Graham was an extraordinary man. His personal manner was extremely effeminate, but he was obsessed with war, destruction and murder. Lindsey obviously got off on war. You know the guy was a disaster when he was a protege of John McCain, indeed, his adoring disciple. Americans love war. It hasn’t always been so. In the earlier part of the history of our country we only went to war after at least a little debate. People would ask questions. There was even a debate about the wisdom of going after the Barbary Pirates in 1801. Now we just blunder into conflicts without a moment’s reflection, terrified that anyone, anywhere, might for 10 seconds doubt our resolve.

We want to be first through the gate in any potential conflict. World War One and World War Two, two dust-ups where we joined late, worked to our advantage, even if getting involved was unnecessary. Now the second we may look at another country as a possible opponent or one that might have policies that are against our interests, we immediately invade. Graham was that type of guy who held that invasion was always the first resort. In many cases long term regional stability was an objective that was never considered. Just bear down, bomb and hope for the best. Our crazy, violent press loves to report on death and destruction, just like a good deal of the press before the Spanish American War.

Why was Graham such a warmonger? Well, in the previous year the senator got $1, 025,896 from jewish aligned political action committees. Following the money is always a wise thing to do in politics. A cool million carries a lot of clout in DC. This figure does not even account for personal contributions from billionaire jewish donors.

I love America and the American people, but one of our terrible weaknesses is that we have a deep love of war. Give a typical American a half-assed excuse to kill people and break things and he will fall for it. When we were the unipolar power we were somewhat shielded from bad decisions on war and peace. Now that we are weaker, broke and divided we have to use prudence in such decisions and people like Lindsey Graham are essentially obsolete.