Be Quiet, Joe.
A Rabbi friend of mine thinks Joe Lieberman is the cat's pajamas. The Rabbi has always been impressed by Lieberman's strict Jewish orthodoxy.
While I love the Rabbi dearly, I couldn't disagree more with him on Lieberman's value as a public policy maker.
Lieberman has waffled and wandered from opinion to opinion over the yars, changing his values with his socks.
Now he wants an American air strike against Iran.
His own party has asked him to resign. That's particularly funny, because Lieberman is an Independent, and his party is one guy.
Read the story here.
2 comments:
David,
The President of Iran has repeatedly threatened to wipe Israel off the map. That's not an exaggeration, but a fact. It would only take a few nuclear bombs to do this.
Project a head a few months or a few years, when the Iranian gov't has the nuclear bombs it wants.
Is Israel supposed to just sit back and wait for Iran to initiate the first strike?
I am NOT advocating anything, but just asking a simple question. The world is a very complicated place at times and sometimes the answers aren't easy.
Robert
Of course, you are absolutely right about Ach-Mad-Man-Oh-Mood-a-Jeans. He is one of the wrold's great dangers. Not only has he sworn to eradicate Israel, but he is the supplier of money, materiel and intelligence to Hamas, Hezbollah and who knows who else.
So, yes, Iran is a clear and present danger.
And perhaps the American leaders are only waiting and praying for the first drastic step by this lunatic so that they can let loose.
But to make a first, premptive strike would be disastrous. It would bring down for a long time the unted hatred and rage of Arabia around the world. And it would launch a war that cannot be won by anybody.
I'm afraid that for the moment, cool heads must prevail.
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