[stephenjohnbanker]

” Whatever Barack Obama’s words, his deeds have been directed less toward stopping Iran from going nuclear than they have been toward stopping Israel from stopping Iran from going nuclear. “

Nailed it.

[wbill]

It may seem to be unthinkable that the United States would ever surrender, but we have not yet seen New York and/or Los Angeles in radioactive ruins. If fanatics are willing to die in a nuclear war but we are not, what is left except surrender?

A fair point, but to whom would we surrender?

Also, a "surrender" implies negotiation. There's no middle ground here - just people who want to kill us for what we represent.

Mr Sowell usually writes very well, but he didn't follow through the logic with this article. His points are salient, though, and it's always good to give voice to truths that won't be spoken by those in power.