ABC News reports:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tweeted in support of the U.S. airstrike that killed seven in Baghdad on Thursday including Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force.
Officials said Solemani orchestrated several attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the past several months, and approved attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq earlier this week.
We killed the most powerful man in Tehran short of the Ayatollah.
This was not an act of revenge for what he had done in the past.
This was a preemptive, defensive strike planned to take out the organizer of attacks yet to come.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020
To the Iranian government: If you want to stay in the oil business leave America and our allies alone and stop being the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020
This action by President Trump and our military was in direct response to Iranian aggression orchestrated by General Soleimani and his proxies.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020
Thank you, Mr. President, for standing up for America.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020
If Iranian aggression continues and I worked at an Iranian oil refinery, I would think about a new career.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020
I appreciate President @realDonaldTrump’s bold action against Iranian aggression. To the Iranian government: if you want more, you will get more.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020
Wow – the price of killing and injuring Americans has just gone up drastically. Major blow to Iranian regime that has American blood on its hands. Soleimani was one of the most ruthless and vicious members of the Ayatollah’s regime. He had American blood on his hands.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020
Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was seen at Mar-a-Lago on Monday and Tuesday, says on Fox News, “I was briefed about the potential operation when I was down in Florida.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 3, 2020