CNN.com - Officials rebuke Iran for nuclear policy - Jun 26, 2004

CNN.com - Officials rebuke Iran for nuclear policy - Jun 26, 2004

From the US perspective, Iran cannot be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. The reason is because the U.S. government assumes that were Iran to obtain WMD, those weapons would be provided to terrorists who would use them against the United States. That is an intolerable threat and one we believe to be real. The terrorists who accomplished 911 would not hesitate to use a nuclear weapon if they could obtain one. Terrorists did 911, and terrorists behead kidnapped civilians and film it. We don't need any more convincing about their intentions.

I'm not sure that the rest of the world has understood how profoundly 911 changed the American outlook. It is very unlikely that Bush could have taken the US to war against Iraq if 911 had not happened. I'm not sure that European or ME countries really get this point. We believe (because its demonstrably true) that terrorist networks out there are plotting to accomplish horrific attacks of mass destruction on American soil. 911 showed us how far they are willing to go, and what they are prepared to do, which is basically anything.

Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. Letting them obtain nuclear weapons technology would be extremely dangerous to us.

CNN.com - Pentagon: South Korean hostage beheaded - Jun 22, 2004

CNN.com - Pentagon: South Korean hostage beheaded - Jun 22, 2004

Everyone is a target. You don't have to be American for the terrorist killers to target you. But like I said in a prior post, this is not going to work. The terrorists really got America wrong. Our mindset I mean. I mean, they think that these beheadings will frighten us. And it is frightening. But all it really results in is a growing contempt for them. A belief that they are simply human scum, animals that should be wiped out. Far from deterring us, they are stiffening our resolve to bear the costs and the criticism to destroy them.

ALERT! American Hostage Paul Johnson Beheaded; Video of Act Reported -- GRAPHIC CONTENT

ALERT! American Hostage Paul Johnson Beheaded; Video of Act Reported -- GRAPHIC CONTENT

Another beheading. The terrorists clearly intend to horrify and frighten us. The sad, pathetic thing is that it won't work. The U.S. government won't ever accede to demands to prevent a hostage from being killed. Period. Its just not going to happen. The terrorists also want to impact the population back home by creating a climate of horror and affect the outcome of the elections. So they may continue this beheading tactic even though it will never result in coalition governments changing.

But every one of these grisly atrocities only hardens the American heart and convinces us that the terrorist enemy we are facing is less than human. After watching the videos of these people killed (pearl, berg, johnson, etc.) I'm convinced that the people who did this were evil incarnate. So's the U.S. government.