The Gates of Hell

I've been convinced that the President is serious about ending the threat that Iran's mullahs pose to us and the world and that we must be preparing for action.

But lately, as inaction continues and I run out of reasons why we have not yet acted yet, I have begun to worry that we really don't have a plan to destroy the mullah regime. We really are going to try to live with Iran, it seems, unless our plans for dealing with Iran are so certain that our government sees no reason to telegraph our actions by giving any public indication that action is coming. This remains quite possible. Or I hope so, anyway.

Read on about the face of an evil regime that rules Iran that some want us to accomodate and talk to. It is breathtaking in its horror, really. Read about the state murder of Ateqeh Rajabi . Read about the terror ties and the nuclear advances. Read about the utter defeat of those inside Iran who want reform, and the death of hope of the people of Iran who oppose the mullahs and counted on the reformers to do something.

And when you think of an Iran in the future that has tools to threaten Europe from terrorism (and what would the fighting in France look like if Tehran sent trained killers and weapons to these European Fallujistans?) to nuclear-tipped missiles that can reach every capital of Europe, do you think of a Europe that stands up to Tehran or one that meekly seeks a deal to give Europeans another generation of pretend peace? When Moslems are engaged in street battles with French police even though Paris defended Saddam rather than send troops to remove him, just how much would Europeans have to crawl to buy even temporary safety from jihadi fanatics?

I sincerely hope that this is only an appearance of inaction because we realize that half measures against the mullahs cannot work. We cannot teach them a lesson with measured application of force. Strike their nuclear facilities and the Iranians will lash out with what they have and rebuild their nukes even deeper, while stoking their hatred of the West so that when we finally fail to destroy their nukes after the Iranians learn enough to avoid our precision firepower, they will bring them out and use them against us.

I hope we are applying the maxim of never doing your enemy a small harm and are instead following through with the advice, "If you strike a king, kill him." For the regime in Iran is truly evil and horrifying, and I see no way to live with the unlivable. We must destroy that regime.

Opponents of destroying the Iranian regime say any military action against the mullahs will only rally the people to the side of the mullahs.

Why do we accept this belief? Has our Left rallied to President Bush in the face of 9-11? Why must people in Iran automatically support a theocratic regime that kills children for holding hands when some Americans can't support a President who they think is a fascist theocrat in their wild rantings?

Given that opponents of military action to support the overthrow of the mullah regime in Iran oppose any military action anywhere under this president, why should we accept as a given their assertion that Iranians will rally against a foreign threat? The goal of the Left is to stop military action so their analysis is hardly objective. Indeed, it is hardly uncommon for dissidents in one state to look to foreign allies that are enemies of the government to win at home.

And besides, as I've said, I'll draw little comfort from knowing that the people of Iran really hate it when their regime explodes a nuke in Charleston harbor.

Iran is going nuclear. We must stop them.

The Gates of Hell are opening, people. Can any of us believe we can live with that? I sure hope not.