Growing Threat

IBD Editorials ^ | August 31, 2009 | INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY Staff

[Kaslin]

Axis Of Evil: North Korean arms bound for the Islamic Republic of Iran in violation of U.N. sanctions were intercepted, but Tehran will still be the first nuclear terror regime. No wonder Dick Cheney wanted to attack.

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The United Arab Emirates' seizure of a French-owned ship transporting 10 containers of North Korean-made explosives, rocket-launched grenades and other arms disguised as oil equipment to Iran is a welcome confirmation that the Muslim Middle East recognizes the Islamofascist threat in its midst.

Disturbingly, however, it also confirms that the axis of evil that aligns North Korea, Iran and other bloodthirsty regimes against the U.S. and the rest of the free world is alive and well.

With its people destitute, Pyongyang has better things to do than manufacture bombs and send them halfway around the world. Yet encouraging jihadists to mass murder Americans and other Westerners obviously ranks far above feeding hungry multitudes on its list of priorities.

And while this ship may have been caught, how many others have made it through? It's barely 2 1/2 months since the U.N. Security Council passed its resolution requiring the interdiction of cargo coming in or going out of North Korea suspected of containing arms, nuclear equipment or missile-related materials.

It may be true that the United Nations is finally beginning to wake up to the threat of terror states working together, but is it too late?

[Kaslin]

[HiTech RedNeck]

The United Arab Emirates' seizure of a French-owned ship transporting 10 containers of North Korean-made explosives, rocket-launched grenades and other arms disguised as oil equipment to Iran is a welcome confirmation that the Muslim Middle East recognizes the Islamofascist threat in its midst.

No Shinola Sherlock.

UAE isn't the only nervous Arab state. Saudi Arabia is too. So nervous that they called up Israel a few months ago and told them any time they wanted to overfly to bomb Iran they were welcome. This is hugh and series. It wouldn't surprise me to see Israel managing to team up with Saudi Arabia, if not more Arab states, to glass over any possible Iran nuclear facility.

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

The only problem is that in the scenario where Israel hits the Iranians, the Iranians will retaliate with their strike aircraft and Silkworms on the Saudi oil fields.

$200 a barrel for oil would not be far behind.

The only way to manage that scenario is for the US to set up shop in the gulf, and use strike aircraft to keep the Iranians collective heads down while striking the Nuke plants, but that would push the Iranians to incur into Iraq.

It’s like a balloon. You squeeze it here, and it pops out there.

IMO, we would be in yet ANOTHER war that would cost tons of treasure that we don’t have.

I am worried.