Robert Wilkie to Newsmax: Pre-Election Day Strike Reports ‘More Bluster From Iran’

Reports that Iran will carry out a “definitive and painful” response against Israel for its recent attacks, with strikes to come before next week’s U.S. presidential election, are “more bluster from the Iranian regime,” former Veterans Affairs Director Robert Wilkie told Newsmax on Thursday.

“With less than 100 aircraft, the Israelis destroyed all of Iran’s air defense systems,” Wilkie said in an interview on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” about CNN’s report. “They destroyed their missile factories. They laid bare the real weakness of the Iranian regime.”

In addition, Iran knows that if it attacks Israel again, it won’t be going up against just 100 fighter aircraft, he said.

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