Senator Graham Calls For Disarming Hezbollah By Military Force

Hawkish Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has said “it’s time for Hezbollah to go” – and he’s willing to use military force to do it.

“They are trained by Iran, they are loyal to Iran, and we’re looking for military power in Lebanon to be loyal to the Lebanese people and a good partner to the region,” Graham, who is the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, said at a press conference in Tel Aviv. 

He made the comments soon after meeting with both Lebanese and Israeli officials. The Trump administration has been heavily pressuring the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah, even after it was greatly weakened after Israel took out its top leadership, including the slain longtime Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, last year.

Graham declared: “If we cannot reach a peaceful disarmament solution for Hezbollah, then we need to look at Plan B. Plan B is disarming Hezbollah by military force.”

“Also, there is a decision made to eliminate UNIFIL as a U.N. peace keeping organization in the next 15 months. Now that presents an opportunity for the Lebanese Armed Forces to replace a very ineffective UNIFIL and prove to not only the Lebanese people, but Israel and others, that Lebanon has a capability it did not possess before,” the US senator went on to say.

He didn’t specify whether he envisions that American troops could be involved in such a military intervention – and he likely has foremost in his mind the Israelis and Lebanese taking action – but he’s one who has never shied away from using American soldiers in overseas conflicts.

US envoy to the region Tom Barrack had led the American delegation that visited Beirut this week, and there was plenty of controversy unleashed by the visit, and specifically when he chastised the Lebanese over being ‘civilized’ and not ‘animalistic’…

The level of arrogance US officials demonstrate in Lebanon is humiliating for the country. Tom Barrack warns Lebanese journalists against being “animalistic” and urge them to civilise “because this is the problem with what is happening in this region.” pic.twitter.com/O3wpMY1RMk

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The clip of the exchange with the Lebanese press pool went viral in Lebanon, and led to protests as Barrack and the US delegation visited the south of the country. 

Ironically, Barrack and the Trump administration have been propping up the Jolani regime – despite his past ISIS and Al Qaeda leadership (as head of Nusrah/HTS).

According to the latest from Al Jazeera, there’s still been sporadic attacks by Israel on south Lebanon. The Israeli military ”says it killed a battalion leader with Hezbollah’s Radwan force in an attack on the Sir el-Gharbiyeh area of southern Lebanon,” a Friday report says.

US Senator Lindsey Graham on disarming the Lebanese resistance:

“If we cannot reach a peaceful disarmament solution, then we need to look at Plan B … disarming Hezbollah by military force.” pic.twitter.com/th7FDlk8L6

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“Earlier, we reported that one person was killed in a strike on a car in the town,” Al Jazeera writes. “Israel has been carrying out bombings across Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah that was reached in November.”