FROM EIR DAILY ALERT

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Rand Paul Rips Lindsey Graham’s Love of War

Dec. 24, 2018 (EIRNS)—Rand Paul issued a devastating ridicule of Lindsey Graham’s hysterical attack on Trump’s decision to pullout of Syria. “My friend Lindsey Graham,” Paul tweeted,

“is a bit mad right now. You see, he’s never seen a war end before. He’s going to have to console himself with the fact that we still are in about 8 more. I have to tell you; I haven’t seen a Senator who loves war this much since the Star Wars Prequels,”

he stated, with a picture of the character Senator Palpatine.

For those unfamiliar with current U.S. “cultural” references, Wikipedia tells us that Senator Palpatine is the core of true evil in the Stars Wars movies, worse even than Darth Vader.

Graham isn’t the only hysteric, of course. A few choice bipartisan examples should suffice:

Liz Cheney, who undoubtedly learned everything she needs to know about foreign policy on her daddy’s knee, called Trump’s decisions to pull out of Syria and reduce troops in Afghanistan disastrous. “They would really in many ways hand victories to our enemies. It’s a very dangerous path to go down, and we shouldn’t be going down it,” she said.

For the Democrats, Chris Coons of Connecticut claimed that Trump is “handing a great big Christmas gift” to Russia and Iran by withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria.

“And it’s a pretty clear guide post for me, when there’s a foreign policy decision that’s cheered by Vladimir Putin and Rand Paul, that’s a pretty good sign it’s a terrible idea,”

Coons, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, added.