September 20-2013
Sean Hannity, the rightwing radio commentator, and former Republican Congressman Allen West agree that it makes more sense to bomb Iran than Syria.
In an appearance by West on Hannity’s radio program last Thursday, the two men agreed that an isolated military strike on Syria was not a good idea because Iran might retaliate by attacking Israel.
Hannity voiced his distrust of Iran and said he thinks a strike there would be a better option.
“Their ideology is—they are the modern day Nazis. They want a modern-day Holocaust. So, if you agree with me that they are the proxy here, wouldn’t it make sense that if we really wanted to have an impact, rather than lob a few cruise missiles into Syria—which I don’t think would be very effective, based on days, not weeks, and no boots on the ground—why don’t we do what we should do and that’s take out Iran’s nuclear sites?”
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West shared Hannity’s concern, as well as his solution.
“Iran is really the center, the nerve center and sometimes you have to go after the head. And I think that if you want to do the right thing strategically, you maybe want to focus against Iran so that you don’t give them the initiative.”
Fox News contributor Juan Williams, however, disagreed with Hannity and West on the grounds that Iran “has not directly attacked us or our allies.”