[2ndDivisionVet]

A two page article, makes some good points.

[PGalt]

I thought UNaccountable bureaucrats were taking care of it. /sarcasm

[rjp2005]

Each of the last two centuries, a conqueror has arisen to scourge Europe. Conditions are ripe for the third to lead Iran and Iraq (acting as one very soon) and the jihadist movement across the ME and North Africa and wreak havoc.

[AmericanExceptionalist]

The West will have to decide what is more dangerous–to attack the infrastructure of the Iranians sooner rather than later or to deal with an Iranian nuclear capability after the fact. The choices are not between good and bad but between bad and worse–and the longer we delay, the more dire those bad and worse choices will become.

This sums up the predicament perfectly. There is simply no "good," cost-free solution.

But far too many people (both American and European) seem to believe that there must always be a happy-face alternative. This leads them to prefer inaction, since the only viable action (sanctions having proven themselves a non-starter and regime change being a long-term longshot) is something of a military nature--be it a naval blockade or a series of air strikes. No happy face there.

Then there are the rabid Bush-bashers--the folks who view President Bush as the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler. For obvious reasons, this crowd would not trust President Bush to conduct a war, even against America's most vitriolic enemies. In fact, especially against America's most vitriolic enemies. Their pathological hatred for President Bush has led them to believe that he has created enemies where none existed before. Given this premise, it is but a short step to the conclusion that we should not further "antagonize" our adversaries, such as Iran.

Mr. Zuckerman is correct in his analysis. We must stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, by whatever means necessary.

I am just not convinced that postmodern America has the iron will--or that President Bush has the political strength, or the right second-term advisors--to do the necessary job.

[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET:

"Iran's malign hand now reaches directly into southern Iraq, to Syria, to Hezbollah in Lebanon, to Hamas in the West Bank, and to the shores of the Mediterranean."

[tkathy]

The mullahs are the diabolical puppetmasters behind the brainwashed zombie butchers of islam. They are responsible for every death their evil students commit.

[SJackson]

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