{"id":780,"date":"2025-06-17T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=780"},"modified":"2025-06-17T19:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:21:33","slug":"graham-its-time-to-close-the-chapter-on-the-ayatollah-and-his-henchmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/graham-its-time-to-close-the-chapter-on-the-ayatollah-and-his-henchmen\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham: 'It\u2019s time to close the chapter on the ayatollah and his henchmen'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) urged President Trump on Thursday night to go \u201call in\u201d in support of Israel\u2019s war with Iran<\/a>, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity, \u201cit\u2019s time to close the chapter on the Ayatollah and his henchmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graham said the U.S. should be willing to fly bunker-busting bombing missions over Iran if that\u2019s what is needed to defeat the Islamic regime. <\/p>\n

\u201cBe all in, President Trump, in helping Israel eliminate the nuclear threat,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we need to provide bombs to Israel, provide bombs. If we need to fly planes with Israel, do joint operations.”<\/p>\n

\u201cBut here\u2019s the bigger question: Wouldn\u2019t the world be better off if the ayatollahs went away and were replaced by something better? Wouldn\u2019t Iran be better off?\u201d the GOP senator added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Graham later answered his own question. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to close the chapter on the ayatollah and his henchmen. Let\u2019s close it soon and start a new chapter in the Mideast: one of tolerance, hope, and peace,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The South Carolina Republican is among the most reliable military hawks<\/a> in the Republican party and has long advocated a heavy hand against Iran.<\/p>\n

Israel has shown a stunning capacity for targeted strikes<\/a> over the past week of attacks on Iran, taking out dozens of military commanders<\/a> and nuclear scientists. However, Israel\u2019s military does not have the massive bunker-busting bombs<\/a> in the U.S. arsenal, which are capable of destroying Iran\u2019s heavily fortified underground nuclear facilities<\/a> at Fordow.<\/p>\n

Trump is reportedly weighing<\/a> whether to directly help Israel<\/a> destroy the facilities, which would drastically set back Iran\u2019s nuclear timeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSimply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,\u201d Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. \u201cI said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House is also talking with Iran about potentially returning to negotiations over its nuclear program \u2014 after Iran pulled out<\/a> of the latest round of talks \u2014 according to Axios<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iranian officials asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press Trump to lean on Israel to strike a ceasefire, in exchange for Iranian flexibility in nuclear negotiations, Reuters reported Monday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After leaving the Group of Seven (G7)<\/a> summit in Canada early, Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Tuesday morning that his special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and Vice President Vance may meet with Iranian officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, he added he was “not too much in the mood to negotiate” with Iran and not interested<\/a> in a temporary ceasefire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We’re looking at better than a ceasefire. … An end, a real end. Not a ceasefire, a real end.”<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shown no interest in ending its largest-ever aerial assault<\/a> on Iran, predicting the attacks could continue for weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netanyahu told ABC News<\/a> on Monday that he would not rule out killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a move Trump has reportedly opposed<\/a>. He also dismissed Tehran\u2019s reported diplomatic outreach to the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m not surprised. I mean, they want to continue to have these fake talks in which they lie, they cheat, they string the U.S. along. And, you know, we have very solid Intel on that,” the prime minister said. <\/p>\n

“They want to keep on building their nuclear weapons and building their mass ballistic missile arsenal, which they’re firing at our people,” Netanyahu added. “They want to continue to create the two existential threats against Israel while they’re talking. That’s not going to happen.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) urged President Trump on Thursday night to go \u201call in\u201d in support of Israel\u2019s war with Iran, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity, \u201cit\u2019s time to<\/p>\n

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