Graham 'Makes Iran Great' with More Sanctions, Not Diplomacy
The Independent reports Sen. Lindsey Graham's call for Donald Trump to 'Make Iran Great Again' by targeting the Islamic Republic with sanctions, potentially expanding to Venezuela. This, from the man who relentlessly championed the Iraq War—a 'great' success that destabilized the entire region. Graham's 'Make Iran Great Again' playbook appears identical to the 'Make Iraq Great Again' strategy:
impose crippling sanctions, then lament the 'failure' of diplomacy when the targeted nation doesn't roll over to Western dictates. It's a convenient amnesia, ignoring decades of Iran's historical grievances with Western intervention, from the 1953 US-backed coup against democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh to their current nuclear standoff exacerbated by the US unilaterally
pulling out of the JCPOA. Graham, who consistently votes for increased military spending and Israeli aid, (he received $5,000 from Pro-Israel America and $10,000 from AIPAC in 2022, according to OpenSecrets.org), seemingly believes punitive measures are the only valid foreign policy tool. The 'Make Iran Great Again' slogan sounds less like a vision for prosperity and more like a thinly veiled
threat of regime change, wrapped in recycled hawkish rhetoric that consistently fails to achieve anything beyond escalating suffering and regional instability. One might wonder if 'greatness' here means unwavering subservience to American geopolitical ambitions, consequences be damned.