I admired Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) when Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was alive. Graham was his protege and a potential McCain replacement in the hallowed Senate Armed Services Committee.

Then tragedy struck.

McCain succumbed to brain cancer. And Donald Trump, who disrespected McCain’s heroic service as a Vietnam War prisoner of war, became president.

Where did the old Lindsey go? Who knows?

Under McCain’s tutelage, Graham was a shrewd critic of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. As an Air Force Judge Advocate reserve officer, he embarked upon short-term missions during both of those wars. He saw and understood how bloody urban warfare could be in Fallujah and Mosul. But where did that understanding go?

On the Sunday talk shows, Graham railed against the Biden administration’s decision to withhold certain weapons from Israel, principally Mark-84 (MK-84) 2,000-pound bombs.

First, these are not precision weapons even though they can land within feet of any target. The damage radius from blast and shrapnel is measured in hundreds of feet. How many MK-84s did the U.S. use in........

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