Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long held an anti-war stance, but he told Newsmax on Thursday it is important for the U.S. fully support Israel as it fights to eradicate Iranian-backed Hamas in the Gaza Strip and rescue hostages taken in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.
“We need to support Israel; this is a defensive war,” Kennedy told “The Record With Great Van Susteren.” “Israel was attacked. I am against war. All the wars that we fought in the last 100 years — with one exception, World War II — were immoral wars. They were wars of choice.
“This war is a moral war because Israel was attacked. Not only on Oct. 7 but for 16 years prior to that, Gaza was controlled by Hamas and Hamas had declared war on Israel, was bombarding it on average with 2,000 missiles a year on its civilian populations.”
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