I’m debating the alleged comedian Dave Smith tonight on the question “Should the U.S. support Israel in taking out Iran’s leadership?” ZeroHedge is cosponsoring the debate, with Matt Gaetz moderating it on his OAN show, and so I’ve just learned over there that I’m an “Iran hawk” who “supports Israel’s efforts to assassinate Khamenei,” and who has “written well over 20 books bashing Islam.”
Well, actually, ZeroHedge, I’ve never written a single book “bashing” Islam, but I have written 31 books, including many that tell the truth about the religion’s beliefs and practices, and that elucidate why the world has such a persistent and growing problem with Islamic jihad terrorism. But as I’m being painted as something I’m not in so many ways in connection with this debate, it’s important to set the record straight. (ZeroHedge commenters are also assuming I am Jewish — after all, who else would argue that regime change in Iran could be positive? In reality, I am not.)
Dave Smith, in his endless discussion with Douglas Murray on Joe Rogan’s podcast and elsewhere, has insisted that for the U.S. to try to neutralize…
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