Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

March 6, 2012

Supporters of a military attack on Iran claim that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad has expressed a desire to wipe Israel off the map. While Ahmadenijad is obviously hostile toward Israel and the West, he never actually issued the threat frequently attributed to him, and the Iranian government has repeatedly disavowed any intent to commit aggression against Israel or any other country.

The same cannot be said of those who are openly encouraging an aggressive war against Iran.

According to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot, members of the Netanyahu government have concluded that ?Iran?s citizens should be starved in order to curb Tehran?s nuclear program.? Policymakers in both the U.S. and Israel routinely speak of ?tightening the noose? around Iran, or even ?obliterating? that nation ? an expression used by Hillary Clinton during the 2008 campaign.

If we are to pre-empt every nation possessing nuclear capability, this would mean sanctions and military action against more than 40 countries that have both the necessary materials and technical expertise to build nuclear weapons quickly ? or perhaps even the 140 countries possessing the basic technical capacity to do so.

Ahmadenijad may be a madman, but he?s got plenty of company.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.