1. The literate among us recognize the quote, Hamlet revealing his greatest problem: indecision.
Is there a principle that prevents America from actively aiding Israel in destroying the 7th century fanatics' nuclear propensities???
In today's Free Press, a comparison is made between Trump possibly using American bombers to destroy Fordow, and Churchill's attacking France's navy and killing 1300 French sailors.
2. "There are some moments in history when a sudden act of opportune ruthlessness readjusts the world toward a safer path.
Preemptive action sometimes works, but it requires remarkable leadership qualities. Does President Trump have them?
3. ...if Iran’s centrifuges are still spinning in its nuclear facility 300 feet underground at Fordow, then Israel will have only scored a tactical win, rather than the strategic victory she needed. The successes against the upper echelons of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military high command, and nuclear scientists are commendable, but nothing like enough. Only the United States has the 30,000-pound “bunker-busting” bombs necessary to shatter Iranian nuclear ambitions. So what does Trump do then?
4. If Trump has before him the Churchillian option, it is not hard to see who represents Neville Chamberlain in all of this. President Obama’s adamant and repeated refusal to help the Iranian opposition—either overtly or covertly—during his eight years in office wrecked its brave efforts to replace the regime, and gave the lie to his pretensions to be a new John F. Kennedy. His cringing, appeasing Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) utterly failed to stop the sinister, inexorable spinning of the centrifuges, and came at the cost of lifting key sanctions and unfreezing assets.
5. ....President Trump would never deserve the Nobel Peace Prize more than if he destroyed Iran’s capacity for nuclear blackmail. For once Iran goes nuclear and thus becomes inviolate, it is only a matter of time before it acquires the intercontinental delivery systems that will threaten the rest of the world, including the United States."
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Is there a principle that prevents America from actively aiding Israel in destroying the 7th century fanatics' nuclear propensities???
In today's Free Press, a comparison is made between Trump possibly using American bombers to destroy Fordow, and Churchill's attacking France's navy and killing 1300 French sailors.
2. "There are some moments in history when a sudden act of opportune ruthlessness readjusts the world toward a safer path.
Preemptive action sometimes works, but it requires remarkable leadership qualities. Does President Trump have them?
3. ...if Iran’s centrifuges are still spinning in its nuclear facility 300 feet underground at Fordow, then Israel will have only scored a tactical win, rather than the strategic victory she needed. The successes against the upper echelons of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military high command, and nuclear scientists are commendable, but nothing like enough. Only the United States has the 30,000-pound “bunker-busting” bombs necessary to shatter Iranian nuclear ambitions. So what does Trump do then?
4. If Trump has before him the Churchillian option, it is not hard to see who represents Neville Chamberlain in all of this. President Obama’s adamant and repeated refusal to help the Iranian opposition—either overtly or covertly—during his eight years in office wrecked its brave efforts to replace the regime, and gave the lie to his pretensions to be a new John F. Kennedy. His cringing, appeasing Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) utterly failed to stop the sinister, inexorable spinning of the centrifuges, and came at the cost of lifting key sanctions and unfreezing assets.
5. ....President Trump would never deserve the Nobel Peace Prize more than if he destroyed Iran’s capacity for nuclear blackmail. For once Iran goes nuclear and thus becomes inviolate, it is only a matter of time before it acquires the intercontinental delivery systems that will threaten the rest of the world, including the United States."
Andrew Roberts: Trump’s Churchillian Choice at Fordow
History has taught us a clear lesson: believe the threats of dictators, writes Andrew Roberts.
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