Graham: To Saudi Arabia, ‘If You Are Attacked by Iran, We Would Go to War for You’

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GRAHAM: “Finally, to my friends in Saudi Arabia, I’ve been your biggest champion. I think the Crown Prince has taken Saudi Arabia in a completely different direction in a good way. But here’s what I want to say to Saudi — willing to do a mutual defense agreement with your country to give you protection in perpetuity under the agreement I’ve been pushing and I hope we can continue to talk about. If you’re attacked by Iran, we would go to war for you. To Saudi Arabia: Our embassy was hit in Riyadh. Do you not have an obligation to join the fight with us? You’ve yet to do that. So, if you do not believe the American embassy being attacked in Riyadh would trigger mutual self-defense, maybe we shouldn’t do a treaty with you.”