Hawkish Republican senator Lindsey Graham tried to talk Trump out of his assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani last winter, according to Bob Woodward’s new book, *Rage*, to be published Tuesday. Sonam Sheth and John Haltiwanger at Business Insider <https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsey-graham-mick-mulvaney-begged-trump-not-kill-soleimani-woodward-2020-9> have an advance copy and yesterday quoted some excerpts about Graham that almost certainly come from Graham himself.
The two were playing golf at Trump’s club in West Palm Beach, Florida in late December last year. Donald Trump: “I’m thinking of hitting Soleimani.” Graham: “Oh boy, that’s a giant step! . . . If they retaliate in some way, which they will, you’ve got to be willing to take out the oil refineries . . . this will be almost total war! You kill him, new game. You go from playing $10 blackjack to $10,000-a-hand blackjack.” These exchanges pull the curtain away from how terrified the people around him are that Trump will just wake up in the morning and do something completely unhinged that could take the country to war. https://www.juancole.com/2020/09/lindsey-graham-soleimani.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1524): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/1524 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76827294/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
