Iran Will Be Stopped
By Bradley Blakeman
Newsmax.com
Sadly, if
Iran does not back off its efforts to obtain a
nuclear weapon it will be stopped.
Whether that occurs in 2012 is up to Iran.
Iran’s health, safety, welfare and sovereignty are
squarely in its own hands.
Iran controls its own destiny.
The United States, Israel and others have been very
patient and measured in dealing with Iran to date
despite Iran¹s violations and contempt of
international law and convention.
The U.S., European Union, and Gulf nations are
working very hard to avoid conflict and to put into
effect more sanctions against Iran in an attempt to
persuade Iran to abandon its Nuclear ambitions. The
U.S. is determined to isolate Iran’s Central Bank
while at the same time convincing countries
dependent on Iranian oil to boycott it with the
assurance that supplies will be forthcoming from
other oil-producing nations.
The last thing America, Israel and our allies want
to do is attack Iran. But, there is no doubt in my
mind this will occur, if Iran does not back down
fully, completely and verifiably from its pursuit of
nuclear weapons.
There may be evidence that sanctions against Iran
are working. The New York Times in an interview with
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published
on Jan. 13 reports the following:
He said, “for the first time, I see Iran wobble,”
and went on to explain, “the sanctions that have
been adopted and especially under the threat of
strong sanctions on their Central Bank.”
Netanyahu added, “If these sanctions are coupled
with a clear statement from the international
community led by the U.S. to act militarily to stop
Iran if the sanctions fail, Iran may consider not
going through the pain. There’s no point in gritting
your teeth if you’re going to be stopped anyway. In
any case, the Iranian economy is showing signs of
strain.”
Should sanctions fail and it is determined to a high
degree of certainty that Iran is on the verge of
obtaining a nuclear weapon, then I believe Israel
should take the necessary and proper action to
defend itself with the help of other nations
including the United States.
Why is Iran so dangerous, you may ask, and why
should Iran matter so much to the world?
This is NOT only about the survival of the state of
Israel. This is about the preservation of western
religion and civilization and it’s most sacred and
valued places of worship.
Think about it.
Israel is the keeper and protector of not only the
most holy sites of Judaism but of Catholicism as
well.
Israel protects these sites because it has a respect
and belief in the freedom of religion — even within
a Jewish state. In fact, Israel is also the
fiduciary of one of Islam’s most sacred sites — the
Dome of the Rock.
The most holy sites for Jews in Israel include:
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The Four Holy Cities — Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberius and Safed.
Hebron houses the burial site of Adam and Eve as well as the Tombs of the Patriarchs. The Bible states that Hebron was the capital of King David.
Tiberius is the place where the Jerusalem Talmud was written and was the center of rabbinical study in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Safed in 1492 became a holy city when Jews came in mass after being expelled from Spain.
There are a whole host of other biblical places (to numerous to list), located throughout the state of Israel — Masada, Jericho, Sea of Galilee, etc.
Catholicism’s most holy sites in Israel include:
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Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus.
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Nazareth, the place where Jesus grew up and began his ministry.
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Jerusalem, the city where the early church began, is home of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Stations of the Cross.
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Golgotha, the place outside the wall of Old Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
The most holy site of Islam is not located in the
state of Israel. Its most holy site, Mecca (the
birthplace of the Prophet Mohammad and the Mosque
Ka’ba), is located in Saudi Arabia.
Radical Islamists — including but not limited to the
president of Iran — have called for the destruction
of the state of Israel and now Iran is building the
instrumentalities to make good on those threats. The
most extreme Muslims have sought to destroy the
sacred places of religion they deem unholy or
inferior to Islam.
Radical Muslims have a history of destroying and
desecrating religious sights of other religions:
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1948: The Arab Legion captured the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, the site of numerous ancient synagogues and the Western Wall. After the capture, Radical Muslims undertook to destroy, desecrate and loot Jewish sites.
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2001: Afghan Taliban Supreme Leader Mulla Mohammad Omar issued a decree ordering the destruction of all statues in Afghanistan, including all pre-Islamic figures. As a result, the Taliban destroyed many ancient relics including a priceless Buddha dating back 2,000 years. The leader, when criticized, gave the following response, “all we are breaking are stones.”
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2002: Palestinian Arab terrorists forced their way into the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. The terrorists occupied one of Catholicism’s most holy sites for 38 days. They used priests and nuns as human shields while taunting the Israeli’s to attack. Israeli forces stormed the church and freed the hostages without causing damage to the church. The terrorists did the most damage to the church. They urinated, defecated and spread garbage throughout the church.
Hitler sought the destruction of the Jews of
Eastern Europe. He told the world of his intentions
and then set out to accomplish his goal. He
sacrificed millions of innocent people, including
his own to obtain his goal. Six million Jews were
exterminated in World War II, however, more than 50
million others were killed in the fighting and
injured.
Radical Islam seeks the destruction of the state of
Israel and the United States. It makes no secret of
its intentions and is building the instrumentalities
to make good on them.
Radical Islam knows that if it destroys the state of
Israel it also wipes out the most holy sites of
Judaism and Catholicism as well. It knows that our
civility would prevent us from attacking Mecca,
since the Saudi’s would stay neutral in any attack.
Once the most holy sites of the Western world are
wiped off the face of the earth, they could never be
replaced. Like Hitler, radical Islam is willing to
sacrifice its people and treasure for religious
zealotry.
Europe could have stopped Hitler. But it ignored him
and let him get so powerful that war became
inevitable.
Do we learn from history or do we repeat it?
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