The Nuclear Threat

Depending who you ask, the nation with the obvious nuclear threat will vary. Iranian officials sustain that their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, aimed at generating energy for its growing population, and that it has the right to technology as other nations do. Dictator Ahmadenejad believes that Israel is the only country in the Middle Ease that actually has nuclear weapons, and refuses to submit to international inspections. Along with Israel, the United States also is a threat to the Middle East region in regard to nuclear power. However, the United States and Israel believe that Iran and North Korea are major threats in the proliferation of nuclear weapons due to the enormous increase in their capabilities to produce more.
A year before the coward attacks of September 11, 2001, Robert Walpole, a National Intelligence Officer for Strategic and Nuclear Programs made a statement in regard to the Iranian ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction threat. He affirmed that the proliferation of ballistic missiles and WMD continues to evolve in the world, especially in Iran and North Korea, which becomes a threat to America’s interests abroad, the military forces, and its allies. An important remark was made during the speech given in front of the International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that the threats faced in 2000 will increase by the year 2015. Such threat will grow by then and the sovereignty of the United States will depend on the evolving relations with foreign countries. Back then the eyes were aiming toward Iran and North Korea; now the threat also includes China, Russia, Pakistan, India, and Venezuela.
In 2003, on a visit to Teheran, International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohamed El Baradei announced the discovering that Iran was constructing a facility in Natanz to enrich uranium, which is a key element of advanced nuclear weapons; the plant was classified as “extremely advanced,” attempting to world peace and safety and violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Calabresi, 2003). Why the Iranian regime needs massive weapons of mass destruction? Who is the threat to the regime? Ahmadinejad repeatedly demonizes the state of Israel and openly calls for its destruction at every opportunity. Isn’t then the State of Israel the main target? Even worse, he described Israel as a "fake regime" that "must be wiped off the map." Ahmadinejad and all head of regimes that support him call the extermination of six million Jews during World War II “a myth.” Should the United States have consideration with this cancerous regime that tries to divert the reality of history, speeding the process of nuclear capabilities and development of armament, harboring terrorists, supporting the terrorist organization Hezbollah, and stating that Palestinians are living a true holocaust?
The economic and financial deprivation from the United States against the Iranian regime must continue with intense pressure. Any nation that exercises financial transactions with the regime’s Central Bank shall face absolute and immediate economic shut down from the United States.

Iran: The Axis of Evil

Former President George W. Bush labeled Iran as “The Axis of Evil” for its continuous support to terrorist operations and training in the region. In 2000 Hezbollah flags flew in many Palestinian camps in the West Bank and Gaza and the imminent injection of hate and evil never stopped while in the hands of individuals connected to the Iranian regime. Although Hezbollah has gained tremendous political support and it is considered a political movement in the region, it cannot get rid of its common denominator of operations: Terrorism.
Iran is a major provider of training and supplies to anti-Israeli Palestinians to keep the provocation alive as well as the constant instigation for violence in the border of Israel and Lebanon. Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of the terrorist organization Hezbollah believes that Palestinians have the duty and responsibility to liberate Palestine just as Syria has the responsibility of liberating the Golan Heights. His support does not limit to spiritual feeding but to the mandate of hostility and violence against Israel.
Since the withdrawal of Israeli military from south Lebanon in May 24, 2000, Hezbollah has concentrated in Lebanese politics and themes to include corruption and the preservation of a resistance posture both in Lebanon and the Middle East. Such preservation of resistance and violence against Israel counted with the blessings of the Iranian rahbar or leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of the strategy of violence in the Israeli-Lebanese border; this is why Hezbollah develops direct relations with groups based in Lebanon, Palestine, and anywhere else.
Hezbollah’s position, with the blessing and support from Iran it is nothing else than a group of fanatics and terrorists committed to the destabilization of peace and harmony in the region and loyal followers to the mandate of any fatwa given by an ignorant spiritual leader focused on jihad. Hezbollah condemns all negotiations made with Israel by any nation around the world because it is considered that by doing so, nations are sealing the legitimacy of Israel, which attempts the creed of Hezbollah and Iran. It is very simple and clear, the ultimate objective is to destroy Israel and to liberate Palestine for the institution of an Islamic power in the region. The terrorist organization Hezbollah mainly reside in Lebanon but its spiritual bridge is connected to Iran’s Islamic spiritual leader Khamenei and it has always won increasing support among the local Shia. The permanent link between Iran and Hezbollah enhances the mission of the Axis that has no intentions for peace and understanding but evil, torment, and violence against the State of Israel.
In the eyes of a true American, anyone supporting Hezbollah is supporting a terrorist group and its acts of violence. Any government being indifferent to the sovereignty of the State of Israel is a supporter of the Axis of Evil, its agenda, and radicalism of its spiritual leaders.

Iran: The Primary Threat

Nearly thirty years after the 1979 revolution, Iran remains the State Department’s most active and latent state sponsor of terrorism. Iran’s firm and non-negotiable position to oppose Israel’s existence continues to enrich its label as the primary threat to the region and to world peace. The ambition for proliferation of nuclear capabilities that goes beyond energy use but to nuclear armament superiority is developing a sense of uncertainty in the region. The United States and its allies cannot shut down the conversations with the regime of Mahmoud Ahmedinejed in regard to pushing for internal inspections by independent sources with the authority and knowledge to evaluate the possible threat. The trick is to know how to talk to a regime that opposes feverously to the State of Israel in search for answers and cooperation through the inspection. No other American administration has made severe efforts to counter Iranian regional influence and weaken its government than President George W. Bush’s government. The period of the Obama administration has been the moment needed by the Iranian government to recoup the strength needed to remain as a global threat.
Immediate conversations must take place and effective responses should be the result of these conversations to ensure effective communication. The Islamic Republic is not on the verge of collapse and no internal revolution will take place. The nation is concise and strongly tied to Islamic principles that any abrupt political upheaval or military intervention could generate even worse results. Political strategists must identify if the Iranian policies and position is because the way the West behaves towards Iran or it simply is the way they do business with nations that support and stand by the State of Israel. After the identification of policy basics, the research of negotiation alternatives must take place with strong consideration of economic sanctions and strong, imminent, and consistent pressure to allow independent nuclear committee to evaluate every site, every corner, and every plan of the Iranian nuclear proliferation. Unfortunately, this will not be done during the current administration of Barak Hussein Obama, who has shown poor interest to this massive threat to the region, little concern about the future of the sovereignty of the State of Israel, and no interest or knowledge in regard to the continuous support from the Iranian government to terrorist organizations in the region.
The United Nations’ nuclear chief, Yukiya Amano has made public a report indicating that Iran is trying to develop nuclear technologies for arms, something that the government of Ahmedinejed has denied and labeled as political-motivated conspiracy with Washington. Members of the Iranian government and nuclear department have rejected any intervention of any organization directed to evaluate their nuclear potential and inventory. The Iranian people is not ready for a change as it was demonstrated in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen; the Iranian government shut all talks when it comes to the State of Israel, its recognition, acceptance, and respect as a legally established nation; the Iranian government feeds constantly the evil veins of the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, which are the cancer that spreads and threats the stabilization of nations and peace in the region.
In the eyes of the Iranian regime, there is a clear and real believe that Washington sought to install a pro-American puppet government in Iraq, protected by US troops for many years along with the dissemination of democratic and Western ideologies to be sympathetic to Israel and hostile to Iran, something that the Iranians also believe is happening with the government of Karzai in Afghanistan but they will not look back or sideways, they are committed to their evil doctrine that has the foundations of radical Islam, which translates into just one word: Terrorism.
Then, what are the options if all the doors for diplomatic talks are closed? What are the options to evaluate the proliferation of nuclear technologies in the country if the Iranian government does not welcome any organization to do so? What are the options if atomic research goes on between all five daily prayers? The answer is narrowing down to military intervention.
We must understand that military intervention needs to be the last resource after all other means have been exhausted and maybe double tried to avoid confrontation. If the last resource is to take place, an effective, lightning type raid to neutralize and deactivate nuclear power to be used must be the primary target and strategy of the entire special operation command center. Despite too many people may think it is a crazy idea to utilize military power against the Iranian regime, it is not as long as the preparation for such an attack is done properly.