More is clearly going on in private in Southwest Asia than is in the public eye. On Monday, South Carolina’s war-hungry Senator Lindsay Graham posted to X a rant against Saudi Arabia, which he charged “seems to be issuing statements and doing things in the background that are marginally helpful, but unwilling to participate in military operations to end the reign of terror coming out of Iran.” He then threatens: “Why should America do a defense agreement with a country like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that is unwilling to join a fight of mutual interest?”
Graham was angered by the report that “the American Embassy is being evacuated in Riyadh because of sustained attacks by Iran against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is my understanding the Kingdom refuses to use their capable military as a part of an effort to end the barbaric and terrorist Iranian regime.”
