The Imperative to Use Force Against Iranian Nuclearization [long]

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies ^ | December 15, 2005 | Efraim Inbar

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A nuclear Iran is a serious threat to the Middle East. Moreover, a nuclear bomb in the hands of the mullahs may have far-reaching repercussions, far beyond the Middle East. Iran’s deeply rooted ideological hostility towards Israel, coupled with its emerging military capabilities puts the Jewish state in a particularly vulnerable spot. Diplomacy is doomed to fail, leaving only the threat to use force and the actual use of force as viable options to delay the fruition of the Iranian nuclear program.

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Ping!

[agere_contra]

Since June 1981, Israel’s position has been that a military nuclear program implemented by a hostile state constitutes a casus belli warranting preemptive action.

I didn't know that. Hope the Mullahs don't act all shocked and suprised on March 07

[Convert from ECUSA]

Thanks for the ping! Israel and the US must stop the mad mullahs in Tehran. Unlike the old Soviet bolsheviks, who had a vested interest in not nuking the world (can't have much of a "socialst revolution" in a radio-active world), the nutburgers in Tehran with their allahu-fubar-martyrs-get-72-virgins-in-paradise mindset don't care if they set off a nuclear worst case or not.