Neranyahu Addresses Congress

Last week Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress.  There was a lot of political bickering by the President and the Democrats.  Some called it political theater.  Some called it fear mongering.  Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi said she thought Netanyahu’s speech was insulting to Americans’ intelligence.  I think this is pretty funny coming from the “We have to pass it to find out what is in it” woman.  I am not sure she even knows what intelligence is.

President Obama thought Congress shouldn’t have invited Netanyahu without first consulting with him.  He also said this action hurt his ongoing negotiations with Iran.  This is a joke, as Obama is determined to get an agreement of some sort and is not concerned if it is a good agreement. 

Sanctions imposed on Iran were working and we lifted them.  What is President Obama doing now?  We cannot allow Iran to have nuclear bombs.  Iran is a major military power and threat in the area.  Iran is a threat to most countries in the area.

I could never understand why Iraq’s Saddam Hussein went to war with the United States.  One of the reasons may have been that he was more afraid of Iran and didn’t want to give up any of his weapons.  Iran is trying to dominate Iraq now.

Iran does not hide their desire to eliminate Israel and the Jewish people.  Israel takes this threat seriously.  As Netanyahu stated, they cannot allow Iran to have nuclear weapons.  This is not about politics.  It is about survival. 

If Israel feels Iran is close to having a nuclear bomb, they have no choice but to take action, and diplomacy will not be an option at that point.  Israel must bomb Iran before Iran gets a nuclear weapon, and Israel does have nuclear weapons.  Will they use them?  How will the rest of the Middle East react?  Most are not friends of Israel. 

We feel safe and sheltered in this country.  As a result, we tend to ignore the pending danger.  This was true before both world wars.  Maybe we need to learn from history and take this danger seriously.  Iran cannot be allowed nuclear weapons under any circumstances.