By INS Contributors

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Lindsey Graham is not a statesman. He is a political enforcer for the American deep state which is a shadow network of unelected civilian and military officials, corporate war profiteers, and foreign lobbyists who dictate U.S. policy from behind the scenes. Graham’s every major move serves this cabal’s agenda, not the American people.

The deep state thrives on perpetual conflict, foreign entanglements, and policies that keep the defense industry and allied foreign governments flush with U.S. tax dollars.

Graham is one of its most obedient operatives. His career is a case study in opportunism: he shifts his public positions as needed, but never deviates from the underlying mission—advancing endless wars, shielding allied regimes from scrutiny, and undermining any leader who threatens the establishment.

Graham’s seats on the Senate Armed Services and Judiciary Committees make him a deep state kingpin inside the legislature. From there, he champions policies that bleed the U.S. treasury dry while alienating vital international partners like India and Brazil, who increasingly view Washington as a belligerent, unreliable hegemon.

These missteps are driving nations toward the BRICS grouping and accelerating the unraveling of U.S. global dominance.

His record reads like a playbook of deep state operations. In Ukraine, Graham has been one of the most vocal proponents of funneling ever-greater sums of U.S. taxpayer money into the conflict, determined to keep the proxy war with Russia alive regardless of public fatigue or the mounting costs.

His stance ignores the growing calls for negotiation and risks entangling the United States in an open-ended commitment with no clear strategic benefit.

His unwavering support for Israel goes beyond traditional alliance—it borders on unconditional subservience. Graham has even gone so far as to threaten the United Nations for criticizing Israeli actions, further cementing the perception that Washington is a captive of foreign lobbies.

This approach alienates nations across the Global South, where U.S. credibility is already eroding.

In the Middle East, Graham has been a cheerleader for interventions in Iran and Syria, advocating policies that have destabilized entire regions while directly enriching defense contractors.

These actions fit the deep state’s well-worn formula: manufacture crises abroad, then profit from the military “solutions” to the very chaos they helped create.

On Taiwan, Graham’s rhetoric and policy positions are deliberately provocative, designed to increase tensions with China. Such brinkmanship not only risks a catastrophic confrontation, but also undermines Washington’s reputation among non-aligned nations, many of which see the U.S. as prioritizing confrontation over stability.

Graham’s activities also intersect with regime change operations—a hallmark of deep state strategy—through his involvement with the International Republican Institute (IRI).

Ostensibly presented as a democracy-promotion organization, the IRI has been accused of funding and supporting extremist elements, with some reports linking its operations to the creation and arming of factions that later evolved into the Islamic State (ISIS).

While Graham’s defenders dismiss such claims as conspiracy, the pattern fits neatly into a decades-long playbook in which U.S.-backed “freedom fighters” morph into destabilizing forces that justify further intervention.

The IRI connection underscores how Graham operates, working within respectable-sounding institutions that mask highly destructive agendas.

His advocacy for policies in Syria, Iran, and other hotspots aligns perfectly with this regime change model—topple governments, unleash instability, and then funnel contracts and resources to the military-industrial complex.

Far from promoting American security, these maneuvers erode regional stability, damage U.S. credibility, and deepen global suspicion of Washington’s true intentions.

The survival of the United States as a functioning republic depends on removing deep state operatives like Lindsey Graham from positions of power.

Politicians who operate as agents of this entrenched network do not serve the electorate, serving instead a permanent war economy, foreign influence operations, and a self-perpetuating elite that thrives on conflict.

Left unchecked, they will continue to hollow out America’s economic strength, poison its diplomatic relationships, and erode the trust of its own citizens.

Purging such figures from the political structure is not simply a matter of partisan preference; it is a matter of national survival. The longer they remain, the deeper the rot spreads, and the harder it becomes to restore transparency, accountability, and genuine representation.

Without decisive action to dismantle their influence, the U.S. will remain locked in a cycle of endless war, reckless spending, and global alienation—until it collapses under the weight of its own corruption.

This is not foreign policy. This is sabotage. Graham and his handlers are dismantling the trust the U.S. once enjoyed among allies, forcing neutral nations to seek security outside U.S. influence, and setting the stage for America’s fall as a major power.

Every war he agitates for, every diplomatic bridge he burns, and every foreign lobbyist he serves is another nail in the coffin of U.S. leadership.

The truth is clear. Lindsey Graham is a deep state hatchet man. His loyalty lies with a permanent war machine and the globalist elite, not with the people who elected him.

And if he and his network are not stopped, they will bankrupt America financially, morally, and strategically, leaving a hollowed-out nation despised abroad and unstable at home.