Posted by
Silvio Canto, Jr. on Friday, July 14, 2006 6:24:02 AM
So far, I support Pres. Bush's diplomatic approach vis-a-vis Iran. However, there is a limit with people who are committed to destroying Israel and funding terrorists.
The UN is not serious about problems. We saw this in Iraq, North Korea and now Iran.
Pres. Bush must make a tough decision about Iran, which is at the root of the Middle East problems. They are the source of money and represent the single greatest threat to the US.
I believe that Pres. Bush has already made that decision.
Robert Kagan is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund.
Today, he wrote "On Iran, Giving Futility Its Chance":
"Let's imagine, and this is purely hypothetical, that President Bush has already decided that he will not leave office in January 2009 without a satisfactory resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem.
Let's imagine that he has already determined that if he cannot obtain Iran's agreement to dismantle its nuclear weapons program voluntarily and verifiably, then he will order some form of military action to destroy as much of that program as possible before he leaves.
Let's imagine that he has resolved not to end his two terms in office the way Bill Clinton ended his, by leaving every major international crisis -- from Iraq to Iran to North Korea to al-Qaeda -- for his successor.
Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that Bush had made such a decision.
What would he be doing right now? The answer is that he might be doing exactly what he is doing." (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071201874.html)
Let me say it again. We will be taking military action against Iran.
It won't be easy or pretty. However, it won't be pretty or easy either if we are hit by terrorists with WMDs funded by Iran.