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Our dreaded nuclear showdown with Iran is at hand. America must now respond to this fundamental question: Do we let a lawless regime, which is the foremost state sponsor of transnational terrorism, get hold of nuclear weaponry? Clearly, the answer is no. The world's only remaining superpower, led by President George Bush, is not about to let the crazed Islamofascists of Iran make pixie dust out of Western civilization.

If left to their own devices, what can we anticipate from this fanatical bunch in Tehran? Once nuclear-armed, Iran would undoubtedly ratchet up the bluster -- not much of a stretch, given its already wildly out-of-control rhetoric -- and quickly proceed to torment the West with nuclear blackmail, a host of demands, and an orchestrated campaign of non-nuclear terrorist attacks, all calculated to break the will of the West. Things would only escalate. There would be no appeasing this terribly irrational and malevolent regime.

Inevitably, Iran's leadership would work itself up into a full-fledge tizzy, launching nuclear attacks on its own, or in tandem with one of its surrogate terrorists groups to share in the dirty work. Cities such as Washington DC, NYC, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv and London would be at the top of Iran's hit list. The question many might ask is this: Are these radical Islamists concerned about retaliation? Not really. At its root, Radical Islam is an apocalyptic death cult. They'll kill, and they're prepared to be killed. But more about that later.

By its own admission, the leadership of Iran is hell-bent on bringing the West to its knees, starting with the destruction of America and the tiny nation of Israel, the latter being the lone outpost of the West in the Middle East, and surrounded by a sea of enemies. Iran, led by a patently deranged extremist, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and his mullah cohorts, won't be deterred from acquiring nukes. Significant diplomatic efforts by "The Big Three" European powers (France Germany and the UK), and more recently Russia, have failed to persuade Iran to abandoned its nuclear ambitions. It would be fair to say that the Iranians were always gaming us, stringing us along, with no intention of engaging in serious and constructive negotiations.

And what of the UN? After two years, "The Big Three" have concluded that diplomacy is at a "dead end", and they're calling upon the International Atomic Energy Agency (the UN's nuclear watchdog) to refer Iran to the UN Security Council for possible economic and diplomatic sanctions. UN sanctions are really all about symbolism and "feelgoodism". It's a show of unity that permits the global community to pat itself on the back with one hand, and wag its finger in the face of the offending nation with the other hand. But will the UN sanctions effectively pressure Iran into mending its ways? Or will Iran blow-off condemnation of its nuclear breach as just more empty words from the UN ivory tower? You can bet, it's the latter. When it comes right down to it, the Iranians are well aware that UN sanctions have no teeth.

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