(Emphasis mine.) As far as relentlessly propagandizing in favor
of war goes, surely Graham is the worst possible offender. He is
blatantly trying to scare people—crazy Muslims are coming to kill
you!—in hopes of keeping a war-weary public in support of his
mission.
Graham is lying. ISIS has
“no credible plan” to attack the U.S., nor does it have the
capability to do so. The terrorist group’s
many hostile neighbors are keeping it bogged down. In fact, the
best way to ensure that fewer Americans die at the hands of ISIS is
to keep American troops at home, away from the Middle East and out
of a sectarian conflict that dates back hundreds of years.
Watch Graham trying to frighten people below.
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