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Lindsey Graham: U.S. must prepare to attack Iran

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WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday the United States must be prepared to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon – and said that the last resort should be overthrowing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Graham, a military lawyer and a senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, became the first senator to support direct U.S. military intervention in Iran, saying it shouldn't involve ground troops but be launched by U.S. warplanes and ships.

“If you use military force against Iran, you’ve opened up Pandora’s Box,” Graham, of South Carolina, told the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. “If you allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, you’ve emptied Pandora’s box. I’d rather open up Pandora’s box than empty it.”

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