Monday, November 8th, 2010
Graham says military operations may be necessary, Gates says political-economic approach is working
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the United States should use military force to provoke regime change in Iran if economic sanctions do not halt the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
Speaking to attendees of the Halifax International Security Forum on Saturday, Graham said that although the "last thing America needs is another military conflict," having a nuclear armed Iran is completely unacceptable.
Iran claims their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, but many inside the United States believe the regime is planning to manufacture nuclear weapons.
"So my view of military force would be not to just neutralize their nuclear program, which are probably dispersed and hardened, but to sink their navy, destroy their air force and deliver a decisive blow to the Revolutionary Guard," Graham said. "In other words, neuter that regime."
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