In his announcement Graham spouted some serious crazy, but the height of the insanity is his early campaign promise to kill anyone thinking of joining al-Qaeda or ISIL.
Video of Graham announcing his 2016 bid:
https://youtu.be/RuNqRHi7h7c
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During his announcement, Graham demanded a return to more war in the Middle East, “Simply put, radical Islam is running wild. They have more safe havens, more money, more weapons and more capability to strike our homeland than any time since 9/11. They are large, rich and entrenched. As president, I will make them small, poor and on the run. I’m afraid some Americans have grown tired of fighting them. I have bad news to share with you — the radical Islamists are not tired of fighting you.”
Graham’s agenda isn’t limited to killing terrorists. Senator Graham also wants to kill anybody who is thinking about joining al-Qaeda or ISIL. In April, Graham said, “If I’m president of the United States and you’re thinking about joining Al Qaeda or ISIL, I’m not going to call a judge. I’m going to call a drone, and we will kill you.”
Lindsey Graham’s presidential platform involves killing people for their thoughts. How would the hypothetical President Graham know what people are thinking? Most Americans are worried about privacy, but Lindsey Graham wants to be literally in your head, and if he doesn’t like your thoughts, he will kill you.
Everyone can agree that ISIL and al-Qaeda must be defeated, but Lindsey Graham has taken the Republican obsession with more war to an absurd conclusion. Graham will never win the nomination, and he won’t be president, but the idea that people can be killed for what they are thinking is the main reason to doubt whether Lindsey Graham is mentally stable enough to be in the United States Senate.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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