Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Another word on Iran

Christopher Hitchens has put the pen to the paper and written a thought-provoking Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal on the different options available to the United States regarding Iran: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120338314589475783.html. As my post yesterday indicated, there are a number of intellectuals who believe that we need not use force to prevent the Iranians from obtaining nuclear weapons.

The question I have for all of them is, what if you are wrong? Can anyone seriously question that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a threat to not only American interests, but an existential threat to Israel? That possibility alone should give pause to all who think that nothing can or should be done with respect to the Iranian nuclear weapons program.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A nuclear armed Canada could also pose an existential threat. Sure, they're all nice now, but we can't wait for the evidence in the form of a mushroom cloud. Nuke Canada Now!

FYI, it is Iran that has been threatened with nuclear attack. We're the threat to them, not vice versa.