VIDEO: Benjamin Netanyahu addresses international media as Op. Roaring Lion continues
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed members of the international media as Operation Roaring Lion entered its third week.
During his address, Netanyahu stated that he and US President Donald Trump were fully aligned on the dangers of the Iranian regime, claiming that Trump had told him that they had to make sure Iran did not have nuclear weapons.
He also stated that the world owed Trump a debt of gratitude for Operation Epic Fury, as he had been safeguarding international interests by doing so. He claimed that, without Trump, Iran would have developed ICBMs to strike the United States.
"People want to be naive, they don't want to see what kind of world we're living in," he said. "If you look at the world as it is today, you have to be blind not to see that the democracies, led by the United States, have to reassert their will to defend themselves and to oppose their enemies in time, while there's still time, before the jarring gong of danger wakes them up - and wakes them up too late."
"I think what this war has done is unmask what Iran is," he said, talking about how the ruthlessness of the regime had revealed what a danger it is. He cited the aggression it had showed toward its citizens during the protests, and compared the lukewarm reactions of the world to the reactions of nations to Nazi Germany prior to World War II.
Netanyahu refused to answer directly whether he would recognize exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, instead calling him a "force for good."
When asked about the future possibilities for the leadership of Iran, following Israeli assassinations of multiple prominent regime officials, Netanyahu admitted that he is not sure who is currently running Iran.
"I think that the hole that Khamenei has had is not going to be translated to anyone, not to Mojtaba if he's there, and not to anyone else," he said, adding that they are "seeing cracks" in the regime's authority and leadership.
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