Valuetainment
“Iran War Hawk” - Lindsey Graham PUSHES Boots On Ground To Seize Kharg Island
23 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Here's Lindsey Graham. Guys, not a lot of people do I go to their desk where they have like 40 different pictures of an individual. Typically, you'll go to Tom's desk. Like, Tom has pictures of some interesting people there, right, in his office. Very, very interesting people in his office. But you go to Vinny's desk.
I don't know if it's 40, maybe it's 50 pictures of Lindsey Graham, John Bolton, some of his favorite people in the world. Now, the pictures may be upside down or put up in a different thing, and he prays for them. He prays for them a lot. Here's Lindsey Graham, what he said should happen, okay? And you tell me how you feel about this. Go ahead, Rob.
So here's what I tell President Trump. Keep it up for a few more weeks. Take Karg Island, where all of the resources they have to produce oil. Control that island. Let this regime die on a vine.
Is this going to, though, take Karg Island? Is it going to involve U.S. troops on the ground? Let me just read you something.
I don't know.
the atlantic does an assessment on that they say u.s troops may well take carg island we believe their ability to do so but only to endure ballistic missile strikes drone attacks petrochemical smoke all without a reliable means of obtaining logistical support the result could be a grinding war of attrition they talk about how far away they would be from resupply i'm sort of tired of all this uh armchair quarterback and this has been amazing military operation god bless the fallen
But it's a difference when we talk about troops on the ground.
I trust the Marines, not that guy. I trust DOD. We got two Marine expeditionary units sailing to this island. We did Iwo Jima. We can do this. The Marines, my money is always on the Marines. I don't know if you take the island or you blockade the island, but I know this.
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Chapter 2: What aggressive actions does Lindsey Graham propose for Iran?
The day we control that island, this regime, 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 wanna sprint to 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 the 7th, 2023, Iran through Hamas attacked Israel, stopping normalization.
I wanna take up and complete what Biden started. As soon as we get Iran defanged so they can never do another October 7th, I wanna 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.
I mean, tell me he is not the biggest bloodthirsty cheerleader right now. Just FYI for people, in the Battle of Iwo Jima, Tom, do you know how many Marines we lost?
Chapter 3: What is the strategic significance of Kharg Island?
6,000 approximately? 6,800 Marines. Almost 7,000. Almost 7,000 Marines and over 20,000 were injured. By the way, when you talk about, like, this is the problem, Pat, with everything that's happened with the war and Israel and this and that, these are the type of people that they should just tell as an administration, shut up.
Like what I said about when Israel, like, you know, when Israel, not Israel, just Rabbi Shmuley, he should never speak about anything about Israel. It turns people off and it makes people angry.
Chapter 4: How do panelists view the potential for U.S. troops on the ground in Iran?
Hate you, okay? This is the same guy.
I'm with you on that. I condone that.
Oh, he's the worst. Lindsey Graham's the same guy that said, I'm going to go back to South Carolina, and I'm asking them to send their sons and daughters to the Middle East. Of course, because it's not his kids, okay? And when talking about Gaza, he said, and I quote, just flatten it. We flattened Berlin. We flattened Tokyo. We flattened Germany. We flattened Japan.
That tells you everything you need to know about this guy, okay? He has no kids. He's pleading for everybody else's sons and daughters to go out there to die. And I think that's when people need to stop and think, okay? And by the way, you know he bragged. There's a video, Rob. He bragged. He's like... I go to Israel every two weeks. I'm there every two weeks whether I need to be or not.
And a Wall Street joiner had a report that came out that said he was in the president's ear for weeks, and this is how he knows how to work Trump. He was talking about legacy and how Roosevelt was remembered, okay? You have to think about that. And then he was coaching, apparently... in this article on Bibi on how to speak to the president about pushing this type of stuff.
I do not like Lindsey Graham as one of these war-hungry war hawks, and I don't like the fact that he's that close. He's on Air Force One whispering in the presidency. You're always pushing and pushing and pushing and pushing. He has no children, okay?
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Chapter 5: What are the risks associated with military action in Iran?
If anybody is going to die, it's not going to be yours. None of your blood is going to be spilled out there, and I'm disgusted with Lindsey Graham, Pat. I don't like this guy at all.
I listened very closely to what he was saying. I agree with you. I don't want boots on the ground. You know, he does. Iran is not Venezuela. They weren't going to get in and out. But I wanted in and out as much as possible. And I'm not happy about this additional 200 billion. I'm not happy about where it is. But we got to finish it. And we can't make a reverse extraction here.
and have it be ham-handed. Lindsey Graham was talking about, was listening to it, because he gets the security briefings. Did you hear what he said? Two Marine Corps Expeditionary Forces. It says, I'll tell you where they are. The 31st Marine Corps Expeditionary Force is on the USS Tripoli.
The 11th Marine Corps Expeditionary Force is on the USS Boxer that left San Diego last week and is halfway to the theater of operations. And I believe that this deadline that got extended gives time for the Tripoli to get in position to go, and it gets position for the Boxer to be just days behind it. Now then...
That first, that clip that they were showing on there on the news, what it was written there, they were saying, you can't do this, this, this, and you don't have support and you won't have this. You know why that's wrong? Because that's exactly what the Tripoli is going to do. It's exactly what it's supposed to do. And, you know, that's not what I want. I really don't want to.
I want them to be able to back off. Will the presence of the Tripoli make it so that they'll be like, okay, if they take Karg Island, it cuts off all of our money. This is really, really bad. Adam.
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Chapter 6: How does Lindsey Graham's stance reflect on U.S. foreign policy?
But I'm not with Lindsey Graham.
I don't mind it. Why don't I not mind it? Because it's not just him saying this. There's other Iran hawks who understand what it's like to be Iran. You can put at the top of that list Lindsey Graham, but right next to him you could put Marco Rubio, who I believe is the frontrunner for 2028. You could also put Ted Cruz in there. Obviously, John Bolton, we know where he stands.
But then you have the Iran doves. Right? You have this Joe Kent guy who just came up out of nowhere. You have the Chuck Schumers of the world. Allegedly Tulsi. Tucker Camp. So, what I know about Trump is this. He believes in a team of rivals. Don't you think so, Pat?
Absolutely.
Okay. Absolutely. So, like, let's just give an example. Ready? You want to do the big event for the vault.
Yes.
Not going to reveal anything.
Yes.
Tom has won, obviously... party he'd like to do.
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Chapter 7: What historical context is provided regarding military operations?
I have a different party that I would recommend. Vinny doesn't drink, doesn't want to party.
Oh, the after party is going to be sick.
I know, but I'm not... Yeah, yeah, I get that. Let's see if you can... You know which one Tom would pick.
Yeah.
You know which one I would pick.
Yeah.
You know which one maybe Vinny would pick.
Tom wants Wayne Newton's house. I'll put that out there. Of course, of course.
I want to go to the Playboy Mansion. We all get it. But then you say, what do you think? What do you think? What do you think? Like you always do. And we all give you our opinion. But then... When I go, you know what, Pat? I'm actually with Tom on this one. You go, oh, didn't see that one coming. I go, yeah, I actually can see why that would be a better event.
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Chapter 8: How do panelists critique Lindsey Graham's approach to military intervention?
Well, that's your opinion. By the way, the people of South Carolina that know him for the last 30 years he's been in Congress will probably have a different say on that.
Oh, he's asking South Carolinians to send their sons and daughters.
But why do they keep voting for him? They know him a little bit better than us. I think we're being a little hyperbolic.
Let me ask you a question, though. Do you think he's America first or Israel first?
Honestly. Lindsey Graham. Okay, Vinny, do me a favor. Yeah, I'm just asking you. Lindsey Graham is an American senator. Tell me what that even means. What do you mean? Why would Lindsey Graham be Israel first? He loved it.
Genuinely, explain that to me. I'm not being an asshole. Adam, he flies there every two weeks, whether he has to or not. He's pushing for wars. He's very, very pro-Israel. I hear more about Israel in regard to him than America. Do you remember the hurricane that happened? There was a hurricane. I forgot the name of it, Pat. Do you remember what he said?
He came on on camera and he was like, hey, I know that people, we lost like 49 people. Rob, do you have that clip? Yep. Look, this is, 49 Americans just died. Look at what Lindsey Graham says.
You know, I've been going all over South Carolina like most people. I haven't slept much. But look what's going on in Israel. Our friends in Israel are surrounded by people that want to kill them, destroy them. A second Holocaust in the making. And Biden says be proportional. This is during a United States hurricane that just happened. He goes, hey, I know you're going to stop it.
Americans are dead.
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