I read this article last week and thought it was pretty funny as well as insightful.
It might be tempting to write Ahmadinejad off as a religious man on an acid trip, but there’s more he said that should scare the living Shi’ite out of us all.
Then tonight, in a fit of procrastination - seriously, who writes an essay worth 25% of their grade prior to the night before it’s due? - I ran across Thomas Sowell’s column from last week which had a message surprisingly similar to Birnbaum’s.
Since Iran is not letting the idle chatter at the U.N. delay their rush to get nuclear weapons, they are more dangerous than the Nazis were — while we remain as gullible as those in the west who blundered into World War II and almost lost it.
Coincidence? I think not. I guess it is easy to be distracted by our national politics and not worry about crazy dictators abroad - especially as we approach the midterm elections. But as fun as it is to just blow Ahmadinejad off as all talk… is it really a risk we should be willing to take?
Either way, I am fairly confident that Israel is all over this… That is the main difference between WWII and today. I mean, of all the nations in the world, I am pretty sure Israel is the most capable of defending itself. After all, as if having your entire population trained to be in your army isn’t enough, they do have God on their side. Hopefully, if the time comes, they will have America on their side as well.
p.s. I’m not exactly sure why this tried to put the date as October 2. Hopefully it’s fixed now.
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I hope you’re right, but I’m not so sure. If Israel makes a single mistake, it’s all over for them, and if they lose, a large chunk of the world goes with them. I hope America is doing our part secretly, but I’m not convinced we are.
I hope I’m right too… :\
I think that although there are many conflicts within Israeli politics about how certain issues (ranging from important to trivial) should be handled, they are absolutely unified in maintaining their existence. I agree, they can’t really afford to make a single mistake, but history shows that they are always successful in defending themselves. Actually, history shows that they consistently beat the crap out of anyone who messes with them. Even if they have moderates in office, there are plenty of true Zionists willing to defend their homeland.
As for America doing our part, I’m not convinced either and that worries me. However, I honestly do believe that Israel can ultimately take care of itself… but who really knows?