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On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
Exactly. The Russians were a signatory to that Budapest memorandum. Clearly, the Russians have stepped all over it, and we are not doing anything. So in the future, would you give up your nuclear weapons relying on a promise by the United States? This is important because we want to deter Iran from trying to get a nuclear weapon. I think this emboldens them to get a nuclear weapon. As to radical Islam, it is hard to defeat an enemy if you don't understand what motivates them. The Nazis did not want just the German-speaking regions surrounding Germany. It wasn't about the Sudetenland. It wasn't about the Rheinland. It wasn't about the issues Hitler claimed at the time. He wrote a book telling us what he wanted to do. People should have read the book. It was about creating a master race to govern other races. The Aryan race would be the dominant race on the planet--with some people not worthy of living, such as the Jews, and others would be slaves. When we listen to what ISIL is saying and what motivates them, they want a master religion for the world, not a master race. If you are a Christian, you can pay a tax and convert or die. If you are a Muslim outside of their view of the faith, you just die. If you are an agnostic, you die. If you are a libertarian, you die. If you are an American--Republican or Democrat; they could care less--you die. They are taught by their interpretation of the Koran literally to kill all that stands in their way of the caliphate.…
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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