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JBTaurus83

(1,194 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:24 AM 17 hrs ago

'We are going make a tonne of money': US Senator Graham on US war on Iran

Source: Al Jazeera (English)

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.

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/9/we-are-going-make-a-tonne-of-money-us-senator-graham-on-us-war-on-iran

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'We are going make a tonne of money': US Senator Graham on US war on Iran (Original Post) JBTaurus83 17 hrs ago OP
Well folks.................... Lovie777 17 hrs ago #1
Trump probably sold the information to Iran. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #19
Sold the info to Iran? AloeVera 11 hrs ago #28
They don't even bother to hide their corruption and theft. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #2
Blood for Oil. Jeez they just come out and say it now. 617Blue 15 hrs ago #8
The psychopaths openly brag about their crimes. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #25
It's not our oil, Lindsey. Haggard Celine 16 hrs ago #3
Not just christians, the BESTEST christians. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #20
That's right, they're the REAL Christians. Haggard Celine 13 hrs ago #22
At least he is being honest for once , him and his buddies are going to make LiberalArkie 16 hrs ago #4
Jeeeze, if money was the motive UpInArms 16 hrs ago #5
Who is/are this "we" he is referring to? eShirl 16 hrs ago #6
It surely isn't JBTaurus83 16 hrs ago #7
English is deficient in that it doesn't have two words for "we". markodochartaigh 11 hrs ago #29
Trump isn't the only one with mental impairment. xuplate 15 hrs ago #9
Well, it would be a first for anyone named Trump. Ray Bruns 15 hrs ago #10
Not even hiding the corruption WSHazel 14 hrs ago #11
Death for Dollars Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #12
Lindsey isn't LilElf70 14 hrs ago #13
Lindsey made 3 trips to Israel in the two weeks Emile 14 hrs ago #14
MAGA Lackey Clown. Martin68 14 hrs ago #15
always about the money, the grift. Scalded Nun 13 hrs ago #16
Who is this "we"? Karma13612 13 hrs ago #17
Tell the dead schoolgirls, you evil monster Mysterian 13 hrs ago #18
Republicans haven't "become" anything... GiqueCee 10 hrs ago #33
They don't even bother to hide it anymore. Autumn 13 hrs ago #21
Imagine being one of the servicemen/women who heard the sermon truthisfreedom 13 hrs ago #23
It's sad that many in the military JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #32
Wonder how Lindsay & company are going to spend all that money, Bayard 10 hrs ago #34
If I ever see that man hanging from a tree vanessa_ca 12 hrs ago #24
Fool's gold. Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #26
So why didn't the 'good' Germans overthrow Hitler? BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #27
Isn't that what Trump said about Venezuela? sop 11 hrs ago #30
You won't get to spend a penny of... GiqueCee 10 hrs ago #31
Disgusting pattyloutwo 6 hrs ago #35

Lovie777

(22,743 posts)
1. Well folks....................
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:41 AM
17 hrs ago

that is the reason why US is helping Israel bomb Iran, oil = money.

Hundreds, maybe thousands may die, but shithole said it's worth it.

It would not surprise me if Iran's bestie Putin gave up the location to the supreme leader and others.

"There is no honor among thieves".

travelingthrulife

(5,050 posts)
19. Trump probably sold the information to Iran.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:03 AM
13 hrs ago

Why do we think we have any secret locations in this day of non-stop spying.

Irish_Dem

(80,836 posts)
2. They don't even bother to hide their corruption and theft.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:57 AM
16 hrs ago

The entire Iran operation is a huge smash and grab.
Oil, land, gold.

Haggard Celine

(17,799 posts)
3. It's not our oil, Lindsey.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:01 AM
16 hrs ago

It's just fine to kill thousands of people if you're going to make money from it. And these people call themselves Christians.

Haggard Celine

(17,799 posts)
22. That's right, they're the REAL Christians.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:16 AM
13 hrs ago

A lot of them don't think anyone outside of their own denomination is a true Christian. These Fundagelicals in America are a scourge.

LiberalArkie

(19,688 posts)
4. At least he is being honest for once , him and his buddies are going to make
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:07 AM
16 hrs ago

A lot of money off the war

UpInArms

(54,782 posts)
5. Jeeeze, if money was the motive
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:17 AM
16 hrs ago

I know an island where they take all those corporate headquarters

markodochartaigh

(5,426 posts)
29. English is deficient in that it doesn't have two words for "we".
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:47 PM
11 hrs ago

Some languages have one word which includes the person or persons being spoken to, and one word which does not include those being addressed.

WSHazel

(713 posts)
11. Not even hiding the corruption
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 08:53 AM
14 hrs ago

Systems will break under the weight of this much corruption.

LilElf70

(1,525 posts)
13. Lindsey isn't
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:25 AM
14 hrs ago

the brightest. All mouth, and nothing behind anything he says. Remember, "I'm out of it", then joined the cult?

I describe poor Lindsey as a 25 watt bulb in a box of 150 watt bulbs.

Scalded Nun

(1,662 posts)
16. always about the money, the grift.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:53 AM
13 hrs ago

They are all playing their collective violins as the country and the world burns in the fires they started.

GiqueCee

(3,918 posts)
33. Republicans haven't "become" anything...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:56 PM
10 hrs ago

... the have ALWAYS been irredeemably evil; they just don't think they have to hide it anymore. Alas, they gave away the game too soon, and now we're coming for them.
If ever they update the DSM 5, they should include conservatism on the darkest end of the sociopathy spectrum, right after "bloodthirsty psychopath".

truthisfreedom

(23,526 posts)
23. Imagine being one of the servicemen/women who heard the sermon
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:28 AM
13 hrs ago

About how Trump is lighting the beacon for the arrival of Armageddon for their returning Christ, and then hearing Lindsey talk about all the money. Imagine how crushed their hearts are.

Bayard

(29,395 posts)
34. Wonder how Lindsay & company are going to spend all that money,
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:13 PM
10 hrs ago

When they're all raptured up?

vanessa_ca

(799 posts)
24. If I ever see that man hanging from a tree
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:05 AM
12 hrs ago

I'll whistle by with a happy song.
He's a disgusting psychopath. Yimach Shemam v'Zichram.

BidenRocks

(3,161 posts)
27. So why didn't the 'good' Germans overthrow Hitler?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:31 PM
11 hrs ago

That has been a question for years.
Now we know!
Americans don't care in the same way. We mistake symbolism for Democracy.

Only when the war comes to America will most give a damn. It took 9-11 and we started a bullshit war on a lie!
Unity fell to a needless war.

Now we're divided and have a needless war.

I am ready to form a new government built on accountability and responsibility!

250/1

GiqueCee

(3,918 posts)
31. You won't get to spend a penny of...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:49 PM
10 hrs ago

... that "ton of money" if you're rotting to death in prison where you belong, you oily little turd.

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