“Hit ’em before they hit us!” Runferyerlives!!!
by digby
Huckleberry Graham is foaming at the mouth:
“Radical Islam is not going to be compromised with. They are religious Nazis. Somebody better go over there and hit them before they hit us,” Graham said Wednesday. “There is no alternative to going in on the ground and pulling the caliphate up by the roots. If that scares you, don’t vote for me.”..But on this day, Graham was at his most strident on what to do in Syria against both President Bashar Assad and the Islamic State terror group, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
“We never fix Assad unless he goes,” Graham said. “The caliphate mainly exists in Syria. It would be a large military operation.” Graham envisions a U.S.-led multinational force, with significant contributions of both blood and treasure from countries in the region…Ten thousand — probably us because I don’t want to lose. You’re going to need a large force. There are … 30,000 or 40,000 ISIL guys, only God knows how many. I’m not looking for a fair fight here,” Graham said. “I’m looking for a large regional army where the vast majority would be Arabs and Turks, but I fear if they go in without us they could actually lose.”
I wish I knew who this large regional army is made up of because I certainly don’t see any evidence of one. And while I realize that Graham’s passion and charisma is sure to convince the whole region to follow him into battle as if he were Alexander the Great, I’m fairly sure he’ll have a little bit more difficulty in persuading the American people that we need to start WWIII immediately.
But he does offer one piece of good advice in there: “if that scares you don’t vote for me.”
Don’t vote for him!
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