Progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan refused to say whether he was glad that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead and no longer terrorizing the world, despite Piers Morgan asking him seven times for a straight answer.
Piers Morgan asks Mehdi Hasan seven times whether he's pleased the dead Ayatollah is no longer ruling Iran - and fails to get a straight answer.
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“It’s a good question. I don’t take pleasure in killing anyone. I don’t think you should illegally kill the leader, the foreign leader of a nation,” Hasan replied, when Morgan pressed him for his thoughts.
What Hasan and others love to do instead is claim moral superiority because they oppose any form of death. For anyone grounded in reality, that position is laughable and carries the innocence of a child's view on foreign policy. When true evil is eradicated, someone like Khamenei, who enslaved Iranians and threatened the West, it’s something to celebrate, or at the very least, to support.
Online critics joke that the left would have contested Hitler’s death during World War II, and moments like this make that joke feel uncomfortably true.
“He wasn’t just a political ruler; he was a spiritual ruler," Hasan argued. "And to kill him, to assassinate him on day one of the war, will have insane consequences.”
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Those consequences have yet to materialize as the United States and Israel, two countries Hasan hates more than the Ayatollah, continue to pulverize Iran's military.
Hasan went on to then claim that Operation Epic Fury thus far has been a disaster, if not strategically then "legally and morally."
“Strategically, it’s a disaster, and legally and morally, no, you can’t just kill people you don’t like,” Hasan said. “I don’t like [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu … but I don’t support anyone assassinating him.”
Oddly enough, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine the statement Hasan might release if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were killed: something along the lines of not condoning assassination, but that he was a terrible leader who deserved what was coming to him.
As for claims that Operation Epic Fury is a disaster, they’re strange to make just 13 days in, especially when Iran and its allies have achieved literally no strategic victories. The U.S. and Israel have systematically destroyed Iranian military infrastructure, nearly wiped out its navy, and obliterated its air force. Meanwhile, the regime is running scared, refusing to show its face for fear of meeting the same fate as the late Ayatollah.
War isn’t a game, and it shouldn’t be treated as such by left-wing or even right-wing pundits. This was the final option. President Trump attempted negotiations, but previous politicians allowed the regime to dictate the terms. In other words, the U.S. under Democratic administrations has simply exposed its own neck to the Iranian regime.
The situation was only bound to deteriorate, and the launch of Operation Epic Fury was long overdue.
We are not in Iran to practice “good sportsmanship”; we wage war to win. To utterly destroy those who threaten the United States. Anyone expecting anything less has no business influencing how war is conducted, let alone directing operations. Let the Democrats cling to pacifism, while the adults in the room, the Republicans, take decisive action to change the world for the better.
