(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Influential Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, known for his radical militaristic views and support for the Israeli regime said, "My view of military force would be not to just neutralize their nuclear program, which are probably dispersed and hardened, but to sink their navy, destroy their air force and deliver a decisive blow to the Revolutionary Guard."
Graham also sits in two major Senate committees of Armed Services and Homeland Security.
"In other words, neuter that regime," added Graham, who spoke at the Halifax International Security Forum on Saturday.
He also complained that the current US-sponsored anti-Iran sanctions are not “crippling.”
In another recent speech before a conservative US think tank, the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Graham last September had once again called for a direct US military intervention in Iran, insisting that it should not involve ground troops but should be launched by US warplanes and ships.
Iranian officials have repeatedly condemned, yet mocked the US-led sanctions and described it as a great incentive for a major Iranian push towards progress and self-sufficiency.
Meanwhile, top Iranian leaders and military commanders have repeatedly undermined US and Israeli threats of military actions against the Islamic Republic, insisting that in case the US engages in such an adventure, the repercussions will be severe and wide-ranging.
Moreover, Iran has conducted numerous sea and air military exercises in the past year, showing off the capabilities of its new anti-ship and anti-air weaponry.
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