Americas Conservatives Love War: When Oil Is Involved

United States Senator Lindsey Graham Republican from the state of South Carolina was advocating for the bombing of Tripoli in an effort to convince Col. Gaddafi's inner circle that his rule was over and that they could be killed at anytime. Never mind the fact that Tripoli is the largest city in Libya and those effected wouldn't just be the ruling elite. How many innocent civilians would be killed in order to achieve what mighty General Disaster Graham wants.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the United States should take a more aggressive approach in Libya to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi, bombing the capital city so members of Gaddafi’s inner circle "wake up every day wondering, ‘will this be my last?’"

Graham defended the United States' involvement in Libya, including the newly-approved use of predator drones in the country. Russia and China have accused the U.S. of overstepping a U.N. mandate against excessive force in Libya, arguing Western allies have made the situation in Libya worse.

“I like coalitions: It's good to have them, it's good to have the U.N. involved. But the goal is to get rid of Gaddafi,” Graham said on CNN’S “State of the Union.”

“A military stalemate is ensuing, and the only way I know to make this thing successful is to put pressure on Tripoli," he said. "So I would not let the U.N. mandate stop what is the right thing to do.”

CNN's Candy Crowley told him that's against the UN mandate

Graham: My recommendation to NATO and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off, go to Tripoli and start bombing Gaddafi's inner circle, their compounds, their military headquarters in Tripoli the way to get Gaddafi to leave is to have his inner circle break and turn on him and that's going to take a sustained effort through an air campaign.

Crowley: Here's the problem, the UN resolution calls for protecting the Libyan people so it's going top be hard to make that connection, listen we're going after Gaddafi, we're going after his men, that's not within their mandate.