Lindsey Graham retracts Kharg Island seizure plan and proposes destruction threat
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Updated · The Daily Beast · May 5
Lindsey Graham retracts Kharg Island seizure plan and proposes destruction threat
11 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 5
On Sean Hannity's show, the South Carolina senator said the US should tell Iran it would destroy the island from the air.
Kharg Island handles about 90% of Iran's crude exports, making it a central pressure point as fighting shifts toward the Strait of Hormuz.
Graham had urged Trump on 22 March to seize the island, comparing it to Iwo Jima, while now framing victory as restoring navigation and returning Israel and Saudi Arabia to talks.
The U.S. spared Kharg’s oil facilities twice. Is the new threat of total destruction a credible red line or a strategic bluff?
As leaders seek an 'off-ramp,' could a miscalculation over Kharg Island ignite the full-scale war they are trying to avoid?