Lindsey Graham, the veteran Republican senator who has been pushing for war against Iran for decades, has issued a dire warning to the Iranian government, saying it was worth spending money to “take this regime down”.

“When this regime goes down, we are going to have a new Middle East, and we are going [to] make a tonne of money,” Graham, a longtime proponent of US military intervention abroad, told Fox News on Sunday.

Graham, who has been one of the Trump administration’s most vocal supporters of Israel and the war against Iran, appeared to suggest that the US abduction of Venezuela’s left-wing leader Nicolas Maduro and the attack on Iran were launched to gain control over each country’s oil supplies.

“Venezuela and Iran have 31 percent of the world’s oil reserves. We’re going to have a partnership with 31 percent of the known reserves. This is China’s nightmare. This is a good investment,” said Graham.

  • OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world
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    Ah it’s the 2000s again. They’ll top it off with a global financial crisis. Probably the AI bubble collapsing or succeeding and destroying all the jobs.

    Maybe the Americans will elect an Obama 2.0 after. Maybe not. There wasn’t MAGA last time. More likley it’ll be president mecha-Hitler or something this time around.

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      I’m still not down from my hate-high after the last election. America doesn’t need someone else to step in and responsibly commandeer the government. Not yet.

      The pain must go on long enough for the lesson to stick.

      Conserv卐tives don’t learn until they’re personally affected. Not all of them are as yet affected.

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      If we’re going by extremes maybe we can get a socialist president this time round? Actual universal healthcare?