Graham slams Biden on Middle East strikes: ‘The only Iranian we killed… is some dumba–’
by Miranda Nazzaro - 02/04/24 10:02 AM ET
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday dug into the timing of President Biden’s response to last week’s deadly drone strikes, arguing the U.S. gave Iraq and Syria a “weeks notice,” that only served to kill “some dumbass,” who did not know the counter-attack was coming.
“If the goal is to deter Iran, you’re failing miserably. If the goal is to protect American troops, you’re not achieving your goal,” Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.” “If you’ve convinced Iran you don’t want a wider war, they believe you. ‘Oh, I don’t want a war with you,’ they got the message…they’re not afraid of us. They were afraid of [former President] Trump.”
The Biden administration came under scrutiny from some GOP lawmakers who said the U.S. response to last week’s drone strike was not swift enough.
The U.S. military began its first round of airstrikes on Iranian-backed groups in Syria and Iraq last Friday in response to an attack on a base in Jordan last week that killed three American troops and injured about 40 others.
The strike immediately ramped up pressure on Biden to take decisive action against the groups, which the White House maintained all week it would do at a time of their choosing.
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