Washington, May 27 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says that the United States should conduct a military operation in Venezuela like the 1983 invasion of Grenada.
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, the U.S. lawmaker said: "Trump said rightly, Maduros not the legitimate leader of Venezuela. The entire region supports the Trump approach, that Guaidó is the legitimate leader. I would do exactly what Reagan did. I would give Cuba the ultimatum to get out of Venezuela. If they dont, I would let the Venezuelan military know, youve got to choose between democracy and Maduro. And if you choose Maduro and Cuba, were coming after you. This is in our backyard."
Graham, who is a well-known neocon and warhawk, has repeatedly called on the U.S. to militarily intervene in several nations, including Venezuela, Iran, and Syria.
In a piece in the Wall Street Journal last week, Graham called on the U.S. to be ready to intervene in Venezuela to -- in his words -- stop Cuba from supporting President Maduro. Graham went on to call Cuba the Western Hemisphere version of Iran.
The right-wing senator from South Carolina said: "If Maduro refuses to go and the Cubans keep using their military apparatus to prop him up, it is in our national security interest to do in Venezuela what Reagan did in Grenada."
