WMD AND THE BOY WHO CRIED “WOLF”

The Iran Nuclear Dilemma

It was said that Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, had weapons of mass destruction including a nuclear capability. He didn’t but acted as though he did. The West reacted. No WMDs were found. Now what are we to believe about IRAN’s nuclear bomb? Is the Boy Crying “Wolf” again? Probably not.

The biggest existential threat the World faces is a nuclear-armed Iran. Consider the fact that Islamic radical imams have convinced young men to sacrifice their lives as suicide bombers. Eventually one of these misguided youths will miss his suicide opportunity and mature into a leadership position. His hand will hover over the nuclear launch button. He does not fear death or the death of billions. He will destroy the World unless—-

The Obama then Biden Administrations’ naive approach towards Iran has advanced that nation’s nuclear aspirations to the point of fulfillment. With the lifting of the first Trump Administration’s sanctions on Iran by the Biden Administration, that pariah nation was handed the funds to continue its terror war on the West and, in particular, the nation of Israel. The October 7th slaughter of innocents was the beginning of a new phase of terror war. Iran is now very close to manufacturing multiple nuclear warheads. There is only one option for the West-the destruction of Iran’s nuclear bomb-making capability. There is no diplomatic solution, only kinetic warfare. The people of Iran will not be able to rise up and replace their theocratic dictatorship in time to stop the inevitable. They tried that during the Obama administration in the summer of 2009 Iranian presidential election protests but were essentially ignored by the West. The Obama administration expressed concern about the brutality of the Iranian regime in putting down the election protestors but took no definitive action.

Israel and the United States must destroy Iran’s nuclear bomb potential. They have the means to do this now. Israel has attacked Iran’s air defense network and left it damaged. It is being rebuilt. That preemptive exercise may need to be repeated as a precursor to the deployment of Israeli F15Is with American bunker busting bombs. Without decisive action, the World may cease to exist. The doomsday clock is ticking.

There was a Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was lonely for him, so he devised a plan to get a little company. He rushed down towards the village calling out “Wolf, Wolf,” and the villagers came out to meet him. This pleased the boy so much that a few days after he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help. Shortly after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest. The boy cried out “Wolf, Wolf,” still louder than before. But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again lying, and nobody came to his aid. So the Wolf made a good meal off the boy’s flock. (Adapted from Eliot/Jacobs version of Aesop’s Fables)