"The mother ship of terrorism is sinking, the captain is dead. The largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, is close to collapsing. I don't know if this is technically a war, but here's what I can say the headline is for me Sunday."
"There will be no American boots on the ground. This is not Iraq, this is not Germany, this is not Japan. We're going to free the people up from the terrorist regime. And the goal is not only to help the Iranian people to chart a new destiny, to make sure no matter who takes over in Iran, no matter who it is, no matter who the people pick, they cannot become the largest state sponsor of terrorism."
"They can't fuel Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Hamas. They can't have ballistic missiles, they can't have a nuclear weapon. They will be out of the terrorism business. So the people will pick."
Senator Lindsey Graham responded to questions about U.S. policy toward Iran following Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death. Graham characterized Iran as the "mother ship of terrorism" that is collapsing, though he avoided definitively stating the U.S. is at war with Iran. When asked whether the United States would select Iran's next leader, Graham firmly rejected this, stating there will be no American boots on the ground and the Iranian people will choose their leader. However, he emphasized that regardless of who takes power, Iran must cease state sponsorship of terrorism, stop funding militant groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, eliminate ballistic missiles, and abandon nuclear weapons development. Graham distinguished this approach from past interventions in Iraq, Germany, and Japan, framing it as liberation rather than occupation or regime selection.
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