Bringing back the bomb

In 2004, just before our presidential elections, the Iranian version of our Congress passed a measure to go ahead with its nuclear program and defy all the international criticism among cheers of “Death to America!” Take a look at how far this program has come in barely more than a year.

Russia sold Iran equipment for and aided in the construction of heavy-water plants and centrifuges, which serve the sole purpose of producing weapons-grade uranium. More recently, Russians sold Iran $1 billion worth of their TOR-M1 air-defense missile systems. A story was released over the weekend about North Korea making deals with Iran to sell them surplus plutonium, again the only purpose being that of making weapons. Constructing and operating nuclear facilities has gone against warnings from the International Atomic Energy Agency and the European Union, which, if you remember, John Kerry wanted to remove from the negotiations process.

The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, spoke at “The World Without Zionism” conference alluding to the eradication of both Israel and the United States in front of a banner depicting a broken ball with the stars and stripes and a falling ball with the Star of David on it. The government’s state-sponsored terrorist group, Hezbollah, has been used to put pressure on Syria, which in turn put pressure on Lebanon, which in turn put pressure on Israel. A Syrian follow-up to the Cedar Revolution never came and Iranian influence continues to push our Israeli allies into a corner.

Intent on attacking us and our interests has also been made clear by the purchase of Russian Strela rockets in the fall of 2004 that ended up in the hands of terrorists in Iraq. Even more sinister plans have been gaining the much-needed attention of our politicians lately, like our exploitable dependence upon electronics. Should a nuclear missile detonate 400 miles above Kansas, the electromagnetic pulse will overload every power grid in America and knock out a good portion of Canada and Mexico. This would absolutely devastate our infrastructure, and elements in Iran have been planning this for quite some time.

So what should we do in regards to this rogue state in the “axis of evil”? Absolutely nothing – at the moment, anyway.

The U.N. wants to bring Iran before its Security Council where, most likely, they’ll simply get a slap on the wrist and have meaningless resolutions thrown at them. Oddly enough, we’re in the same boat with Iran when it comes to the U.N. overstepping its role as a forum of discussion and attempting to exert itself authoritatively.

In parts of Midwest America the U.N.’s environmental programs have tried imposing the title of “Biosphere Reserves” to areas of land, much to the dismay and discontent of the residents who will have the right to use their property as they wish taken away from them. President Bush in 2004 tried to push the LOST treaty through Congress, which would have given the U.N. domain over all transactions taking place on the water as well as an income so it could begin to enforce its agenda instead of just discussing it. We were the only ones able to facilitate the U.N.’s military action in the Korean War and the Baltic conflict, yet it wants to put our soldiers on trial in The Hague when they refuse to wear the U.N. beret. We are even snubbed and insulted on many of its councils and subcommittees, like withholding us from their Human Rights Commission while appointing genocidal Sudan or totalitarian China.

No, let U.N. officials wag their fingers at Iran as much as they please so the rest of the world can see how impotent they really are.

The truth about our policy toward Iran is we’ve given Israel enough weaponry to take care of itself when backed far enough into the corner, which – considering the pressure recent Palestinian elections put on it – might not be too far off. Even if Iran manages to make a nuclear weapon and continues to plan on using it on American soil, the implication of mutually assured destruction lives on from the Cold War in the form of hundreds of Trident missiles ready to launch from our submarines.