If you have been following the news lately, you could not have missed the pressure that the Obama administration has been applying lately on Israel not to attack Iran.
Obama administration failed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, engaging in a direct war against the U.S. interests (the publicized assassination attempts in U.S.) and the Jewish people (bombing in Argentina), and spreading terror through its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas. Obama failed to capitalize on the opportunity to support the Iranian opposition to overthrow or severely weaken the Ayatollah regime. Clearly, the Obama concept of engagement with Iran (and the Muslim world in general) failed.
Now they are putting pressure on Israel to abrogate its right and obligation to defend the Jewish state against what most experts believe is an existential risk to Israel and a grave danger to the entire free world – Iran armed with nuclear weapons. Iran already has rocket technology capable of delivering nuclear payloads as far as Europe, and they are rapidly improving their delivery systems to reach as far as United States. But the real danger is not even of Iran sending a ballistic missile armed with a nuclear warhead in an act of Jihad against the non-believers. The real danger is that Iran, through its terror proxies, will place a nuclear device in New York, Washington, Paris, Berlin, or anywhere else in the free world. 9/11 will pale in comparison.
Iranian leaders are not driven by calculated political interests and logical actions. They are driven by deep religious convictions of following Mohamed’s directions to kill the non-believers and spread Islam at any cost. They are driven by the belief that any carnage in the name of Jihad is justified, and that they will be rewarded by Allah for doing so. Hitler was motivated by ambition of world dominance and the superiority of the Aryan race – Hitler too was not taken seriously by the western powers first. Iran leaders’ religious based ideology is even more extreme than Hitler’s.
So, Mr. Panetta, when you warn Israel that attacking Iran’s nuclear installation may bring down the world economy – do you consider the alternative – a catastrophe on the scale of a second world war or worse?! In retrospective, would you have claimed that a bad economy in the 1930s would be a worse outcome than stopping Hitler and preventing a Holocaust? These warnings are ridiculous given the lessons we all should have learned from history.
Dear friends, do not just read this message and get frustrated. Do something about it. What can you do? It is true that contacting the administration may seem fruitless, but it is worth a try – they need to hear more people express their opposition to their clueless foreign policy. Even more important is contacting your congress people and insisting on their support for actions against Iran and in support of Israel – especially contacting your Democratic congress people (since most Republicans already support this cause). Contact your Jewish organizations. Many Jewish organizations pay lip service to lobbying for actions against Iran, but their lobbying is too diplomatic and not aggressive enough. All Americans need to be concerned and demand action!
