Mattis: Israel Doesn’t ‘Have to Wait Until Citizens are Dying Under Attack’ to Strike Iran

PJ Media: Defense Secretary James Mattis said Israel exercised its “absolute right to defend itself” in shooting down an Iranian drone that entered the Jewish State’s airspace from Syria. “It is interesting that everywhere we find trouble in the Middle East, you find the same thing behind it. Whether it be in Yemen or Beirut, or in Syria, in Iraq, you always find Iran engaged,” he added. “Now in two places, I can say, well,