The commander of Israel’s air force says he takes Iran’s threats against his nation very seriously and compares them to Hitler’s warnings against Jews before the Holocaust.
In an interview to air on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkedy said about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vow to destroy Israel: “I think it is a very serious threat to the state of Israel, but more than this, to the whole world.
“They are talking about what they think about the state of Israel. They are talking about destroying and wiping us from the earth.”
Shkedy — whose family survived the Holocaust — said ignoring Ahmadinejad’s threats today reminds him of the atmosphere that enabled the Holocaust, the Houston Chronicle reported.
“In those days, people didn’t believe that Hitler was serious about what he said. I suggest not to repeat this way of thinking, and to prepare ourselves for what they are planning. We should be prepared for everything…
“We should remember. We cannot forget. We should trust only ourselves.”
Destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities would be much more difficult than taking out Saddam Hussein’s single nuclear reactor in Iraq, as the Israelis did in 1981, Zeev Raz — who commanded the attack on the Iraqi facility — told “60 Minutes.”
“I really hope it will be solved another way,” he said, but added: “There is only one thing worse than the Israeli air force having to do it — Iran having a nuclear bomb.”
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