"Either we kill them or they kill us. I find that to be an easy choice."
Well said. It ALL essentially comes down to survival.
Unless something happens to intervene, Iran is going to be next. I don't see that we have any choice. We cannot let those people have nuclear weapons. I had a friend, of democratic persuasion, say why can we have WMD and then say they can't. My answer was simple like yours. It is in our best interests and self protection to keep stop additional nations from obtaining nuclear weapons, especially crazy ones like Iran which will most certainly use it.
There are no real shades of gray here IMO. Either the American way of life is worth preserving or it is not. I say it is, and therefore I have no problem crushing those that would threaten it. It is, however, my hope that what is in America's best interests, is also in the worlds. This may be naive, but it helps me sleep at night.
That's good to hear. Sleep well.