Like many others, I was initially shocked when I read last week that US intelligence had determined with “moderate confidence” that Iran abandoned its quest for nuclear weapons in 2003. Hadn’t US intelligence determined just 11 months earlier with a far greater degree of confidence that Iran was determined, despite the potential consequences, to develop nuclear military power? Continue reading »

Jimmy Carter this week continued his rise as the new king of the delusional leftists who insist Israel and the US have no real enemies besides those they themselves provoke to hostile action. Continue reading »

As I read the latest news reports sitting here at the mall in Jerusalem, it suddenly hits me how close we are to a major regional war.

And I am not talking about a semi-isolated flare-up with Syria and/or Hezbollah. I am talking about all-out war engulfing the entire region.

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Before I get started - a note for those who may require this disclaimer: I was being sarcastic in my headline.

On to the subject at hand.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a new year’s greeting to the world’s Christians this week, urging them to behave in the way he believes Jesus would want them to.

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Kofi Annan, sporting his pacifist/humanist goggles, declared from Tehran Sunday that the Iranian nuclear crisis could be easily solved in a diplomatic manner if the West would just show a little patience.

The lack of Western patience, not Iranian defiance, is the problem. Right. How in the world is sitting around twiddling our thumbs going to suddenly cause the Iranians to realize they don’t want nuclear weapons?

Doesn’t it seem odd to anyone that Iran is not actually making any demands in return for not enriching uranium? That’s because they don’t want anything. Anything but nuclear weapons, that is. All patience is going to do is give them an opportunity to build an A-bomb, rendering irrelevant any effort to prevent Ahmadinejad from ushering in the Islamic age of “justice,” diplomatic or otherwise.

Senior Israeli lawmaker Ephraim Sneh, a prominent figure in defense circles, made the assessment this week that Israel will inevitably have to fight Iran sometime in the near future.

But the Jerusalem Post Thursday made the observation that Israel is already fighting Iran, and Lebanon is the battlefield.

Hizb’allah is in effect a brigade of Iranian commandoes, Tehran’s vanguard forces in its quest to see Israel, in the words of President Ahmadinejad, “wiped off the map.” That fact makes Israel’s need to deal Hizb’allah a decisive defeat all the more pressing.

For Israel to not emerge victorious in this fight will signal victory for Hizb’allah, regardless of how many terrorists are killed, and provide Iran with encouragement and valuable information on how future battles against the Jewish state should be conducted.

Iranian demagogue Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is either a really bad poker player, or he is utterly confident that he is holding the winning hand as he continues to make no secret whatsoever of his agenda to see the “Zionist regime” eliminated.

He even goes so far, as the leader of a sovereign nation, to question the Jews’ status as human beings. Another leader once spoke this way. His name was Hitler.

With Ahmadinejad showing all his cards, the question now is whether Israel and the West will continue to hide behind the false defenses of never-ending diplomacy or face their enemy head on.

The spirit of Hitler, or rather the evil that worked through the Fuhrer, is alive and well in the person of Iranian demagogue Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and is calling out to the German people rejoin its cause.

Iran to Germany: Help us deal with Israel

The combination of rogue Islamic regimes and terrorist organizations is a recipe for instability and mass bloodshed, and was consequently one of the primary justifications behind America’s invasion of Iraq.

Terrorist organizations are far more likely to, as the Saudis put it, engage in “irresponsible adventurism.” They only lack the resources available to a sovereign state.

Throw in an Iran, add a little Syria, and you have a well-armed, technologically-advanced, foaming-mouthed terrorist organization like Hizb’allah that is light years ahead of its “Palestinian” allies.

Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and all their buddies could not in their wildest dreams hope to knock out an Israeli warship.

Thank God the US took out Saddam Hussein, or we may be in a lot more trouble than we are today.

The ongoing flare-up with Hizb’allah could not have come at a better time for Israel.

Israel has a unique opportunity to deal decisively with both Hizb’allah and the Assad regime in Syria with little or no threat of military intervention by other regional powers.

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak is highly unlikely to lead his nation into battle against Israel on behalf of Syria, as he is old, weak, and heavily beholden to American financial and military aid.

Of course, we all know that thanks to the Americans, Saddam Hussein is no longer a threat.

And with US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan sandwiching Iran, even madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is unlikely to attack Israel and give Washington the excuse it has sought to abruptly end his quest to pave the way for the 12th Imam.

This may be just the opportunity Israel and the US have been waiting for to eliminate two of the biggest threats to regional stability. It should not be wasted.