Lindsey Graham: Trump told me he will bomb North Korea if it keeps testing missiles

[babylonsister]

https://www.vox.com/world/2017/8/1/16075198/trump-lindsey-graham-north-korea-war

Lindsey Graham: Trump “told me” he will bomb North Korea if it keeps testing missiles
“If thousands die, they’re going to die over there.”
Updated by Zack Beauchamp@[e-mail]
Aug 1, 2017, 12:29pm EDT


On Tuesday morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham said that President Trump is willing to go to war with North Korea to stop it from being able to hit the American mainland with a nuclear weapon.

“There is a military option: to destroy North Korea’s nuclear program and North Korea itself,” Graham told the Today show’s Matt Lauer. “He’s not going to allow — President Trump — the ability of this madman {Kim Jong Un} to have a missile that could hit America.

“If there’s going to be a war to stop him, it will be over there,” Graham continued. “If thousands die, they’re going to die over there. They’re not going to die over here — and he’s told me that to my face.”

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In short? What Graham and, allegedly, Trump are talking about is far beyond even the horror of the Iraq War. They are loosely talking about risking hundreds of thousands, quite possibly millions, of lives to head off a threat that is, as of right now, still hypothetical.

Graham justifies his attitude, and allegedly the president’s, by reference to patriotism.

“When you're president of the United States, where does your allegiance lie? To the people of the United States,” he said in the interview.

It’s troubling enough that a senator thinks this. If the president, who has the ability to actually start a war with North Korea, agrees, we should all be concerned.

[ExciteBike66]

1. Pre-emptive war...

worked out so well the last time....

[elehhhhna]

14. And China will promptly fuck us up

[spanone]

2. trump and lindsey wouldn't care as long as Koreans die....north or south...

as long as it's 'not over here'

God help this screwed up nation.

[tblue37]

5. We have a lot of troops over there, too. nt

[spanone]

9. well, you'd think that would be a concern....but i doubt it. i've lost ALL faith in these fuckers.

[metroins]

3. This might actually be a justified war

I'm not saying it's the right or wrong move, but an unstable country with nuclear weapons is vowing to destroy us and they are actively developing missiles to s specifically hit us.

Preemptive strikes may be wiser than letting him attack first.

There is no debate that NK nuclear program is rapidly accelerating.

[Fresh_Start]

4. absolutely not....it would not be a justified war

we need to stop thinking that killing civilians is a solution to insane leaders.
Otherwise, we also would deserve to be the target of someone elses preemptive strike.

[metroins]

8. I disagree

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Unless the missiles are in the process of reving up to launch, then no.

We spent decades with the Soviet Union armed to the teeth and managed not to attack.

[metroins]

10. Soviet was a super power

NK is actively creating nuclear weapons to attack the USA and NK is an unstable 3rd world.

They listen to Dennis Rodman.... he's about as predictable as Trump.

[BannonsLiver]

15. Except it'd be a lot messier than that

NK would rain hot death on Seoul thanks to the thousands of artillery pieces they have placed near the border. Many South Korean civilians would be killed. Things would escalate quickly.

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-no-one-in-korea-wants-war-2013-4

[Johonny]

7. Is Lindsey Graham the last man that trusts Trump at his word

add that to the list of things that popped out of the mad man's mouth.

[cloudbase]

11. This may be just a bit of strategic leaking.

It may give Kim something to chew on for a while.

[panader0]

12. Russia has the potential to hit the US as well.

A lot more than N Korea. Hey Donald, you know that right?

[PearliePoo2]

13. Goodbye Seoul, it will be obliterated. Japan will have 'incoming ' also.

Is madman going to telegraph his intentions by moving thousands of our troops out of Country or will he sacrifice them to the cause? Great diversion from the Russian investigation, eh? I would NOT put this past the cornered RAT! Holy fuck.