Netanyahu: ‘Battle Between Iran and ISIS Doesn’t Turn Iran into Friend of America’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned a joint session of Congress not to be taken in by Iran’s fight against the savage jihadists of the Islamic State, noting that the two are merely rivals and that the battle “doesn’t turn Iran into a friend of the United States.”

Although the new Iranian regime under President Rouhani has been hailed as a moderate and U.S. aircraft have assisted Iranian forces in their battle against the Islamic State in Iraq, Netanyahu said that hardly makes the Islamic theocracy an American ally.

“Don’t be fooled,” he said. “The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn’t turn Iran into a friend of America. Iran and ISIS are competing for the crown of militant Islam.”

“One calls itself the Islamic Republic, the other calls itself the Islamic State,” he continued. “Both want to impose a militant Islamic empire, they just disagree with themselves who will be the ruler of that empire.”