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War hawk Lindsey Graham urges Trump to flood Iran with guns for the people to ‘rise up’

The Independent·Joe Sommerlad·28 days ago
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South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has called on the Trump administration to send shipments of weapons directly to the Iranian people so they can lead a grassroots revolution to overthrow their government. Graham made the suggestion as the U.S. and Iran traded hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz and after President Donald Trump claimed to have sent firearms into the region via Kurdish fighters that had not reached their intended recipients. Speaking to Sean Hannity of Fox News Monday, the hawkish senator pitched “a Second Amendment solution for the Iranian people” to finally topple the theocratic regime in Tehran, whose grip on power has arguably only been strengthened by its resilient response to Operation Epic Fury. “If I were President Trump and I were Israel, I would load the Iranian people up with weapons so they can go to the streets armed and turn the tide of battle inside Iran,” Graham said. South Carolina Republican Sen.…

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