Wednesday, September 19, 2012

On Rosner's "The Red Line Crisis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the only real leader in international politics today.

Not content to sit by and let the moral relativism of a morally weakened and financially depleted West refuse to pressure Iran decisively, Netanyahu has drawn himself out with resolve, demanding that the world community draw "a red line" against Iran's accelerating nuclear program.

The current administration in the United States has rebuffed Netanyahu's warnings many times. The President has condescendingly suggested that Israel reduce its borders and strategic defense through land swaps, which would only embolden the surrounding hostile Arab states even further.

It would appear that President Obama holds very little regard for this country's one staunch and stable ally in the Middle East. His reluctance to defend Israel and stand by the Israeli Prime Minister ministers enough information to send Obama out of office in November.

 Israel has painted itself into a corner under Netanyau's leadership and lead on demanding that the international community draw a "red line" with Iran. According to the prime minister in last Sunday's edition of Meet the Press, Bibi declared that Iran has already entered "the red zone". Do we have to wait any longer before Iran goes from experiment to explosion?

In 2006, I watched Netanyahu's interview with American comedian/political commentator Bill Maher. Netanyahu properly established that a nuclear Iran was far more dangerous than the armed and arrogant Soviet regime of the Cold War era. Unlike the Communists, who at least regarded the lives off their people and the nation enough to maintain their existence, the religious radicals in Tehran have no reserve about sacrificing their lives and the lives of their countrymen in order to usher in an Islamic "Armageddon." Discussion with Islamist fanaticism is delusional diplomacy at best. The Iranian regime does not respect life, liberty, or property -- the basic tenets of Western civilization which founded discourse and resolutions among warring European and international states in years past. The naivete of the current administration in Washington is inexcusable.

No matter how this tense diplomatic debacle turns out, the nation of Israel has the right and necessity to draw a red line against Iran so that the streets of Israel, from Tel Aviv to the Golan Heights, are not lined red with the blood of her own people. If Israel must strike again, destabilizing the "tepid peace" or "enraging" the bloomed and busted Arab Spring in the process, then so be it.

Of the many dithering statesmen in the world today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commands the greatest respect, engaging the world, asserting the rights of his country, and maintaining a cool demeanor in the face of pressure from allies and resistance from enemies. Honestly, I would support his candidacy for president in this country, if such a measure could take place. The statesman honors his father and his country, refuses to engaged in politicized banter with American "talking heads", and manifests a solid demeanor of respect for allies, even if the leaders whom he talks with choose to do nothing but "talk".

On another note, I cannot believe that President Barack Obama still insists on "talks" and diplomacy as the best means for coercing the Iranians to give up their nuclear program. There is no negotiating with a party or a country which refuses to recognize the right of the other to exist. Such is the case with Iran.

If Obama is subtly communicating that "Netanyahu" needs to get lost, I am certain that Obama will also "get lost", as in lose his re-election bid. And the tussle on the Democratic convention floor over Jerusalem and God in the party platform did not help matters.

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