President Bush today gave his strongest warning yet to the Iranians that interference in the Iraqi conflict would mean they will face the "consequences" of those actions. Of course as soon as those words fell upon the media's collective ears the truthers were firing up their notebooks and blogging away. "See.... Emperor W is going to invade Iran, marshal law is coming, our civil liberties are finished.... etc. etc."What I really get frustrated with is why it is so difficult for the public to grasp the necessity of keeping the pressure on the Iranians. They are actively engaged in frustrating the war in Iraq. That can't be tolerated but it isn't the only thing that they are doing that is a concern. They are also actively developing nuclear material for a weapons program. If you believe it is for nuclear power you are just being naive.
If it were truly for nuclear power, they could buy fissile material cheaper than they could make it themselves. Offers have been extended and rejected by the Iranians. Why? Because the material used in a nuclear reactor cannot be weaponized, it isn't the correct atomic weight for a fission weapon. The correct material for a weapon has to be purer and can only be made using centrifuges. Which by the way they have and are currently running. Make no mistake they intend to make a weapon. Something which we the world cannot allow to happen.
Iranian nukes are a problem for us, but are an even larger problem for the other nations in the region, chiefly Israel. Digest this, the Iranians have overtly threatened Israel, therefore they have every reason to believe that if the Iranians make a weapon they will use it. We have to understand that Israel is not going to sit idly by and allow it to happen, they bombed Iraq in 86 because of Hussein's threat of weapons development. There is little doubt that if the world sits on its hands Israel will strike the Iranians.
If they do not strike Iran, then the very real possibility exists the Iranians will strike Israel. Either event is unacceptable. Both would rapidly escalate and both would leaved the United Sates no option but to intervene. If we intervene so will the Russians and China. And if that happens..... well read the book of Revelation.
We have to keep Iran from developing weapons, If they do any number of scenarios could happen and none of them are good. I am thankful we have a President, for now, that recognizes the danger the world faces from a nuclear Iran and is prepared to deal out the consequences.
