If you are interested in reading an excellent analysis of the threat Iran posed to Israel, the overal Middle East and the United States, you should definitely read David Strom’s commentary at hotair.com, titled “Iran Was Not an Imminent Threat? What Kind of Standard Is That?”.
Here are a few excerpts:
One of the more bizarre arguments being made by people against Operation Epic Fury is that Iran was not an “imminent” threat.
To which my answer is…so what? Assume that was true, for a moment. Did you WANT it to be an imminent threat? What kind of standard is that?
Thousands of Americans have been killed by Iran and its proxies. That’s not even in dispute. Most Democrats will concede that the regime is evil, that the Ayatollahs are murderous dictators, and that they take every opportunity to kill people when they can do so without retribution.
Yet the argument seems to be: wait until it gets a nuclear weapon, and then we have reason to attack it.
Democrats have even suggested that one reason not to attack Iran was that it had sleeper cells in the United States. OK, isn’t THAT an imminent threat?
The logic behind this argument is rather stunning: it should be the policy of the United States to maximize our vulnerability before we can prevent disaster. No sane person would choose this path when lives are at stake.
There is much, much more. And Mr. Strom makes all the sense in the world. I again urge you to read every word.
Then think about whether it is worth a spike in oil prices for a few weeks, maybe a couple of months, to either set back the Iran threat by years and years or eliminate it entirely. The answer should be easy to settle on.
