Graham: U.S. "Screwed Up" in Iraq (Lindsey Graham Acting Like an Ass Again!)

Myrtle Beach Online ^ | 9/11/06

[areafiftyone]

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Sen. Lindsey Graham said the United States has "screwed up" in Iraq but that the fundamental idea of the war was still correct.

"I know Iraq is a mess and we have screwed up seven ways from Sunday," the South Carolina Republican told about 300 people at the College of Charleston on Sunday, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

"We underestimated how hard it would be. But the fundamental idea behind Iraq is still correct," said Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

"If we back out of this fight ... your children and grandchildren will never know peace," Graham warned.

He told the audience, "I come here with more questions than answers" and wondered "how do you deal with people who have no place on the planet for you?"

Graham said pulling out of Iraq now would mean more bloodshed across the region.

He added the most critical question is whether Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - who calls the Holocaust a hoax - means it when he says he would use nuclear missiles against Israel.

"The central issue of our time is the answer to that question," Graham said. "As we go into the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks ... I believe this is the 1930s and '40s all over again."

He added "there is a force occupying the planet that's every bit as dangerous as Adolf Hitler."

Graham spoke for about 30 minutes during the program sponsored by the college's Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program.

[areafiftyone]

Jeeze with help like that we will win in a landslide in 2006 and 2008! (NOT!!!)

[Mo1]

No Lindsey .. you did by trying to protect the rights of terorists

[Suzy Quzy]

STFU, Lindsay Girlie-man.

[pissant]

Graham, go join the democrats, you lying sack of shiite.

[lormand]

What South Carolina needs is a Republican Senator to replace this DUmmie troll.

[Cicero]

What a little pipsqueak jerk this guy is.

[JFC]

Lindsey......... take your silly self and go sit in the corner.... Your on the wrong side of history!

[RichInOC]

Lindsey, if we want any crap from you, we'll fly in and squeeze your head.

[msnimje]

GOOD Senator from South Carolina.

Not-so-good Senator from South Carolina.

[Reagan79]

Bring back Strom Thurmond, drop the Graham cracker

[traditional1]

Graham must have some juicy stuff in his FBI files.

If you recall him speaking as a House Manager during the Impeachment debate, you wouldn't recognize him as the same person.

Somebody sure has him in the palm of their hand.

[The South Texan]

Heads up SC Freepers! When the time is right, vote this clown out in the GOP Primary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reagan79]

has he been "outed" yet?

[alice_in_bubbaland]

STFU Goober! Is he really that stupid? Oy!

[areafiftyone]

Lindsey used the Impeachment Hearings as a Stepping Stone to the Senate. And I bet you that Graham is hoping McCain wins the 2008 primary so that he chooses Graham as his runningmate.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Keep Dreamin Goober! :)

[traditional1]

"Graham is hoping McCain wins the 2008 primary so that he chooses Graham as his runningmate"

That pairing would be a bigger joke than Chicken-chart-Perot and the Admiral!

[alice_in_bubbaland]

LOL! Don't remind me! :)

[Cincinatus]

Aside from the first comment ("screwed up"), exactly what has he said in this piece that's so wrong and awful? He says that we cannot withdraw, like Murtha wants. He agrees that there is an "Islamofascist threat" like Bush and Cheney claim. He agrees that this time is a lot like the 1930's and that we must choose between good and evil.

So what's his principal sin here? That he said we made mistakes in Iraq? Big deal. The rest of his talk was pretty much pure White House line.

[My2Cents]

"I know Iraq is a mess..."

Just out of curiousity, Lindsey, have you ever been to Iraq?