Huckabee: Iran ‘didn’t get the full message’ when US bombed its nuclear sites |
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee warned Monday that Iran “didn’t get the full message” following Washington’s strikes on the country’s nuclear sites during the Israel-Iran war in June.
“I don’t know that [Iran] ever took [US President Donald Trump] seriously until the night that the B-2 bombers went to [the] Fordo [nuclear facility],” Huckabee said in an interview at an Institute for National Security Studies conference.
Answering a question about Tehran’s reported efforts to rebuild Fordo, Huckabee told the interviewer: “I hope they got the message, but apparently they didn’t get the full message because, as you mentioned, they appear to be trying to reconstitute and find a new way to dig the hole deeper and secure it more.”
The comments came amid reports that Israel is worried about Iran’s rebuilding efforts and could launch another attack to thwart them. Iran insisted Monday that its missile program is for defensive purposes only, while its state media issued conflicting reports about missile drills.
Asked whether the US would greenlight another Israeli offensive against Iran if Israel determined that such a move was necessary, Huckabee responded: “All I can do is point to you what [Trump] has said repeatedly, and he consistently has said Iran is never going to enrich uranium, and they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon.”
He added that Iran renewing its ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities threatens not just Israel and the US, but also “presents a real threat to all of Europe.”
“And if the Europeans don’t understand this, then they’re even dumber than I sometimes think they are,” he added, while noting that Europe has put snapback sanctions back into force against Iran........