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Sen. Lindsey Graham says U.S. should ‘neuter’ Iran

I fear this is just the beginning… Lindsey Graham has lately been denounced by Limbaugh and others for selling out to the establishment (for his efforts with Kerry for cap-and-trade and skeptical words about the Tea Party). This wildly irresponsible idea is meant to conciliate them. It costs him nothing in South Carolina and it shows his solidarity with the Israel lobby. It will make the Likud/neoconservative pressure to bomb merely the nuclear enrichment facilities seem by comparison “moderate.” It sets them up to portray Obama as weak in the extreme if he tries to prevent some sort of strike against Iran. Graham won’t have had the approval of the military for this move. He’s on his own–catalyst of a new triangulation rightward and building a bridge with the likely militarist majority of the Tea Party.

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I got a letter from Sen. L. Graham’s office saying “Israel is a key ally of the US and it is imperative that we continue our support for the democratic values it brings to the region.”

What countries has Israel brought democratic values to, and how?
It seems to me by providing an example of having democracy and prosperity for its own citizens, other countries may want that.
Haven’t Israeli leaders made statements that they think it is better that other countries in the region dont have democracy?

I know alot of them are pessimistic about the Arab Spring, which is a process of democratization from the people themselves.