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Graham Platner: “This war is happening because it's good for the Saudi…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner Speaks to PACKED Augusta Crowd

Published | Video Starts at 03:14

Everyone I talk to understands that this war has been started because Benjamin Netanyahu has been begging for it for things 30 years and finally found a president who was stupid enough to do it. Everybody understands that This war is happening because it's good for the Saudi government and it's good for Raytheon executives. because every time a Tomahawk missile blows up a girls school, somebody makes an extra dollar. Everybody gets this across the electoral spectrum. I'm talking to Republicans and Democrats and Independents. (03:14–03:21)

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Asserts that the war benefits the Saudi government and Raytheon executives.

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