Pakistan and Russia are not yet led by radical Islamists. Neither has publicly advocated incinerating Israel. When Ahmadinejad tells us what he plans to do to Israel, I take him for his word that such is what he wants to do.
Yes, it is possible that he could get the weapons secretly. We must do everything we can to stop it. Dr. Paul won’t do that. If Iran gets nukes, they will be a nuclear blackmailer. We will be told to remove all presence from the Middle East (and perhaps other places) or they will threaten to use nukes to destroy infrastructure and stop the flow of oil to the West. That will destroy our economy, the world’s economy, and lead to the thousand years of darkness about which Ronald Reagan warned us.
Israel has over 200 nukes of its own. There's no way Iran is going to attack her. That's all Ahmadinejad is, a trash-talker. He's no different than the loudmouth on the sidelines of a pickup basketball game.
We're just going to have to agree to disagree on this issue. If Fred is nominated, yes I'll vote for him but the GOP needs to start reaching out to Paul on the war and some of these issues. The GOP do not have the votes or money to defeat the Democrats in the general election, but unfortunately a lot of FReepers aren't looking at the bigger picture and would rather get some cheap licks in at Paul for now.