Not to sound like a war monger but America's growing concerns
over the nuclear programs in Iran will be met sooner or later,
and I doubt it will be through diplomacy. Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has boasted that his country is going ahead
with its uranium enrichment program and is prepared to face
whatever opposition it is confronted with. What threat does that
impose on the security of the United States? More immediately,
what threat does that impose on the struggling nation of Israel?
Iran's history is certainly rich. Tehran was the center of
diversity and culture during the golden age of the Persian
Empire. Their influences impacted the world in arts, religion,
diplomacy, and peace. It seems that history is now too far
removed. Indeed, I had a share of Iranian detainees while in
Iraq. I doubt those men spoke for all Iranians, as I doubt their
president does.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has supported
Iran's nuclear program declaring it is for
peaceful purposes in spite of contrary demands by the United
Nations Security Council to suspend it. He was condemned
internationally for reportedly calling for Israel to be "
wiped
off the map," and described
the Holocaust as a
myth, leading to accusations of
antisemitism. I did not hear the
speeches myself. Perhaps they were taken out of context, perhaps
not. I feel that his coming to the US was his way of mocking us
for our bureacracy and diplomacy at handling our crisis with
terroroism. The biggest questions remain.
Can the nation of Iran be trusted with such technology?
Who will attack first, Israel, Iran, or the US?
- Spc. Esposito
