Sen. Lindsey Graham told FOX News that he wants to send the Marines to capture Kharg Island, a strategic chokepoint controlling Iran’s oil exports. “We did Iwo Jima, we can do this,” he said. “I trust the U.S. Marines.” “I’m tired of all this armchair quarterbacking. This has been an amazing military operation.”

LINDSEY GRAHAM: Their missile program has been obliterated. Their nuclear program has been obliterated. And they’re running out of money. So here’s what I tell President Trump: keep it up for a few more weeks. Take Kharg Island, where all of the resources they have to produce oil-control that island-let this regime down. SHANNON BREAM: Is this going to-taking Kharg Island-will it involve U.S. troops on the ground? LINDSEY GRAHAM: I don’t know yet. SHANNON BREAM: The Atlantic does an assessment on that. They say U.S. troops may take Kharg Island. We believe in their ability to do so, but only to endure ballistic missile strikes, attacks, petrochemical smoke, or logistical support. It could be a grinding war of attrition. They talk about a grinding war. LINDSEY GRAHAM: I’m tired of all this armchair quarterbacking. This has been an amazing military operation. God bless the fallen. SHANNON BREAM: It’s a difference when we talk about operations on the ground. LINDSEY GRAHAM: I trust the Marines, not that guy. I trust DOD. We have two Marine Expeditionary Units sailing to this island. We did Iwo Jima-we can do this. I don’t know if you take it or block it, but I know this: the day we control that island, this terrorist regime has been weakened, it will die on a vine. And here’s what I want to do. I want to get with Chris. I want to spread the peace. As the war winds down, I want peace to ramp up. The reason we don’t have Saudi Arabia and Israel making peace is October 7, 2023. Iran, through Hamas, attacked Israel, stopping normalization. I want to take up and complete what Biden started. As soon as we get Iran defanged so they can never do another October 7, I want to start up peace talks between Saudi and Israel. This year, I want a peace deal between Saudi and Israel-normalizing, ending the Arab-Israeli conflict that’s been going on for 2,000 years-this year. And you can’t do it with a lethal Iran. So we’re weeks away from this Iranian regime not having the capability to stop peace.

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