Lindsey Graham Got His War on Iran and Lived to Watch It Fail

What is Lindsey Graham's real legacy? In this solo episode of The Shift, Mondoweiss's podcast on Palestine and U.S. politics, U.S. correspondent Michael Arria breaks down the death of Senator Lindsey Graham at 71, his decades as one of the most hawkish members of Congress, and his role as Israel's most enthusiastic backer and the private middleman who helped push Trump into the war on Iran. Who was Lindsey Graham, and what was his foreign policy legacy? How did Lindsey Graham influence Trump's decision to attack Iran? What did Lindsey Graham say about Gaza and genocide? Did the U.S. lose the war on Iran? Why is support for Israel collapsing among Republicans? → Graham's transformation from supposed moderate to Trump loyalist → His record as a war hawk who backed nearly every U.S. military intervention for 30 years → The Haaretz reporting on how Graham served as the private go-between for Netanyahu and Trump on Iran → Why the U.S. failed to achieve a single stated goal of the Iran war → How Israel's standing has collapsed among American voters, including young Republicans 📩 Sign up for The Shift newsletter: https://subscribe.mondoweiss.net/news... Chapters 00:00 — Intro: The death of Lindsey Graham 01:24 — Graham's legacy: from "moderate" to war hawk 05:04 — Graham on Israel and Gaza: his own words 07:41 — How Graham pushed Trump into the war on Iran 09:44 — Graham got his war, and the U.S. lost it