Senior Republican and Donald Trump ally Lindsey Graham has responded to statements from France, Germany and the UK.
Juts to quickly bring you up to speed, the three nations condemned Iranian attacks on countries in the region earlier, saying Tehran must refrain from indiscriminate military strikes.
“We reiterate our commitment to regional stability and to the protection of civilian life,” they said, adding they want a resumption of negotiations.
It may be that last part that has irked Graham.
“To say I’m disappointed in the joint statement… is an understatement,” he said.
“It is so sad to see western democracies lose their passion for justice and a sense of right and wrong the further away from their shores the event occurs.
“Everyone in Europe is rightly impassioned about Russia invading Ukraine.
“But when it comes to the long suffering people of Iran, Europe has been pathetic.”
‘Pathetically soft’
Addressing the three leaders of the nations, he said the Iranian people “are not wrong to demand the end to their oppression from the bloodthirsty ayatollah’s regime” that has American and European “blood on their hands”.
“You collectively are the ones that are wrong by refusing to come to the Iranian people’s aid and adding insult to injury, you’re suggesting we should continue to negotiate with religious Nazis,” he added.
“It is pathetic. How far Western Europe has fallen.”
He said Trump has “heard your cries”, addressing the people in Iran.
“Help has arrived in large measure.”
“To our European allies: you have gone pathetically soft and lost your zeal for confronting evil apparently unless it’s on your front porch,” he added.
“So sad.”
