Sen. Lindsey Graham this month repeatedly hailed the atomic bombings as an argument for why the US shouldn’t stop supplying Israel with weapons.
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina on Sunday urged the US to keep supplying munitions to Israel, comparing the war in Gaza with World War II and saying dropping atomic bombs on Japan was the « right decision » to ending the conflict.
Speaking to NBC’s Kristen Welker, Graham drew the comparison to say that Israel was facing an « existential threat » against enemies like Hamas and needed more firepower to resolve the war.
In his view, the US also faced an existential threat from Japan and Germany in the 1940s.
« So when we were faced with destruction as a nation after Pearl Harbor fighting the Germans and the Japanese, we decided to end the war by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons, » Graham said.
« That was the right decision, » he continued. « Give Israel the bombs they need to end the war. They can’t afford to lose, and work with them to minimize casualties. »
The senator’s comments come as President Joe Biden threatened to cut off the US supply of bombs and artillery shells to Israeli leaders if they invaded Rafah without a concrete plan to protect civilians.
