Americans should not fear talking -and listening to those whose views we loathe.

This is very well said. I for one thought the whole incident was over blown. I don't think I would have invited Ahmadinejad to speak at anything I was running, but I wouldn't protest him speaking anywhere either. But someone should accept this invitation to speak somewhere in Iran. Or maybe the President should write an open letter to the people of Iran and see how much of it gets published in Iran.

I think Ahmadinejad would soon realize that HE is the one that does not want an truly OPEN dialog between the people of the US and the people of Iran.

OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Iran Exonerates Six Who Killed in Islam’s Name

Iran Exonerates Six Who Killed in Islam’s Name - New York Times

How can we co-exist with a society like this? How can we "talk" with them as everyone says we should, when we are so different? We should do nothing that gives this government any form of legitimacy.

We can't ignore this sort of behavior and hope it goes away just because it is on the other side of the world. Ideas are important, and their idea is that they can kill any of us and it not be a crime, but a duty. They do it to their own people, their own children, And they've done it to foreigners before and they will do it again unless we deal with them now. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Saudi Court Orders Lashing, Jail for 20 Foreigners for Drinking, Dancing

FOXNews.com - Saudi Court Orders Lashing, Jail for 20 Foreigners for Drinking, Dancing at Mixed Party - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News


This shows just how silly the claims by US liberals that the US "religious right" is seeking to establish a theocracy. When compared to REAL theocracies, you see just how "liberal" ALL Americans are.

(These claims haven't been in the news lately, but they always show up during campaigns...) [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Israel faces nuclear Holocaust warns Gingrich

I've been seeing lots of this lately...

Israel faces nuclear Holocaust warns Gingrich - News from Israel, Ynetnews

and here...

Iran: Israel, US will soon die

I don't know much about th is "ynet" news, but it Israeli owned and operated, so if that matters to you, now you know... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

This Holocaust Will Be Different

This man has a good point...

Iran WILL use their nuclear bombs to destroy Israel. Although I don't think it will be with missiles clearly launched by Iran, but with smuggled bombs secretly provided by Iran.

And the author is right, what will the world do "after the fact"? Nuke Iran? Maybe, but only if they used missiles and we knew they did it, but even then, probably not. With smuggled bombs, there is no way to prove who did it. Israel will get a few in, but the Iranian leaders will be somewhere safe, and Iran will survive ... and Israel will be gone.

Pajamas Media: This Holocaust Will Be Different [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran

Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran

This comes as no surprise to me. Iran has threaten Israel several times, and nuclear weapons would give threats like "wiping Israel off the map" very real teeth.

While the US and other larger nations can risk Iran (and N. Korea) having a few small nuclear bombs, Israel can't. A few bombs is all it would take to wipe them out.

The world must stop Iran, peacefully through negotiations or bloodlessly through sanctions, or Israel must stop them by attacking them.

The way I see it, Nuclear Weapons WILL be used in combat again within a few years, either Iran will be the next country to use Nuclear weapons when they attack Israel (directly or by giving the bomb to terrorist who will take it to Israel), or Israel will use them to stop Iran from developing these weapon.

9/11 changed the world for the US, but this will be nothing compared to how it changes when Israel looses a major city. But I'm afraid that's what its going to take for Europe (the "west"
) to wake up and help us deal with Iran.


PajamasMedia sees things a little differently...

First and foremost - one must consider the source of this story. The Sunday Times journalist in question Uzi Mahnaimi, is a controversial figure....If his reporting was accurate, Iranian nuclear facilities would already be a smoking ruin – not once, but multiple times.

still they go on to say that..

But was the story accurate? “Listen, of course Israel has active contingency plans for attacking Iran’s nuclear capabilities. So does the U.S., so does Great Britain, so does any Western power that is thinking straight.

But it might not be as likely as I first thought...(so much for my attempts at predicting middle east events...)
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Gingrich: Imams should have been arrested

I saw this over at Instapundit and liked it (like I do most things there).

Newt calls them like he see them. This whole Imams thing was staged from the beginning. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

The UN Actually Praises Israel !!

All I can say is WOW...
I still don't understand all that is going on, but Israel is actually getting support from the UN, so something weird is going on.

Maybe I've been watching too much CNN. The UN actually expressed disapproval of CNN and the BBC.

The world is turning upside down (or maybe back right side up...)

TCS Daily : Technology - Commerce - Society [This Post Continues after the jump...]

WorldNetDaily: Where are the Christians?

I hate to say it, but I tend to agree with Pat here...
I just don't understand what Israel hopes to accomplish.

WorldNetDaily: Where are the Christians? [This Post Continues after the jump...]