...The lesson learned from bin Laden's February 1998 declaration is this: When an Islamic extremist leader speaks, we need to listen -- for what is said may well contain an ominous threat of action to follow. In Osama's mind, he was giving advance notice of his intent to attack. Had we listened, September 11 might well have been avoided.
Sadly, bin Laden's threat to harm us was not the only time we have failed to heed such warnings. One need only look back to Adolf Hitler's pre-World War II rantings to see we failed to listen and act to prevent him from embarking upon his murderous rampage throughout Europe. Unfortunately, we have not been very good students of history's lessons.
Another threat to do the world harm was issued last year. It remains to be seen what the world community will do to prevent that threat from becoming a reality.
In October 2005, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad publicly called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" and for the destruction of the United States. These statements must be given full weight as to intent: i.e., they are Iran's advance notice that Israel and the U.S. need to be destroyed. The obvious way to do so is with nuclear weapons.
...In Iranian President Ahmadinejad we have a mad leader, untethered by the MAD deterrent, hell-bent on creating the required chaos by paving the road for the 12th imam's return with the dead, and without concern as to whether the victims are Jews or Muslims.
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