Allowing a Russian victory in the conflict would deprive America of access to vast mineral resources, Lindsey Graham says
Washington “cannot afford” to allow Russia to achieve victory in the Ukraine conflict as this would mean losing direct access to vast mineral assets, US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has said.
In an interview with ‘Face the Nation’ on CBS on Sunday, Graham accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being a “megalomaniac” who is attempting to “re-create the Russian Empire by force of arms,” starting with Ukraine. He further claimed that if Moscow wins the current conflict, it will then take over Ukraine’s wealth and share it with China. Graham described that prospect as “ridiculous,” suggesting it would be better if this “gold mine” were available to the US instead.
“They’re sitting on 10 to $12 trillion of critical minerals in Ukraine. They could be the richest country in all of Europe… If we help Ukraine now, they can become the best business partner we ever dreamed of, that $10 to $12 trillion of critical mineral assets could be used by Ukraine and the West, not given to Putin and China,” Graham stated.
This is a very big deal how Ukraine ends. Let’s help them win a war we can’t afford to lose… They’re sitting on a gold mine. To give Putin $10 or $12 trillion for critical minerals that he will share with China is ridiculous.
Graham, a longtime Russia hawk and one of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine in the US Senate, also called on the West to speed up the seizure of $300 billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets. He reiterated his demands for Russia to be designated “a state sponsor of terrorism” under US law, a suggestion which earlier this year landed the senator on Moscow’s list of extremists and terrorists.
One day prior to Graham’s remarks, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban argued that the West wants Kiev to win the conflict with Russia so that it can control Ukraine’s wealth. In an interview with Hir TV, Orban accused the US and its allies of seeing Ukraine as a potentially huge source of revenue which they will be able to control, provided Russia is defeated. He also said the conflict is a major boost for Western “arms suppliers, creditors, and speculators,” arguing that this is the reason it has dragged on for so long.
Moscow has repeatedly stated throughout the conflict that its goals are to protect the largely Russian-speaking population of Donbass against persecution by Kiev, and to ensure Russia’s own security in light of NATO expansion toward its borders. Moscow has never spoken of any intention to take over Ukraine’s resources, but has repeatedly stressed that the former Ukrainian regions which have chosen to join Russia, including Crimea, must remain under its control.
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Unvarnished distilled TRUTH.
Lindsey Boi keeps changing the narrative.
Invasion is an act of Russian aggression
Cost effective means for killing Russians
Rusia will invade Europe
Now it’s about minerals.
Our govt said the same about Afghanistan, it’s about oil and minerals. I remember the Sec Def saying so.
Yes we have sent and are sending American troops. So again they will spill blood for rocks?
Yes. When they say “Russian aggression,” they are displaying what Dr. Freud called “projection.”
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That’s what Ba’al and Ishtar worshipers do, man. You should expect it by now.
It’s not really all about the minerals…the real money is in the drugs, cash and children. Lady Graham gets regular service from the tranny’s at Langley…undercover.
Graham is insane, a queer who has probably been blackmailed for years. God knows what he gets up to under the sheets.
Russia’s resources belong to the Russian people. Imagine if XI of China discussed simply breaking up our country and stealing our patrimony (he probably has, in private).
Such twaddle out of a U.S. senator is outrageous. So, the cat is out of the bag. The real goal of the Ukraine war is to break up Russia for the benefit of a handful of already filthy rich oligarchs and Globalists. No wonder Biden is up to his ears in it and why the leftist Democrats and greasy RINO’s want to pour ever more moola into a losing war. They plan to cash out.
This madness must stop. Ukraine will simply have to learn to get along with its neighbors. I am no shill for Putin, far from it. That said, I am well-informed on the wretched history of that part of the world and we have no business wading into that bloody mud pit. Yes, the Russians may be semi-Mongol bastards, but don’t look under the skirts of the Ukrainians, or the Poles either, for that matter.
You think the Russians won’t launch nukes if they think they are being defeated on their own territory? Think again. They can and they will. This sick game is not worth the candle. Peace talks now! Issues like the Crimea should have been resolved over a conference table in 1991. A pity they weren’t, but that is no reason to court nuclear catastrophe.
Trump get this – though he can’t say it out loud that way – and if you love your country, your wife, and your children, vote for him, even if you have to hold your nose.
Curious if Trump’s hair got a fresh spray of (agent) Trump orange or if the tanning machines do that or some other topical application?
There are many ways to perceive how evil Trump is, his association with Lindsey is just one of them.
Yeah? Well enjoy 4 more years of Biden – or Hillary. Get your head out of your ass.
FJB, FHC, FDT. Southern Sage goes down in a flame of TDS, Trump Denial Syndrome. “Wake up!”
I don’t believe in 6 years from now, we would be able to tell the difference.
What is your point? Trump has to try to show unity in the GOP. Do you expect him to pinch Graham in the nose? Grow up.
Strange bedfellows indeed.
I wonder how many little boys Miss Lindsey has put in the ground.
Wonder how many Lindsey types were at Mar-a-Lago Nov. ’21, Dec. ’22 and April ’24? A lot!
So what about the grandchildren Southern Sage? That seemed a talking point/concern of you GOP some years ago I suppose before they too , the GOP, went WOKE GAY. Or maybe you are ok with the kids being taught it’s ok for two men to have “sex” and ok for a boy to decide he is a girl and a girl to decide she is a boy. Sick as hell!
BTW, what about the “Boy” Scouts?
Wonder how many Lindsey types were at Mar-a-Lago Nov. ’21, Dec. ’22 and April ’24? A lot!
So what about the grandchildren Southern Sage? That seemed a talking point/concern of you GOP some years ago I suppose before they too , the GOP, went WOKE GAY. Or maybe you are ok with the kids being taught it’s ok for two men to have “sex” and ok for a boy to decide he is a girl and a girl to decide she is a boy. Sick as hell!
BTW, what about the “Boy” Scouts?
“vote for him”
No thanks. FJB, FDT. I’ll let you carry the blood on your hands. And when your grandson says , pawpaw, I think I’m a girl remember you voted for tRump.
Despicable kunt.
Afghanistan is a treasure trove of all manner of REM (rare earth minerals) but Senator Fruitcake never worried about handing that over to China.
In Afghanistan rare earth minerals
is code for a virgin sheep or goat.
It’s hard to fathom someone this insane being a senator.
He’s leaped over warmongering psychopath and become … well, … whatever is worse than that.
Lindsay Graham, pictured here trying to retrieve his red light saber from across the room.
Here’s more light on the enormous rare earth — and strategic — mineral wealth in Ukraine …
A while ago when i was musing about these seen and unseen contemptible, lawless, perversion peddling ingrates driving the world to ruin Joab and Shebna (son of Bichri) came to mind. What a fitting end for “them” if “we” would do to “them” what happened to Shebna. If interested the passages are found in 2 Samuel 20.
Very interesting.
Side note that Joab’s death was ordered by David on his deathbed. Just too treacherous to have hanging around.
Maybe the dumbass Ukrainians and dumbass Americans should have worked with the Russian proposal from Dec 2021 that wold have left the entire Donbas nominally in the Ukraine, albeit with a degree of autonomy. But NOOooo – the western Ukies were hellbent on banning the Russian language (even though few people spoke Ukrainian), and the Americans coveted the Sevastopol post and wanted to make the Black Sea a “NATO lake”.
The whole purpose of the 2014 overthrow of the legitimate president of Ukraine by our CIA, under the direction of Victoria Nuland, was to prohibit what you suggest …
The jews have hated the Russians and the Germans for a long, long time … and this is just one more chance for them to have US do some killing on their behalf.
Don’t forget the piano player’s earliest words after the Russians could bear it no more: ukraine is meant to be a larger israel … and that’s all you need to remember …
Well, every large criminal organization, like the US Government, needs a place to launder its funds. Maybe we should replace Zelensky with Marty Byrde so we can get Ukraine to do its real job more professionally.
Some US Navy ships , other assets are under NATO not US command.
…with your government’s blessing. Think on that a minute…especially if you have draft age children.
TO THINK THIS MAN IS/WAS A SO-CALLED “CHRISTIAN” MINISTER?!?
YIKES! FOLKS….NEED I SAY MORE?!?
HE IS A “GOG MINISTER”…ON HIS WAY TO “OBLIVION”!!!
It’s just NEVER enough for these sons of bitches, is it?
Fear not, brethren. They shall have their reward. GOD has Promised it!
Can you believe this guy is a “regular” on O’ Hannity’s broadcast? That is saying something since I notice such and can only stomach about 20 minutes per week of O’ Hannity “bias hypocrisy”. In reality what does O’ Hannity’s associations actually make him? He is one of “them”!
Well, you listen to 20 minute a week more than anyone else here.
^ Obviously not a TrumpToad.
Hannity makes Christian noises, but he is obviously satanic.
I’ve certainly learned a lot about what O’ Hannity calls “bias hypocrisy” in the short listening sessions. Of course bias hypocrisy is “one sided”. Funny.
Radio stinks here. There really is no choice. It’s PBS, some funk music boogie , a country station or the so called “conservative” talking head radio station. The CD player quit working years ago and no desire to replace the unit. Primarily the tuning in to O’ Hannity, Glenn Beck or Dan Bonbanjo , depending on the time of day, is for the noise factor to help drown out the road noise on the wagon trail like county roads here. I do hope to get on the O’ Hannity show at some point before the Selection process in November to pop the question about the gay sponsorship at Mar-a-Lago should I be able to get past the initial “screening’. I have come to the conclusion there is a good chance O’ Hannity himself has gone WOKE GAY. And I would be hard pressed O’ Hannity has never heard of the gay brigades conducted down there in Florida. Geez, O’ Hannity now lives in Florida! O’ Hannity is yet another that suffers from TDS, Trump Denial Syndrome. Lord, help!!!
Incidentally , at least the “conservative” station stopped airing the syndicated Dennis Prager talking head program.
It’s possible Paula White “saved” him TOO!
He’s a disgrace to my state but is preferble to the commie Jaime Harrison.
You have exactly the leaders you deserve.
How much damage do you think the commie could accomplish compared to the evil Miss Lindsey does accomplish?
As a resident of South Carolina I deeply apologize for this flaming faggot that has been sent to the swamp. I hope he chokes on a huge cock.
Those Mossad compromat videos of Lindsey must be absolutely horrific.
Where did he come from anyway? Certainly not from the womb of a woman.
Rumor is that he just showed up one day in the weeds behind the men’s bathroom at South Of The Border.
Ah, from the ass of a donkey.
The sole purpose of the fake Ukraine war is to take Ukrainian grain farms out of production, to drive up food costs, to create a famine, which will create a malnutrition pandemic which will be called a virus.
of lindsey having sex with a woman?
🤣 he would be ‘done’.
Do the numbers make that much sense? I mean, how much has the US already spent for this estimated $10+ Trillion in minerals/resources? And we still don’t have it. And to get it we “only” have to defeat Russia but go to war, have soldiers on the ground and put lives on the line … for what? National security or greed for a few?
What does the Ukraine have that America doesn’t, U S taxpayers money.