Lindsey Graham Presses Lloyd Austin on Halted Weapons to Israel, Asks If He Would Have Dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan

Graham: “Would you have supported dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, General, Brown, in World War II?”
BROWN: “Well, senator, I think based on the situation, what — “
Graham: “Well, we know, I mean, it’s happened. We know — I’m not asking. They did it. Do you think that was disproportionate?”
BROWN: “It was definitely a — “
Graham: “In hindsight, do you think that was the right decision for America, to drop two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities in question?”
BROWN: “Well, I’ll tell you, it stopped the world war.”
Graham: “Okay. Well, also — do you agree, General Austin. If you’d been around, would you say drop ‘em?”
Austin: “I — you know, I agree with chairman here — “
Graham: “I mean, if we go back in time, says, ‘Hey, we got two atomic bombs, should we drop ‘em?’ What would you say?”
Austin: “You know, I think the leadership was interested in curtailing the — “
Graham: “What’s Israel interested in? Do you believe Iran really wants to kill all the Jews if they could, the Iranian regime? Yeah. Do you believe Hamas is serious when they say, ‘We’ll keep doing it over and over again?’ Do you agree that they will, if they can?”
Austin: “I do. I — “
Graham: “Okay. Do you believe that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, also bent on the destruction of the Jewish state?”
Austin: “Hezbollah is a terrorist — terrorist organization.”
Graham: “Okay, so Israel’s been hit in the last few weeks by Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, dedicated to their destruction. And you’re telling me you’re gonna tell them how to fight the war and what they can and can’t use when everybody around them wants to kill all the Jews? And you’re telling me that if we withhold weapons in this fight, the existential fight for the life of the Jewish state, it won’t send the wrong signal? Do you still think it was a good idea, General Austin, to get out of Afghanistan?”
Austin: “I support the president’s decision.”
Graham: “Yeah, I think you do. I think it was a disastrous decision. If we stop weapons necessary to destroy the enemies of the state of Israel at a time of great peril, we will pay a price. This is obscene. It is absurd. Give Israel what they need to fight the war they can’t afford to lose. This is Hiroshima and Nagasaki on steroids.”