Roger Simon, the co-founder of PJ Media and author of the Substack “American Refugees,” said Israel should respond to last week’s missile attack by Iran by targeting the Islamic nation’s nuclear facilities.
On Tuesday, Iran launched approximately 180 missiles at Israel in retaliation for the Israeli military’s recent killing of top Hezbollah leaders.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke publicly Friday, vowing that Iran-backed forces “will not back down” following Tuesday’s missile attack which was thwarted by Israel’s Iron Dome.
In response to the missile attack, it has been reported that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is looking to respond by attacking Iranian oil or nuclear facilities, an idea of which U.S. President Joe Biden has come out against.
Simon, however, said Israel should go after Iran’s nuclear facilities, noting how Iran currently has the nuclear capabilities to launch a catastrophic attack against its enemies, including the U.S..
“They have some forms of nuclear capability and have for years,” Simon explained on Friday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.
“They could use a dirty nuclear bomb tomorrow,” Simon added.
Simon went on to call Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the world’s modern day Hitler, warning that Iran’s ultimate goal is to “destroy” Israel and the Western world.
“[Ayatollah Khamenei] gave a lengthy speech saying, essentially, that Israel would be destroyed and that they shouldn’t worry about the fact that they were trying to pick off leaders because they had the wind at their sails and they were going to destroy Israel and then presumably the Western world with it,” Simon explained.
“I think what people don’t realize is that Israel is the Western world’s last bastion in that part of the world,” Simon added.
Simon also stressed how Iran’s supreme leader chants not only “Death to Israel” but also “Death to America.”
“Remember, they always say ‘Death to America,’ too. They don’t just say ‘Death to Israel.’ I think that’s one of the things that a lot of people on the left in our culture forget conveniently,” Simon said.
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