It's inebidibidatable!
Posted on 07/25/2007 9:28:05 PM PDT by americanophile
A military confrontation with Iran over its nuclear weapons program appears increasingly inevitable, a senior American evangelical leader said on Tuesday.
"The horrible terror of the almost wild-eyed behavior of [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad is enough to cause any thinking person to ask: Is there another way than some military intervention?" Pastor Jack W. Hayford, president of the International Church of Foursquare Gospel, told The Jerusalem Post in an interview.
"Confrontation seems inevitable," he said. The 73-year-old Los Angeles-based Hayford is heading a four-day conference of more than 3,000 church leaders and laymen from around the world in Jerusalem, in what is his 34th trip to Israel.
Islamic extremism was "the greatest force of evil" that exists in the world today, Hayford said, adding that it has been tolerated to a surprising degree by the mainstream media.
Hayford also said that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been exploited by Arab and Islamic regimes in the Middle East as an excuse for their extremist ideology.
"The Palestinians are often used as an excuse, especially in this part of the world, for extremist ideology that is a ruse," Hayford said. "They would oppose Israel in any way on any terms."
Christians and Jews also shared a common struggle against another threat, he said, "a spiritual or moral war" against a liberal culture that undercut basic moral values.
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“Is it inevitable?”
I hope it is and Iran can be brought around to reason through effective sanctions and military action. Practically speaking, I don’t know if it’ll be possible. Currently, most European countries, China, and Russia seem to be backing the mullahs despite the various Iranian provocations.
The recent experience in Iraq indicates to me that any action will necessarily have to be along the lines of the Israeli strike on Saddam’s nuke program.
One thing is certain - if Iran gets the bomb, we’ll see a HUGE nuclear arms race in the larger Middle East as Sunni countries rush to arm themselves. China, as is its wont, will probably supply all sides in such a nuclear free-for-all. I guess we can all agree that any ChiCom interference in the Middle East is the last thing we need.
I am horrified by the thought of Iran with nukes, but at the same time, I can’t imagine a preemptive strike on that country...it’s really a pickle if you ask me. If we hit them first, and we may have to, the sh&% storm that will be kicked up will be nothing short of another World War.
Well, the problems I think are even bigger than it might appear. A preemptive attack on Iran will ignite not only the Iranian tinderbox, but the Shiite south in Iraq, Syria, and will give all the green light to untold terrorist organizations that are directly funded by Iran - Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, etc. There are cells not only in Europe but in the U.S. Even if as you suggest it’s only Pakistan...they’ve already got the bomb. If Musharraf were to be overthrown by his enraged countrymen, we would be in a world of trouble. This could spread north to Turkey, south to the Gulf states, and even to India. At very least it will be an enormous regional war.
My pastor and my sponsor are there with pastor jack.
Sometimes I wonder if those rich oil sheiks use us like some more foreign workers. I think Bush is pushing them to get their act together and develop; their own militaries. They have bought more equipment and have staged joint manuvers. We don’t need to fight and die for Arabs who are to proud to get their own hands dirty.
“At very least it will be an enormous regional war.”
Can’t say that I can disagree with you on that point. An air strike might keep the reactions muted, IMHO. The bigger (and far more sensitive) issue is ground invasion. That’ll definitely cause a wider conflict in the region.
It's inebidibidatable!
“nothing short of another World War.”
Just what the hell do you think the mooselimbs are lining up for now anyway?
Yeah they all are afraid of Iran but on the other hand none will stand up to her anyway.
Like sheep all the mooselimbs feel it is the wests fault they have done nothing to contribute to society in a thousand years.
I just don’t understand why so many can’t get it! War with the Muzzies is a World War. So far fighting them in Iraq has pretty much contained the terrorism. We leave and it will be a another whole story.
BTW, I totally agree with you.
we leave the mooselimb battle in iraq and they will bring it here.
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