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Israel has a population of only a little over 6 million, including the enemies that our State Dept. orders Israel to accomodate and give free run through its neighborhoods.

Iran has a population of over 68 million, and it has oil. It also has the military support of two much larger countries.

Israel shouldn't do western Europe's dirty work or continue to be the unreasonable, inappropriate focus of the world that hates it. Nor should we. Israel can make much better use of its small revenues than to plan and launch thousands of air sorties. IMO, Israel should build the greatest defense and offense and let western Europe worry about being within range of Iran.

Iran postures at Israel but will go after western Europe. Iran might even lob something at Israel to further cow western Europe. But there is nothing for Iran in wasting Israel. Western Europe is the real target and should put the Iran government and military down.

Western Europe is the real target and should put the Iran government and military down.

No question that Europe is a target, as well as the entire free world. But Europe will not generate the political will to do anything about it. I don't like to underestimate Israel's capabilities; they are an excellent ally with immense brain power. But Iran is a formidable enemy.

The US is also at great risk from terrorist attacks utilizing Iranian WMD. Therefore, given this and the facts outlined above, the problem of defanging the Mullahs will fall to the US- sooner or later. Unless there is movement from within Iran to implement sensible leadership after American, or Israeli, surgical strikes have destabilized the fanatics in Tehran, there must be massive strikes.

We have the capability to cripple Iran from the air, and follow up with heavily supported search and destroy operations. And I am not talking about policing or nation building. Time is running out; the responses of China, Russia etc. are aspects to consider and plan for, but they cannot be allowed to stay our hand in a fight for our survival.

Ladies and gentlemen, IMHO, we are at one of the most perilous cross roads in our nation's history. Think of England staring across the water at Nazi Germany in 1939...