Megyn Kelly slams Trump admin's preemptive attack rationale on Iran: 'Does it make any sense?'

WASHINGTON, DC: Megyn Kelly criticized the Donald Trump administration on her SiriusXM show Monday, March 2, disputing its claim that Iran was about to launch a preemptive strike against the United States.

The former Fox News host rejected the justification for the weekend’s US military action and accused Scott Jennings of repeating administration talking points on CNN without question.

Megyn Kelly criticizes Scott Jennings for 'parroting' Trump administration's justification

Megyn Kelly criticized CNN contributor Scott Jennings for "parroting" the administration’s talking points over the weekend, which claimed Iran was planning preemptive missile strikes on US military and civilian targets.

“Does that make any sense to you?” she asked. “Stop and think about it for a minute. I’m close to this administration in many ways as well, but I don’t allow them to use me like a fool."

Kelly argued, "Does it make any sense to you that Iran was planning preemptive strikes against us and our civilians, knowing full well of the massive military assets we had moved into the region, the aircraft carriers and so on? Obviously, it doesn’t."

Megyn Kelly says US service members shouldn't have 'to die for a foreign country'

“The war on Iran has begun. Where it ends, and what’s ahead for the United States, remains unclear,” Megyn Kelly said. "US Central Command, which oversees our military operations in the Middle East, announced early this morning that now four US service members have been killed. That’s up from three yesterday, one service member succumbing to his or her injuries."

Kelly said her first thought is for the troops risking their lives. “I am praying for them,” she said. “That’s where my mind immediately went. The guys in the and the gals who have to actually carry out this mission… why again? And put their lives on the line… for whom, again? [Those] are the ones who are on my mind, and I prayed for them mightily yesterday and the day before, and I hope you have and will continue to as well."

She acknowledged, "There are massive divisions over what we’ve done here, and people are going to change their minds over the coming days and weeks, one way or the other." “But my own feeling is no one should have to die for a foreign country,” Kelly added. 

She said she doesn’t believe the four service members died for the US, but rather for Iran or Israel. “I understand how this helps Iran perfectly well. I get it. I mean, I hope, long term, we’ll see… But they seem rather jubilant, 80% of the country does not support the Ayatollah. He was a terrible, terrible man. No one is crying that he’s dead, no normal person, but our government’s job is not to look out for Iran or for Israel. It’s to look out for us," the journalist stressed. 

Kelly suggested the conflict seems driven by Israeli interests, pointing to figures like Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, Lindsey Graham, and Miriam Adelson as pushing the US into action.

Trump outlines his objectives for Iran attack, claims the US was 'very nearly under threat'

Donald Trump spoke Monday morning about the ongoing military operation in Iran, promising he will see it through until his goals are met. “Our country itself would be under threat, and it was very nearly under threat,” the commander-in-chief said, explaining why the weekend attack was launched.

He outlined his objectives clearly. “First, we’re going to have to do a lot of work: destroying Iran’s missile capabilities — and you see that happening on an hourly basis — and their capacity to produce brand new ones, and pretty good ones they make,” he said. “Second, we’re annihilating their Navy. We’ve knocked out already 10 ships. They’re at the bottom of the sea."

“Third, we are ensuring that the world’s number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon,” Trump continued. “I said that from the beginning. They’re never going to have a nuclear weapon. They were on the road to getting one legitimately through a deal that was signed foolishly by our country.”

“And finally, we’re ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders,” the Republican leader added.