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.

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    I almost throw up when I heard it.

    “Let’s kill people by the thousands. It will make us money”

    Primitive baboons.

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      They rape children and will go to prison for life if they don’t keep it up. Nothing should be shocking they will sell their own grandmas to stay free and unaccountable.

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        Let’s be real I don’t know very many Democrats who are picking voluntary service these days.

        Now, when a draft comes about, I’m sure they’ll figure out a way to target primarily Democrats and BIPoC’s…but we aren’t there yet.

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      Yup. I used to think Lindsay was just a clueless idiot. I mean he is, but think carefully about what he said there . . . the utter contempt it shows for the ordinary people on both sides who will be maimed and killed for his greed. That is just 100% concentrated evil.