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damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 01:33 PM Sep 2013

Sen. Lindsey Graham wants aggressive U.S. strike in Syria

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called Friday for a strong U.S. response to last week’s use of chemical weapons outside Damascus, urging multiple missile strikes aimed at destroying Syrian President Bashar Assad’s major military assets and rendering him largely powerless."

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Anything this guy wants I'm totally against sorry.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham wants aggressive U.S. strike in Syria (Original Post) damnedifIknow Sep 2013 OP
Of course he does. I'm sure McCain's geared up for it, too. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #1
he knows he's going to get something far short of that; if he gets anything at all bigtree Sep 2013 #2
If only the fine Senator Graham were clamoring to have himself placed in the center of the indepat Sep 2013 #3

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
1. Of course he does. I'm sure McCain's geared up for it, too.
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 01:49 PM
Sep 2013

Then you have all the ones with Lockheed stock; I'm sure that's a whole heap of them. The rest are spending the weekend gathering next year's 'campaign contributions.' This vote probably won't even be close, and the public will forget all about it by the time the next blonde woman gets kidnapped.

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
2. he knows he's going to get something far short of that; if he gets anything at all
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 01:51 PM
Sep 2013

. . . and he's positioning himself outside of Obama's potential actions just to oppose him on another issue.

He's almost comically wedded to this political strategy against Barack Obama. He's a sad excuse for a human being and an abomination of a legislator.

indepat

(20,899 posts)
3. If only the fine Senator Graham were clamoring to have himself placed in the center of the
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 02:03 PM
Sep 2013

area to be attacked, maybe he would gain some appreciation of what it is like to be on the receiving end of a superpower's most sophisticated weaponry.

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