An armed Iran can’t be trusted

Bob Jack, North Las Vegas

Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 | 2 a.m.

Just as the development and threatened use of a nuclear weapon by Iran against Israel to “wipe Israel from the map” is a blunt warning of impending terrorist acts against Israel, the assassination of Iranian scientists engaged in Iran’s nuclear program is certainly fair game for the Israelis.

The condemnation of these assassinations by the Obama administration is political nonsense. The destruction by the Israeli government of Iranian nuclear weapons assets is in the best interest of the United States.

Iran is an enemy of America. Their proxies Hezbollah and Hamas have murdered Americans for decades. Iran has manufactured IED explosives for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars that have killed and maimed thousands of American troops. Iran now threatens American interests and security by developing a nuclear weapon that can be held over the heads of all nations in the Arabian Gulf. American arms sales to Arab nations in the Gulf region have recently been booming. These sales are intended to counter the Iranian nuclear threat.

The assertion of American naval assets in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf is positive and necessary. Standing up to Iran by threatened military aggression is the only thing that Iran will ultimately listen to. Iran is approaching the acquisition of a nuclear weapon that could have devastating consequences and tilt the balance of power in the entire greater Middle East. Iran is an active terrorist state that has America and Israel in the cross hairs.