Now Tell Us Something Uncle Sam: Would You Like Us to Bomb Iran?

In the August issue of The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg describes a future scenario in which a desperate Israel is forced to bomb Iran because a nuclear-capable Iran would be the greatest threat to the Jewish people since the days of Hitler.  After all, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has already vowed to wipe Israel off the map; What choice does Israel really have?  At this point in time, you may be thinking that this is the most extreme scenario regarding the Iranian nuclear program and you would be right.  You may also be thinking that there is plenty of time to change this potential disaster and any decision with regards to bombing Iran is a long way in the future.  Unfortunately, that would be incorrect.

Twelve months.  It is possible that within twelve months, a year's time, that Israel will have to make this decision as whether or not to strategically bomb Iran's nuclear strongholds, according to Goldberg.  For the record, he is not alone in this assessment. Yes it is possible that continued diplomatic talks and sanctions can prevent the day where Israel will bomb Iran from ever coming.  However, it make take some form of internal change within Iran as well.  The country is, at its core, a theocracy run by the Ayatollah.  The government practices sharia law and its leader, Ahmadinejad,  is a Holocaust denier who was recently quoted as saying in a speech in Lebanon that,

"Grounds are being prepared for the Zionist regime [Israel] to go to hell soon and any country supporting this regime will join it on its trip to hell as well."  

While Ahmadinejad gave no exact time-table for when Israel and its allies will go to hell and was more than likely just grandstanding, the word "soon" in his speech may be referring to twelve months.

Here is a clip of Jeffrey Goldberg on The Colbert Report:

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