by Liz Berney

Pat Buchanan recently wrote an article with the absurd claim that Iran is only a threat to Israel and not to the U.S., and that the U.S. thus should not concern itself with this threat.

Israel is not the only one who warns of the Iran nuclear threat. Iran's nuclear program continues to raise the concern of the U.N. Security Council (U.N. Resolutions 1737, 1747, 1803 and 1835), the International Atomic Energy Agency (see http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/iaea-iranreport-111908.pdf, the 2008 IAEA report that Iran is continuing its enrichment activities and refusing to provide access requested by the IAEA), our European allies (who have attempted to negotiate with Iran regarding its nuclear program for the past 6 years), Arab nations threatened by Iranian nuclear capability, and U.S. interests.

It is estimated that within a year, Iran will have the ability to launch nuclear missiles at our fleets in the Middle East. In addition, it is estimated that within 2 to 3 years, Iran will have the capability to launch a nuclear missile at major U.S. cities from far offshore. Iran's solid fuel missile launch this past week should alarm all of us.

The Iranian leadership hates, targets, and foments hatred against American democracy as much as it hates Israel. The "Death to America" demonstrations at Teheran University, led by Iran's Ayatollahs, are readily available for all to view on youTube. (Buchanan should take a look before he makes ridiculous remarks about Iran not being a threat to the U.S.)

A U.S. President should do everything possible to derail the Iranian nuclear threat on his own iniative to protect the safety of the U.S. fleet and mainland. When Netanyahu encouraged Obama to take appropriate action regarding the Iranian nuclear threat, Netanyahu did all of us who want the U.S. and its fleet to remain safe a favor.

by Thomas Craig

While we deal with our problems at home, we have been seeing a disturbing uptick in "chutzpah" regarding foreign hostile nations.  North Korea is threatening war with anyone who disrupts their not-at-all-a-missile-test sattelite launch.  Iran is testing a new air-to-surface missile which I'm sure, along with their nuclear ambitions, is merely for civil purposes.  Does this worry anybody else that these rogue nations have been feeling increasingly emboldened by our new administration?  In a perfect world, we could sit down at a starbucks with these Leaders and talk out our differences.  This is reality, however, and the psychopaths who control vast amounts of power in troubled lands will not be pacified by a handshake.  (Even if that handshake is coming from Obama.)  The United States is the most powerful nation in the world.  This fact, along with our freedoms and liberties will always make us a scapegoat for other countries.  Even other democracies (and I use that term loosely) such as Russia continue to use us as a scapegoat to distract the masses from their own defective governments.  If Iran and North Korea suddenly accept an offer of peace and make nice with America, their people will soon turn their attention to the fact that despite "American hostilities", their lives are still wretched.  What makes it so frustrating to me is that WE are the ones with the power, yet we are trying to appease THEM.  North Korea and Iran know that they have no capability to wage war against us.  They realize the might of the United States Armed Forces and they know that confrontation with us would lead to their fall.  Our military is a powerful deterrent, yet we must have the resolve to use it.  A holstered gun does little to stop a criminal if the criminal knows that you wouldn't dare reach for it.