Republican Congressman Rich McCormick says a military strike by Qatar on Iran would be a good thing for peace in the region.
“I think it’s great,” McCormick told Newsmax when asked about Qatar signaling it may hit back after Iran launched missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar. “And I think it’s a direct result of the Abraham Accords, of linking us to them.”
McCormick, a Georgia Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee, didn’t hold back. He praised the growing tension between Iran and its Arab neighbors, saying Iran isolating itself could be “very good for world peace.”
Qatar’s warning came after Iran attacked the large U.S. air base at al-Udeid on Monday. That strike followed a U.S. barrage over the weekend, where bunker-buster bombs and cruise missiles hit three of Iran’s key nuclear sites. Those U.S. strikes were in response to Israel bombing Iranian nuclear and military facilities on June 13.
By Monday night, Qatar made it clear it would defend itself. The government said it “reserves the right to respond directly” to Iran’s aggression.
McCormick welcomed the possibility that other U.S. allies in the region might get involved too. “If you think about the UAE, they can join the fight along with Saudi Arabia,” he said. “Combined, they have a larger military and a larger economy than Iran, almost as many people.”
He added: “Saudi Arabia has one of the biggest investments in the military in the entire world when it comes to GDP, and they’re a wealthy nation.”
McCormick praised Donald Trump for the U.S. attacks on Iran’s top uranium enrichment facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and the Isfahan research center. He said the Iranian regime poses a serious threat to the region and to the U.S.
“They’re going to produce weapons of mass destruction, and they’re threatening to annihilate Israel from the face of the Earth,” McCormick said. “When they call us the Great Satan, the Big Satan, death to America — that’s an existential threat that we cannot any longer allow.”
Just hours after Trump announced a ceasefire deal Tuesday morning between Iran and Israel, both sides accused each other of breaking it.
Iranian military officials told state TV that Israeli bombs continued to fall until 9 a.m. local time — about 30 minutes after the ceasefire was supposed to begin. Iran’s top security council warned it was ready to “decisively respond” to any further attacks.
Watch McCormick’s interview below:
