Kateryna Hirnyk10:38, 21.05.25
Graham stressed that “if the next few days are anything like the last few months,” the Senate will be ready to move forward.
The US Senate is ready to vote on a bill on sanctions against Russia if progress is not made in the near future in negotiations on the war in Ukraine. Senator Lindsey Graham stated this during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 20, Voice of America journalist Tetyana Vorozhko reports .
“If the next few days are anything like the last few months, then you can just count on us to move on, because I believe it is our duty to try to help the world end this war,” he said.
He also emphasized that China is watching US policy in the war in Ukraine, and this will affect the future plans of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
“This is a dress rehearsal for Taiwan. How this ends, I think, will largely determine the future of Taiwan. And I want this war to end in a way that makes Xi think, ‘Well, that didn’t go over too well for Putin,'” he said.
He also added that if Putin is not stopped and the war in Ukraine gets away with it, “it will be worse than Afghanistan.”
“I don’t want to humiliate Russia, but I want to make sure that the war ends in a way that doesn’t start another war. Afghanistan was a disaster. If we don’t do it right in Ukraine, and the world realizes that Putin got away with it, it will be even worse. It will be worse than Afghanistan,” Graham said.
US sanctions against Russia
Recall that earlier, Graham, together with Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, introduced a bipartisan bill, S.1241, which provides for the introduction of tough economic measures against Russia and countries that support its aggression against Ukraine.
Thus, it is proposed to introduce a 500% tariff on imports of goods from countries that purchase Russian oil, gas, uranium and other energy resources. The senators also propose to ban American citizens from purchasing Russian sovereign debt and limit financial transactions with Russian state entities.
The bill received broad support in the US Senate, garnering 72 co-sponsors, exceeding the necessary threshold to overcome a possible presidential veto.
At the same time, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Trump does not want to support these sanctions at this time in order to “have the opportunity to talk to the Russians.”
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“I don’t want to humiliate Russia, but I want to make sure that the war ends in a way that doesn’t start another war. ”
This kind of statement annoys me. Graham should be saying the exact opposite, and if the war criminal doesn’t come to the table, he’ll crush the life out of mafia land. Stop humiliating yourself, because if the opposite was true, mafia land would humiliate the US mercilessly.
More of Obama’s offramps that poopin was offered but never took and didn’t deserve. Time for courtesies has passed. As you say, time to humiliate Poopin and call his bluff on nukes.