Is George Bush planning an invasion of Iran? If so he will go down in history as the biggest fool in the history of the United States.

Is Iran supporting insurgents in Iraq? Most certainly, but then again what else is new, Iran has been a sponsor of terror for over 30 years. The solution is to close the border, but then again the US can’t even close its own border so what hope is there for Iraq?

Is Iran a threat to regional stability? Yes. Is Iran working feverishly to develop an indigenous nuclear weapons capability? Yes. Is Iran determined to destroy Israel and foment the growth of radical Islam? Yes.

Nonetheless, an invasion of Iran would be a terrible idea. No not because Democrats oppose the move and not because the war would further divide the nation. An invasion of Iran is a bad idea simply because it would fail miserably. As disastrous as the War in Iraq has been, a war with Iran would be far worse. Here we have a nation reared on radicalism, unlike Iraq. Here we have a nation bent on Jihad for more than a generation, unlike Iraq. Here we have a nation with plenty of home grown suicide bombers waiting in the wings, unlike Iraq.

Just has Iraq has been a focal point for radical Islam, war with Iran would unleash and global terror assault the likes of which the world has never envisioned.

So what is the solution? Some argue that radical Islamists can’t be reasoned with, they are determined to carry out Jihad and death is no deterrent. Critics contend that Iran is a vastly different enemy from the Soviet Union. Iran and the rest of the Islamic world of radicals and murdering savagery can be brought to its knees without pointless and unwinable invasions. To accomplish this task both the US and the rest of the western world must be united, recognizing the threat radical Islam poses for civilization. There can be no doubt in the minds of the Iranians of America’s resolve. Just as the principle of Mutual Assured Destruction , kept the Soviets at bay, MAD can reign in the Islamists.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy noted that an attack on any nation within the Western hemisphere would be regarded as an attack upon the United States by the Soviet Union. The Iranians must know that proliferation of nuclear weapons or other WMDs or any effort to strike Israel or any other nation will be regarded as an attack on the entire western world, requiring a full retaliatory response resulting in the complete destruction of the Iranian civilization and culture. These people understand one thing and one thing only force.

Presently, the Iranians and the rest of the Islamic world view the west as weak and unwilling to make the necessary sacrifices for victory, they laugh at negotiations and boast of their efforts to pull the wool over our eyes. They roam wild on the streets of various European cities and what do the Europeans do? Vacillate. They bomb, kill, behead and destroy and what do they get? A complacent American public that doesn’t even regard terrorism as one of the top 5 threats facing America. So can Iran be stopped? Surely. Will Iran be stopped? Probably not.
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