Axis Of (New) Evil

IBD Editorials ^ | 3 July 2007 | Staff

[Kitten Festival]

War On Terror: We have a new "axis" to worry about — the "Axis of Unity" just formed by Iran and Venezuela. Time to pay attention: Iran is openly fighting us in the Mideast. Now it's getting ready to fight us here, too.

We've talked a great deal about Iran's threat. Simply put, we think Iran is at war with us, and has been since its revolution in 1979. We just haven't noticed.

Recent events only bolster our conviction. Most alarmingly, Iran's mullahs have become so emboldened by our inaction they're going from making mere threats to actively killing our soldiers in Iraq. So far, we've done little about it.

[Kitten Festival]

Iran is killing our people and setting up a beachhead in Venezuela. They've got to go.

[rabscuttle385]

Iran is killing our people and setting up a beachhead in Venezuela. They've got to go.

They may both collapse on their own.

Iran imports most if its gasoline; Venezuela's economy is being run into the ground by Hugo Chavez. Of course, if either of these two go nuclear, then that's a major problem for pretty much everyone.

[rabscuttle385]

As we've said, these ties give Iran direct access to our hemisphere — access it can use to disrupt U.S. energy trade or, worse, infiltrate terrorists into the U.S. through our pathetically porous borders

IEDs, kidnappings, beheadings, and Fallujah re-enactments...coming to our own homes and cities???

[Camel Joe]

I don’t believe we have the luxury of “may collapse” any longer. We must be proactive, both have the military capability to subjugate their populace which will buy them enough time to go nuclear.

[gcruse]

“So far, we’ve done little about it.’

Look for us to do even less. Bush has zero political capital, and the next president will be hampered by a Dem Congress.