Strike, Israel! Strike Now

· Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Editor's Note: This column was coauthored by Bob Morrison

"Whoever says later may find later is too late," says Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. His words drove Western policymakers into a tizzy. Everyone wants to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but not everyone is willing to do what it takes to bring that about.

The recent high-level comings and goings between Jerusalem and Washington remind us of nothing so much as all those "consultations" between top-level officials of two other democratic allies seventy-six years ago. In 1936, everyone wanted to stop the German army coming into the de-militarized Rhineland, but no one was willing to use force to prevent it. Hitler sensed this weak resolve in the Americans and the British. The Americans were still in the throes of isolationism in 1936. Britain wanted to talk about Hitler's move into the Rhineland, but it did not want to use force, or even allow the threat of force.

Hitler could smell fear. He deliberately chose March 7, 1936. He knew that British statesmen retreated to their country estates every weekend. He knew that "consultations" by telephone between the French and the British would be very hard on a weekend. Telephone communication was not the best. Then, there were language difficulties to consider.

Most of all, though, Hitler knew that the British were still haunted by the nightmare of trench warfare in World War I. Although Hitler was himself a decorated veteran of that war, he was determined on a new form of warfare -- Blitzkrieg. His "lightning war" would rely on planes and tanks to force events with blinding speed.

He planned his coup in the Rhineland with great care. The Versailles Treaty ending World War I had explicitly forbidden Germany to re-militarize this historically German region. By throwing over this central provision of the Treaty, Hitler would effectively reverse the verdict of that four-year titanic struggle. He would become the victor in Europe.

He did not send in his tanks and planes. Cleverly, he sent a small force into the Rhineland, military bands, backed up by thousands of police. He sought to make his coup look as innocuous as possible. It was a fait accompli before the democracies could react. He coupled his seizure of the Rhineland with offers of peace talks and with -- that great distraction -- the Berlin Olympics. The quadrennial games had been fortuitously slated for his own capital city that summer. Let the peoples of the democracies come and be distracted by sports and spectacle.

Now, consider this: Iran has been at war with the U.S. for more than thirty years. When they seized our U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, that was an act of war. When they recruited terrorists to kill 241 U.S. Marines and Navy corpsmen in Beirut in 1983, that, too, was an act of war.

The Iranians are also at war with Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has publicly said he can foresee a world without the U.S. and Israel. He says Israel should be "wiped off the map," that the Jewish state is but a "two-bomb country." What kind of bombs would those be?

U.S. policy makers are desperate, it seems, to dissuade Israel from striking Iran. Gen. Martin Dempsey has been to Israel carrying that warning. Sec. Leon Panetta publicly worries that Israel may be planning a "surprise attack." In Britain, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg frets that an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear weapons installation would be "potentially destabilizing."

Looking at the chaos, violence, oppression, and tumult throughout the region today, where exactly does the Right Honorable Mr. Clegg see the stability that might become "destabilized?"

As worrisome as an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities might be, Iran with a nuclear weapon is infinitely more dangerous. British diplomacy in the interwar years between 1919 and 1939 was marked by high intelligence, a desire for fair play, and a fundamental decency. All of those qualities were abused and betrayed by a single-minded evil man, Adolf Hitler.

Israel reminds us that when a nation's very survival is on the line, that nation will do whatever it must do to meet its sworn enemy. Israel followed the advice of American and British administrations. They urged it to evacuate Southern Lebanon. Now Hezbollah, supplied by Iran, rules there. Israel withdrew from Gaza. Now, Hamas, another Iranian cat's paw, holds sway there. The Israelis -- prodded by Bill Clinton and the illusory Oslo accords -- let Yasser Arafat's unreformed Palestinian terrorists have "authority" in the West Bank.

Today, surrounded by mortal enemies, with their backs to the wall, Israelis are told to take more "risks for peace" by a US. administration that is outraged by the sight of too many Jews in Jerusalem.

If we wait until the Iranians have sunk their nuclear weapons deep into hardened bunkers it will be too late. The Obama administration will not act in time. Later, will be too late.

Israel: Don't wait; hit the Iranian nuclear facilities now. The world will thank you for it.


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Comments

Eliebig

Since the current president "disarmed" the US over seas on his campaign trail (when he had no right to speak for me), I would agree that no action on his administration is forthcoming from lessons based on history.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 8:52:00 AM


mmccrindle

Absolutely spot on.

Obama's foriegn policy makes Ron Paul look awsome. What an embarassment this administration is.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 8:56:43 AM


wjmccrindle

The only explanation that makes any sense is that this treasonous administration sides with Iran to the detriment of Israel. Every action has been pro Islam and anti Christian. I think there must be a prayer rug in the White House, where this closet Islamist faces Mecca 5 times a day. We should stand with Israel and make sure the evil of Islam understands, that any use of a nuke, and we vaporize Mecca. Nazis and Islamists are birds of a feather, and they use our politically correct idiots to further their goal of world domination.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 9:15:45 AM


billy396

McCrindle, once again, you are spot-on. Oblunder has done and said everything within his power to support radical islamists and to minimize the right of Israel to exist. He has repeatedly proven that he supports the terrorists of Hamas. A pivotal moment was when Netanyahu stared down Obastard when he had the nerve to suggest that Israel should back down to "the 1967 lines". Israel is the ONLY Democratic country in the entire region, yet Barry supports every one of their enemies, which are all dangerously radical Muslim dictatorships and monarchies. Our so-called "friends" in Saudi Arabia support terrorism all over the world with the money that we give them for oil. Oblunder has the least competent foreign policy stance of any U.S. President in our history. He is actively ANTI-AMERICAN in his words and deeds. I'll never understand how this unqualified, illegal pretender to the office of the POTUS is being allowed to destroy our future and the future of our descendants. This 'man' truly should be immediately impeached and those who were complicit in his rise to power should all be removed from office and prosecuted for treason, at the very least. Obastard present more of a threat to the United States than Hitler or any other tin-pot dictator in history.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 1:53:28 PM


JAC

The one thing Israel must not do, based on some of Obozo's latest public statements, is to tell the U.S. when they are attacking. Obama will be on the phone immediately with the Iranians and on television, telling the world the Israelis are coming.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 3:27:33 PM


JtC

Very well put and you are absolutely correct, sir. Israel should strike NOW! I also agree with JAC that under no circumstances should Israel clue in the Moozlim In Chief.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 4:06:29 PM


J Paul

Where is the public outrage? The current administration is balkanizing everything, both international and domestic. As Mr. Blackwell notes, the malevolent forces can smell blood. Israel and the world are in danger from Iranian nuclear 'ambitions.'

I write my congressman and senator, and it seems like so much that is so wrong and is so obvious falls on so many deaf ears, and is ignored by blind eyes.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 4:15:57 PM


Dean Jones

If the Iranians manage to put together a bomb of any size it will have only two probable targets, Isreal or a major US city. If that bomb is delivered and detonates in either target area and the present Administration is still in the Wite House or in control of Congress in either House the response will not be one of swift and horrible justice and revenge by the US if either is struck, but rather a weak statement of our asking for UN sanctions if Isreal is in ashes and an apology in most sad terms to the Iranians for our having offended them if we are struck.

Israel has a duty to its citizens and a right to stike first and second and third and fourth and fifth to preotect its existence. I only pray that they do it quickly and OUR bombs follow in rapid succession.

Posted February 8, 2012 at 12:22:01 AM


Dave

Ahmadinejad is a blatant fanatic and admitted enemy of the US and Israel. He has publicly said what he believes and what his plans are for the future, if he has his choice. He may soon have this choice. He knows what fate awaits him if Iran is "liberated" from his control (think Iraq and Libya). Does anyone think he will hesitate for a second to use a nuclear weapon? In terms of what should be done? Ask the simple question, what would the US do if Iran was where Canada or Mexico are now, with developing nuclear capability. Would the US attack? I sure hope we would, for our own survival. The question is, how much of a "friend" is BHO to Israel. It seems BHO is an Arab sympathiser. What happened to having "dialogue" with the Iranian leader, as he promised during his election speaches? I guess the same thing that happened to closing Guantanamo. If Bush and Condi Rice were still working this issue, it would be solved by now. BHO has made no progress on this issue, and has probably gone backward. Hurry up November. We can't "wait" much longer for results for the US and Israel. If Israel strikes, I pray that the US will stand firmly beside Israel against the Arab anger and terror that will surely follow. Isn't "Middle East stability" an oxy-moron?

Posted February 8, 2012 at 12:23:57 PM


A.R. Nash

The only reasonable path to Iran using nukes would be to continue enriching uranium until they had enough for 4-5 bombs. When they had perfected missiles to carry nuke warheads, then they could test one bomb to ensure their technology worked. If it worked, then they could immediately launch missiles at Israel the same day.

What can we do? Not much unless we have non-stop satellite coverage of their potential launch sites. If launch preparation was seen, then perhaps we could employ some of the secret high-speed, high-tech weapons and systems developed at Groom Lake (Area 51) to launch a preemptive strike. Ten's of billions of dollars have been spent of top-secret technology there so they must have come up with something useful.

Also, we may have high-powered laser systems to shoot-down missiles but haven't revealed our capabilities. We've been working on them non-stop for a decades.

Posted February 8, 2012 at 9:33:20 PM


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