Why Sen. Lindsey Graham Thinks the U.S. Will Be Nuked

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham intimated the United States could suffer a nuclear attack if it did not contain Syria’s chemical weapons programs.

“I believe that if we get Syria wrong, within six months, and you can quote me on this, there will be a war between Iran and Israel over their nuclear program,” Graham told a crowd in South Carolina. “My fear is that it won’t come to America on top of a missile, it’ll come in the belly of a ship in the Charleston or New York harbor.”

Graham said that if the United States did not stop Syria, an ally of Iran, the latter country would succeed in developing a nuclear weapon, technology it would then share with allies. A more radicalized Middle East would force Israel to step up its preparations for war, leading to an inevitable escalation that could result in a nuclear attack

The comments came via a profile in U.S. News, which noted that Graham’s hawkish position on Syria might leave him vulnerable to primary challengers, who could exploit the current unpopularity of military action.

Read the full piece here, via profile in U.S. News.

[h/t the Blaze]

[Image via Mother Jones]

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