Friday on 'Fox & Friends,' Senator Lindsey Graham said that U.S. forces should target oil fields and refineries in Iran, not Iraq or Syria, calling them 'economic targets that would crush the economy.'
As tensions ratchet up between the U.S. and Iran, Senator Lindsey Graham appeared via phone interview Friday onGraham currently serves as the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and has been outspoken about foreign policy issues.
"How would you stop retaliation? Through deterrence," Graham replied."What's the one thing the regime can't afford to lose? The ability to refine oil. So what President Trump has done is up the ante as high as you can up it." Senator Lindsey Graham said Friday on"Fox & Friends" that the U.S should target Iran's oil fields and refineries to take away"the one thing the regime can't afford to lose."reached out to Senator Graham's office for further comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
"You gotta put on the table quickly, in my view, the consequences of retaliation by the Iranians," Graham continued."They gotta know what comes next. We took out the No. 1 military mind of Iran. The next thing we need to put on the table is the No. 1 economic engine of Iran is the oil refineries. The president has to convince the Ayatollah that if he retaliates our response will be greater than the market will bear.
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