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According to Norman Podhoretz, a senior adviser on Rudy Giuliani’s foreign policy team and a strong advocate of military action against Iran, the former mayor from New York City has privately conceded that a military campaign against Iran is the only way to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Podhoretz has previously advised President Bush “that anything short of military action to prevent Iran from getting nuclear capabilities would fail, and that American needs to strike to prevent another Holocaust.” After his meeting with Giuliani, Podhoretz observed that “my view has been, and I very much doubt that Giuliani would disagree with what I am about to say, what we are doing is to try and clear the ground that has been covered over at least since WWI.”
Draining the swamps is the beginning of the process of clearing the ground, and planting the seeds from which institutions can grow the foundations of a free society.
Publicly, Giuliani has adopted a more moderate stance on Iran. During Sunday’s GOP Debate in Florida, Giuliani argued that “there’s no question that the idea of going to war with Iran, or even taking military action against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be something you would not want to do. It would be a last resort.”