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In what’s certain to be a highly criticized statement, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said “This is 1935 and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is as close to Adolf Hitler as we’ve seen…”, adding “We now know who they are,” he added. “The question is who we are, are we Baldwin or Churchill?”, referring to the two British leaders at the time who disagreed over Hitler’s intentions. The comments were made during an interview with Human Events.

Here are more insights from the interview:

Gingrich said the U.S.’s top priority should be overthrowing the government of Iran, using peaceful means if possible but through military force if necessary. “I will just say flatly, our objective should be the systematic replacement of this regime,” the former top House Republican told Human Events. Gingrich said that the U.S. should immediately begin aiding dissident groups in Iran, starting with trade unions and student organizations, saying, “We should in every way we can get them resources.”

There might be a few fringe groups that will disagree with Mr. Gingrich’s statement of replacing the mullahs, especially those in the pacifist crowd. Still, it’s irresponsible to not strongly consider the military option against Iran. In fact, former Deputy Secretary of Defense wrote in the American Spectator just how the U.S. could do that in very short order.

Though I’m not a military expert, it seems to me that taking out their nuclear capabilities with precision strikes, then shipping arms to the protesters throughout the country, would be a smart plan of attack. Think of it this way: Use the airstrikes to eliminate the nuclear weapons capability and to disorient the mullahs, then foment an insurrection to topple the mullahs.

After all, there’s lots of Iranians who hate the mullahs but who feel powerless against them. Giving the right groups the ability to defend themselves, even slipping in some special ops forces as re-inforcement, seems like a great way to stand up to the mullahs.

As for Mr. Gingrich’s charges that Ahmadinejad is the new Hitler, I’d say there’s substantial proof in Ahmadinejad’s statements that he hates Jews as much or more than Hitler did and that he’d love wiping Israel off the face of the earth. In fact, I’d bet that he’d be willing to do anything to accomplish that.

“We should indicate without any question that we are going to take the steps necessary to replace the regime and we should then act accordingly,” he told Human Events. “And we should say to the Europeans that there is no diplomatic solution that is imaginable that is going to solve this problem.”

I’m with you there, Mr. Speaker.

In what’s certain to be a highly criticized statement, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said “This is 1935 and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is as close to Adolf Hitler as we’ve seen…”, adding “We now know who they are,” he added. “The question is who we are, are we Baldwin or Churchill?”, referring to the two British leaders at the time who disagreed over Hitler’s intentions. The comments were made during an interview with Human Events.

Here’s more insights from the interview:

Gingrich said the U.S.’s top priority should be overthrowing the government of Iran, using peaceful means if possible but through military force if necessary. “I will just say flatly, our objective should be the systematic replacement of this regime,” the former top House Republican told Human Events. Gingrich said that the U.S. should immediately begin aiding dissident groups in Iran, starting with trade unions and student organizations, saying, “We should in every way we can get them resources.”

There might be a few fringe groups that will disagree with Mr. Gingrich’s statement of replacing the mullahs, especially those in the pacifist crowd. Still, it’s irresponsible to not strongly consider the military option against Iran. In fact, former Deputy Secretary of Defense wrote in the American Spectator just how the U.S. could do that in very short order.

Though I’m not a military expert, it seems to me that taking out their nuclear capabilities with precision strikes, then shipping arms to the protesters throughout the country, would be a smart plan of attack. Think of it this way: Use the airstrikes to eliminate the nuclear weapons capability and to disorient the mullahs, then foment an insurrection to topple the mullahs.

After all, there’s lots of Iranians who hate the mullahs but who feel powerless against them. Giving the right groups the ability to defend themselves, even slipping in some special ops forces as re-inforcement, seems like a great way to stand up to the mullahs.

As for Mr. Gingrich’s charges that Ahmadinejad is the new Hitler, I’d say there’s substantial proof in Ahmadinejad’s statements that he hates Jews as much or more than Hitler did and that he’d love wiping Israel off the face of the earth. In fact, I’d bet that he’d be willing to do anything to accomplish that.

“We should indicate without any question that we are going to take the steps necessary to replace the regime and we should then act accordingly,” he told Human Events. “And we should say to the Europeans that there is no diplomatic solution that is imaginable that is going to solve this problem.”

I’m with you there, Mr. Speaker.

Cross-post at LetFreedomRing

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