Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

September 28, 2009

The likelihood of a U.S. military strike on Iran increased last week with the dramatic announcement from Washington of the discovery of a supposedly secret Iranian nuclear enrichment facility.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has all but demanded that the U.S. go to war with Iran. The Saudis ? who, as Sunni Muslims look on Iran?s Shi?ite Muslims as heretics and regional rivals ? have reportedly expressed support for an Israeli strike on Teheran?s nuclear facilities.

The supposedly secret Iranian nuclear facility has been known to Washington for several years. The CIA under George W. Bush was aware of it when it issued a National Intelligence EstimateNational Intelligence Estimate concluding that Iran was ?less determined to develop nuclear weapons than we have judged since 2005.?

Although Iran is ruled by a nasty regime, its nuclear activities are compatible with the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which Israel, ironically, refuses to sign. Should the U.S. go to war with Iran in order to preserve Israel?s regional monopoly on nuclear weapons?

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