« India: Muslim Cleric Arrested For Varanasi Blasts |
| Canada: Islamic Revisionism Run Amok »
April 5, 2006
US: The Unwillingness to Confront Evil
An increasing number of pundits in the U.S. and Europe, whom I call the surrender lobby, have been urging to let Iran get its nukes because "the price would be too high", were the U.S. to destroy the Iranian nuclear program. The case consists of two related arguments:
1) Iran can retaliate by deploying terrorists groups.
2) Iran can make life "a living hell" for the U.S. in Iraq. The U.S. military is "overextended", and it won't be able to adjust.
Such arguments present the U.S. military as a weak, helpless force, incapable of reacting to a swift, talented Iranian military. The overextension, for example, can be remedied by a military draft and selling war bonds to the public.
Over at TCS Daily, Arnold Kling exposes this cowardly, flawed thinking: Fear of Confrontation
In the 1930's, the leaders of Great Britain and France tried their best to avoid a confrontation with Nazi Germany. By the time the confrontation took place, it was on Hitler's terms, with German power ascendant.It seems that the same dynamic is at work relative to Iran. A fanatical, bullying regime is using a combination of threats and grievance-mongering. Western leaders shrink from confrontation, even though delay seems likely to worsen our position. One could argue that the more that America fears a confrontation with Iran, the more likely we are to have our worst fears realized. It will cost less in terms of American lives if we deal with Iran forcefully and soon rather than cautiously and late.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at April 5, 2006 12:27 PM
Comments
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)