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- Lindsey Graham Says ‘There’s No Reason’ To Invade Iran – Except for Part...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) offered a curious assessment of the Iran war, stating that the U.S. does not need to invade Iran, but that it should seize a key part of the country. Doing so would presumably mean a military invasion – and occupation – of Iranian territory. On Friday night, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military “totally obliterated every military target” on Kharg, through which 90% of Iran’s oil exports pass. The president said the island’s oil infrastructure was left intact, but added that if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, he will “reconsider this decision.” Some Republicans are beginning to float the idea of destroying or at least damaging the oil facilities on the island to ratchet up pressure on Iran. Others, such as Graham, have floated the idea of seizing Kharg Island. Appearing on Tuesday’s Hannity on Fox News, Graham said that there is “no reason” for an invasion before immediately telling Trump to “take Kharg Island”: No, we’re not gonna invade Iran. There’s no reason to. We’re gonna destroy their ability to hurt us, have a nuclear weapon, build missiles to hit America, and terrorize the region. Kharg Island, 90% of their income comes from oil and gas revenue. A hundred percent of that revenue generating capability is on a single outlet. Mr. President, take Kharg Island, this war is over. Hours before Graham’s Fox News appearance, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) told CNN that he believes the 2,500 U.S. Marines on their way to the Middle East are gearing up to seize the island. Like Graham, apparently, Sessions said this would not constitute an invasion or having U.S. soldiers on the ground in Iran. “I actually spoke to some media last night, and I indicated that I believe that what these 2500 Marines of the Marine Expeditionary Force would be, would be to probably secure the island,” Sessions said. “The island is not, in my opinion, boots on the ground in combat circumstances.” Watch above via Fox News.The post Lindsey Graham Says ‘There’s No Reason’ To Invade Iran – Except for Part of It first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - House Republican Warns Trump of GOP ‘Civil War’ if President Withdraws U.S. ...Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) warned President Donald Trump that the Republican Party will be “destroyed” in a “civil war” if he in any way tries to leave or break up NATO. Bacon joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on The Source on Tuesday, where he made it clear to the president that there is a “loss of trust” between the U.S. and its NATO allies and a lot of “work” needs to be done to repair that relationship. “Is [Trump] wrong when he says that he can leave NATO without Congress?” Collins asked Bacon. “He’s wrong,” Bacon replied. The congressman then added his warning about a “civil war” breaking out in the party if the president did take steps to break away from NATO. He said: If he broke up NATO on his own, it would be a civil war in the Republican caucus, or the conference. Most of us would find that totally unacceptable. And I’m not alone. There’s a large group of us that believe in our alliances and standing up for freedom and pushing back on China and Russia. We don’t want war with these guys, but you’ve got to be strong. And if he went in and somehow destroyed or tore up NATO, it would probably destroy the party for many years. There would be many that will never forgive that. “It would destroy the Republican Party?” Collins asked. “I think it would implode,” Bacon said. Trump raged at NATO on Tuesday through Truth Social after his plea for them to join the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran was rejected. The president replied by calling the alliances a “one-way street” and claiming that the U.S. now doesn’t actually “need” their help. “We no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!” he wrote. Watch above via CNN.The post House Republican Warns Trump of GOP ‘Civil War’ if President Withdraws U.S. From NATO first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- John Bolton Says He Briefed Trump On Strait of Hormuz Scenarios That the Preside...Former National Security Advisor John Bolton told CNN he briefed President Donald Trump on multiple Iran retaliation scenarios during his first term, despite the president now claiming he’s “shocked” by Iran’s actions. Bolton, who served under Trump before a public falling out, joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday evening, where he was surprised to hear Trump had “indicated” he wasn’t made aware of the potential of retaliatory strikes Iran has since made against neighboring countries and the Strait of Hormuz, where a significant amount of the world’s oil moves through. “The president seemed to indicate yesterday that he had not been briefed on the potential that Iran might strike out at its neighbors or try to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. Is that conceivable to you that he would not have been briefed on those potential those potential, you know repercussions?” Cooper asked Bolton. Bolton noted he’s long been a supporter of a “regime change campaign” in Iran — though he’s acknowledged “mistakes” Trump’s made with his strikes — and it’s one of the issues that set him at odds with officials in Trump’s first administration. He said he brought up scenarios of striking Iran multiple times and retaliatory strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and elsewhere were always brought up. He told Cooper: Well, I know for a fact that he was aware of those potentials. I raised the option of regime change in Iran several times during the time I was national security advisor. I never persuaded the president to adopt that position. And one reason was that others had different views, and every time I raised it, they raised a whole long list of difficulties that are entailed by a regime change campaign and that if you’re going to embark on it you better have answers to them and certainly closing the Strait of Hormuz was always one of them and so were attacks on the Gulf Arab states, particularly their oil infrastructure so he knew about it in his first term. I find it hard to believe that he forgot about it in the intervening years. “They weren’t supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East,” Trump said on Monday at a Kennedy Center board meeting. “Those missiles were set to go after them. So, they hit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait. Nobody expected that. We were shocked.”… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable’ National Security Risk
In a legal filing, the government said it questioned whether the A.I. start-up could be a “trusted partner” in wartime, which led it to label the company a supply chain risk. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Chelsea Handler Claims RFK Jr. and Cheryl Hines Sold Her a ‘Toxic’ and ‘F*...Comedian Chelsea Handler claimed recently that she bought a “f**ked up” mansion from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and it’s so “toxic” that she hasn’t been able to move in yet. On the Dear Chelsea podcast, Handler was joined by fellow comedian and actor Denis Leary and she broke down some of the issues she’s had with a $5.9 million home she bought five years ago in Los Angeles. The vocal critic of President Donald Trump said she was not aware that Kennedy and his wife Cheryl Hines, known for her role on Curb Your Enthusiasm, were the previous owners of the five-bedroom home. Handler purchased the mansion in 2021. Handler said: I did not know I was buying it from him. It was anonymous. I still have not lived in this house. That’s how f**ked up this house was. The idea that this guy is in charge of the health of our country, when he didn’t even have a proper foundation at his house. And when [inspectors] opened up the house, they were like, ‘this house is the most toxic environment. You cannot live here for at least two years.’ I’m not exaggerating. It was a disaster. She added that another problem was then found in an illegal storage unit on the property, which Handler called “illegal bulls**t.” “Now we have to remove his illegal bulls**t from my property and I’m like, ‘how did they not find this upon the first inspection?” she said. Handler claimed Hines left her a note that only made her angrier about the purchase. “They had the audacity to leave me a note! Cheryl Hines left me a note saying, ‘Let us know if there’s anything we can do for you, Chelsea.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, how about a fucking foundation?’ That’s something you could do for me,” she said. “Anyway, I’m not angry about it or anything. I’m totally over it.” Watch above via Dear Chelsea.The post Chelsea Handler Claims RFK Jr. and Cheryl Hines Sold Her a ‘Toxic’ and ‘F**ked Up’ $6 Million Mansion first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- Republican Senator Claims ID Is Required ‘To Have a Child’ Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) claimed that having an identification card is required “to have a child” in the U.S. He did not elaborate as to when or to whom he thinks the ID would need to be presented. Senate Republicans are currently trying to pass the SAVE Act, which would require proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or a passport, when registering to vote. Opponents of the legislation state that it could disenfranchise millions of Americans who do not have ready access to such documents. President Donald Trump has repeatedly urged the Senate to pass the bill, even if it means ending the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to break. Republicans control the chamber 53-47 and do not currently have the votes to advance the bill. On Tuesday’s edition of The Story on Fox News, McCormick explained that he supports the bill, and said ID is required to engage in other activities, including having children, apparently: There’s a number of ways – five or six ways – to demonstrate citizenship. And there’s a number of things that qualify as sufficient voter ID. And that same argument against voter ID, I mean, you have to have an ID to get a six pack, you have to have it to give blood, you have to have it to have a child, and you have to have it to get married. This is a commonsense thing. In his State of the Union address, Trump told the Senate to pass the SAVE Act, and flat-out claimed Democrats can only win elections by committing voter fraud. “They wanna cheat,” the president said. “They have cheated. And their policy is so bad that the only way they can get elected is to cheat. And we’re gonna stop it. We have to stop it.” Trump has falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged against him. Watch above via Fox News.The post Republican Senator Claims ID Is Required ‘To Have a Child’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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