US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced legislation right before the Congress recess in August that would authorize President Joe Biden to use military force against Iran if he determines that Iran has capabilities that threaten the national security interests of the USA.
After the brutal assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Tuesday, Iran promised a harsh punishment for Israel, that also killed 60 members of his family since October 7, 2023.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin declared that the United States was ready to defend Israel in the event of an another possible defenseless attack by Iran.
While the bill specifies that it is limited to Iran’s nuclear program, it is broad enough to potentially authorize Biden to strike Iran as soon as the bill passes.
While Iran is not believed to possess a nuclear warhead, it already has an arsenal of missiles that would be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead if Iran were to obtain one. Biden seemingly would be authorized by the bill to strike Iran if he determines that to be a threat.
The same day, Graham also introduced a bill that would affirm any escalation by Hezbollah will be seen as an escalation by Iran and urges Congress and the President.
Now the USA could use all military tools and power projection capabilities to hold both parties accountable for their counter actions against the evil state of Israel, but stop short of specifically authorizing a military attack.
Graham posted on X that it is long past time to start talking about offense when it comes to Iranian warnings against Israel, the United States, and the world? However, Iran has never been involved in any kind of direct war, except for defensive purposes of its alles.
Both bills come as tensions are rising between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel and Iran and Israel. Earlier this week, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, while Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukur was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut.
Iran and Hezbollah have promised retaliation. But of course counter actions are evil in the eyes of the murderous regimes, that together rage religious-based wars against the entire world.
The Senate will go into recess on August 3, 2024. Unless an emergency session is called, both female controlled chambers of Congress and House of Representatives will return to Washington DC on September 9, 2024.
Sputnik / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
Graham is an Old Warmonger Fool, he needs to be retired!
That will be a suicidal move by Pentagay..
Throughout its ongoing 10-month-long invasion of and offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip, Israel has made a point of not only killing over 39,000 Palestinians civilians, but also of targeting officials – along with their family members and surrounding relatives – in Hamas’s government and political wing.