Terri
08-23-2004, 08:00 AM
Pulling the Trigger on a Suicide State
By Doug Patton
GOPUSA
August 23, 2004
In modern times, no society has ever had to face the prospect of people willing to kill themselves to destroy their sworn enemies as has the nation of Israel. For the last five decades, the tiny Middle Eastern democracy has experienced life with death ever lurking in the shadows. Today, Israelis live with the daily reality of suicide bombers bent on killing as many innocents as possible.
Three years ago, America received a terrible dose of the same brand of Islamist fanaticism that has terrorized Israel since its modern incarnation, a harsh lesson that should have prepared us for a long-term war against terrorism. We now know that our future is fraught with a danger few nations have ever faced.
In the next four years, the President of the United States likely will face the prospect of a suicide state - an Islamic nation armed with nuclear weapons and the same fanatical, self-destructive hatred of an Osama bin-Laden. Iraq has been removed from that category, but Iran, which has threatened to attack Israel if their developing nuclear capability is disrupted, fits this description perfectly. How will the next president deal with such a dilemma?
More (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dpatton/2004/dp_0823.shtml)
By Doug Patton
GOPUSA
August 23, 2004
In modern times, no society has ever had to face the prospect of people willing to kill themselves to destroy their sworn enemies as has the nation of Israel. For the last five decades, the tiny Middle Eastern democracy has experienced life with death ever lurking in the shadows. Today, Israelis live with the daily reality of suicide bombers bent on killing as many innocents as possible.
Three years ago, America received a terrible dose of the same brand of Islamist fanaticism that has terrorized Israel since its modern incarnation, a harsh lesson that should have prepared us for a long-term war against terrorism. We now know that our future is fraught with a danger few nations have ever faced.
In the next four years, the President of the United States likely will face the prospect of a suicide state - an Islamic nation armed with nuclear weapons and the same fanatical, self-destructive hatred of an Osama bin-Laden. Iraq has been removed from that category, but Iran, which has threatened to attack Israel if their developing nuclear capability is disrupted, fits this description perfectly. How will the next president deal with such a dilemma?
More (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dpatton/2004/dp_0823.shtml)