First, let's look at what Lindsay Graham recently said:
Well for every Israeli or American hostage executed by Hamas we should take down an Iranian oil refinery. The only way you're going to keep this war from escalating is to hold Iran accountable. How much more death and destruction do we have to take from the Iranian regime? I am confident this was planned and funded by the Iranians. Hamas is a bunch of animals who deserve to be treated like animals. So, if I was Israel, I would go in the ground, there is no truce to be had here, I would dismantle Hamas. This is the best opportunity Israel has to destroy Hamas. Take it to the Iranians. If you harm one American in Syria by using your Iranian militia against us in Syria, if you escalate the war by urging Hezbollah to attack Israel in the north. If Hamas kills one American or Israeli hostage we are going to blow up your oil refineries and put you out of business. Take it to the ayatollah’s backyard.
It's a good fire and brimstone speech, there's only one fatal flaw: it implies that the animals who worship their child raping prophet and ally of Satan Muhammed, worms be upon him, actually give two shits about "their oil business".
As Mark Steyn noted decades ago, "culture trumps economics". After all, if Iran was really gung ho about their oil business they'd happily sell to the country whos per capita fossil fuel consumption is on par with Germany and Japan (though conspicuously lower than other Middle Eastern countries, they are overall roughly on par with their neighbours). They certainly wouldn't risk sanctions similar to what befell poor Russia, would they? After all, if cutoff from non-Middle Eastern nations (minus, obviously, BRIC Alliance countries) then they are looking at numerous potential customers in the 133 TWh to 21595 TWh range (the total of the non-Middle Eastern countries I picked for this chart -- the likely to engage in sanctions -- totals 47,597 TWh out of a global 137,237. That's already a good chunk of change, and then remember that several of the other countries on the list are likely to be themselves pressured: Asia Pacific countries alone are 64,658 TWh, and a large portion of the rest already have their own oil and aren't in the market.
Simply put, if the Iranians or Hamas or whichever flavour of sand nigger you want to talk about cared at all about whether or not they were "in business" then none of this would ever happen. It's almost like they have some other consideration...
Therefore if you really plan on stopping them from slaughtering Jews and trying to wipe Israel off the map, it's important to get them where it hurts. Now obviously their sick warlike religion doesn't put a fear of death in them: exactly the opposite. However while all these Hamas fighters were willing to die in order to fulfill the greater goals of Dar al-Islam in the same way the 9/11 hijackers were and the same way the executors of Daniel Pearl and all the countless others over the decades have been, there's a clue in there: the death is supposed to be a noble sacrifice in order to fulfill the greater goal. But what happens if we take that away? What if along with their death we also arrange so that their false gods are also eliminated? What if every Hamas fighter who dies also puts a poisoned knife in Allah's back?
Now with this in mind, here's what Graham should have said:
Well for every Israeli or American hostage executed by Hamas we should bomb a popular mosque or holy site. The only way you're going to keep this war from escalating is to hold Muslims accountable. How much more death and destruction do we have to take from the "religion of peace"? Hamas is a bunch of animals who deserve to be treated like animals. So, if I was Israel, I would go into Mecca, there is no truce to be had here, I would destroy every mosque during worship hours. This is the best opportunity Jews have to destroy Islam. If you harm one American in Syria by using your Iranian militia against us in Syria, if you escalate the war by urging Hezbollah to attack Israel in the north. If Hamas kills one American or Israeli hostage we are going to blow up your mosques and put your religion of business. Take it to the ayatollah’s backyard.
