Posted by
Always To The Right on Monday, August 31, 2009 8:40:37 AM
The west has left Israel little choice but to attack Iran
The mullahs understand that the only real challenge to their nuclear
ambitions is likely to come from Israel. They've long concluded that
the U.N. is no threat, as IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei has in practice
become an apologist for Iran's program. They can also see that the West
lacks the will to do anything, as the Obama Administration continues to
plead for Tehran to negotiate even as Iran holds show trials of
opposition leaders and journalists for saying the recent re-election of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was fraudulent. The irony is that the weaker the
West and U.N. appear, the more probable an Israeli attack becomes.
In recent days, the Administration has begun taking a harder line
against Tehran, with talk of "crippling" sanctions on Iran's imports of
gasoline if the mullahs don't negotiate by the end of September.
Rhetorically, that's a step in the right direction. But unless Mr.
Obama gets serious, and soon, about stopping Iran from getting a bomb,
he'll be forced to deal with the consequences of Israel acting in its
own defense.