Adapted from an Investors Business Daily
article
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Why was Mohammed Khatami — who with the rest of Iran's
government is bent on developing a nuclear bomb — given a visa to
come to the U.S., speak and take part in something the United Nations
has cooked up called the "Alliance of Civilizations."
A big part of the trip appears to be a
meeting with former President Carter, the nation's leading appeaser of
Islamic fascism. In diplomacy, strength always seeks
weakness.
Remember, it was Carter who helped
Iran's fanatical regime take power in 1979 after he withdrew support
for America's strongest ally in the region, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi.
No doubt Khatami's meeting, should it
come off, will be followed by one of Carter's ritualistic condemnations
of U.S. cowboy diplomacy.
It's important to remember that had
Carter displayed any resolve when Iranian extremists overran
our embassy, we might not be where we are today. And the situation is
in fact quite grim.
The answer [whether Iran will stop work on its nuclear program]— an unequivocal "no" — already came a week ago. Still, the
U.N. says it needs several weeks to "study" the response.
Some diplomats talk about the
"destabilizing" influence the U.S. war on Islamic fascism has had on
the Mideast. But just wait until Iran gets a nuke and can deliver it by
missile to India, Europe, Israel or Russia. Then you'll know what
destabilization really means — and how feeble diplomacy can be.
It's not some remote
possibility. The Pentagon, which has no reason to exaggerate
threats these days, estimates Iran will have a workable nuclear weapon
within five years.
Set your clocks: 2011, 2012, and the
world's balance of power will shift, perhaps irrevocably, toward the
dark forces that enslave millions in the Mideast.
Allowing a leading apologist and
proponent of the very idea we're fighting worldwide to come here and
make his case is a colossal mistake. Did we invite Joseph Goebbels to
America in 1939 to help soften us up for Nazi propaganda?
The U.N. has opted for appeasement
with its policy of talk, talk, talk. One day, when the Islamic Republic
of Iran gets the bomb, we'll all have no choice but to listen.
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