Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

August 19, 2010

Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton recently urged Israel to conduct what he described as a pre-emptive strike on Iran?s nuclear facilities in Bushehr.

This would trigger a devastating war involving Iran, Israel, and perhaps the entire world. Bolton is among those willing to pay that price to deprive the Iranian regime of its nuclear program.

Those who support military action against Iran often invoke the Holocaust, insisting that the Iranian government wants to finish the evil work begun by Hitler. This is difficult to reconcile with the fact that Iran currently hosts the second-largest Jewish population in the Middle East.

There are 11 synagogues and numerous Hebrew schools in Tehran. The BBC reports that Iranian President Ahmadenijad ? who supposedly lusts to kill every Jew on the planet ? recently arranged a donation to a Jewish hospital in Tehran.

Things aren?t perfect for Iran?s Jews. They would grow dramatically worse if their country were attacked by the West.

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