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Pat writes well, but he makes wrong conclusions.

He is right about "democracy" baloney. Iran, give or take, is a democracy. Yet, it is very ant-American. Currently, any Muslim democracy will be hostile to the U.S.

Strong Israel - whether a democracy or a monarchy - is in this country's strategic interest. Here is why.

To some extend, the current events repeated what happened in the forties.
In the 90's this country was playing an "honest broker" game in the Middle East, while being attacked continuously in many areas. 9/11 was a declaration of war and nothing less. Bush understood this very well - there is less push on Israel, and no talks with Arabs.

It is time to abandon old alliances. Forget about Old Europe. The formula - enemy of my enemy is my friend - still works.

Which countries are actively fighting Muslim expansion? USA, Russia, and Israel. I agree with Pat - countries shouyld make alliances based on current interests. Russia and Israel should be our closest friends now.

Iran is not a democracy.

Look at it this way: If the US Supreme Court was made up of a bunch of self-appointed bishops who made the Holy Book their 'constitution' and decided to take up the power to not just overturn any laws passed, but to call any political opposition 'blasphemy' and jail political dissidents ... what kind of govt woudl you call it?

This is the world's only true Theocracy.

Majority of Iranians do not support it but want western-style democracy. The Iranian theocracy is very unpopular with its own people.

Iran is not a democracy any more that East Germany was. The Mullahs decide which candidates are acceptable. The Ayatollah Khamanei has a veto on all laws. The religious police terrorise and murder dissidents and even opposition journalists and politicians.
The Iranian people are not our enemy. Their government, which is proped up by foreign terrorists, is our enemy.