Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been given a privileged U.S. visa legitimizing his fraudulent election in spite of the fact that innocent Iranians who overtly opposed the outcome are languishing in prison. Their only sin against Ahmadinejad was the demand that their vote count. The only world stage for Ahmadinejad that would put him back in the game is New York City and the United Nations.
It seems not to matter that Iran is but a screwdriver away from possessing a nuclear bomb as well as a nuclear umbrella that will precipitate a trillion-dollar nuclear arms race among the Gulf Sunni states. This does not address the fact that Ahmadinejad and his terrorist State are on a “mission from God” to wipe Israel off the map in hopes of ushering in the Mahdi and a worldwide Islamic caliphate.
Ahmadinejad, who is scheduled to speak at the U.N. on Thursday, continues to blatantly deny the Holocaust and threaten Israel with extinction. A member of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission told me that even if Israel intercepted a nuclear warhead, a lead-lined trunk filled with centrifuge material could create as much human agony and devastation as did Hiroshima. An asymmetrical attack with a backpack full of radioactive material could literally kill thousands.
Israeli leaders perceive Iran to be the center of gravity of world terror. They have begged President Obama to deal with Iran with moral clarity and draw a line in the sand. Instead, the president has allowed Ahmadinejad to break every deadline that has been set and thumb his nose at the International Atomic Energy Association and the UN. He has, rather, played off Obama’s “let’s just talk” approach.
Iranian leaders are apparently convinced that President Obama is cut from the same cloth as Jimmy Carter, and has no backbone. This will be Ahmadinejad’s best opportunity to utilize the American media and a 9/11 world stage before Israel is forced to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. This will drag the Persian Gulf and the world into a catastrophic nightmare from hell which could have been avoided.
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Michael D. is a New York Times #1 bestselling author who has written thirty-eight books on the Middle East and hundreds of articles published in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Jerusalem Post and newspapers throughout the world. Evans recommended Benjamin Netanyahu for his first political position under Menachem Begin and is one of his oldest friends. His latest book, Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon will be released later this month.
