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Killing Bashar Assad is a bad idea

By Tom Rogan
Published September 27, 2019 7:54pm ET
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Killing Bashar Assad is a bad idea
"[I]f ... he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be ally, natural ally in that regard with the Russian, with the Iranian, with many other countries," Bashar al-Assad said. (AP Photo) | Valentina Petrova

Evoking a 1986 bombing raid against former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday called for President Trump to assassinate Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

Graham tweeted, “I recommend President Trump consider a decisive blow this time around — do to Assad what Reagan tried to do to [Gaddafi]. Time to reset the table in the Middle East. Will introduce Senate resolution declaring Assad a war criminal and expect to receive bipartisan support.”

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