Israel Will Not Go Quietly Into the Night

Remember the ex-mayor of New York, Ed Koch?  He's a pretty outspoken guy.  Recently he had some things to say about the nation of Israel.

On Sept. 27, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel delivered a speech to the United Nations. That speech is well worth reading, if someone is interested in world events and, in particular, a discussion of why it is a matter of life and death whether Iran is able to develop nuclear bombs.

For Israel, it is an existential matter, since Iran's leaders have regularly threatened to destroy Israel. The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has on a number of occasions denied there is any connection between the Jewish people and the land he refers to as Palestine. And he is a Holocaust denier as well.

Jerusalem was the capital of the kingdom ruled by King David in approximately 1010 to 970 B.C.E. and later by his son, King Solomon in approximately 967 B.C.E. It is in the location of the Temple Mount where Solomon built the First Temple and where a later King, Herod, built the Second Temple and where the Western Wall, the remnant of one of the retaining walls to the Temple Mount stands today.

Most of us, I believe, are surprised to learn of the physical size of Iran, bigger than France and Germany put together. Prime Minister Netanyahu in his speech at the U.N. quoted one of the perceived moderate former leaders of Iran who said, "[t]he use of even one nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy everything, however, it would only harm the Islamic world."

That individual added, "It is not irrational to contemplate such an eventuality."

Iran could also use a nuclear arsenal to terrorize the Middle East and the rest of the world. That, in turn, will likely set off a nuclear arms race first and foremost in an already highly unstable Middle East. This could have disastrous consequences for all of us.

You can be sure Israel will not go gently into the night but will take all measures available to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran. Israel will not allow itself to become Czechoslovakia of 1938 because other nations declined their responsibility to prevent an avoidable catastrophe.

Here;  http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Koch-Israel-nuclear-Iran/2012/10/02/id/458402

When you have 5 minutes, I would recommend going to the link and reading the entire article.  It is very well written and frames up the facts very well on why Israel can't just sit back and wait for Iran to get a bomb.

They tried just sitting back and waiting in the 1930's...just waiting for the Nazi party to blow over and disappear.  Of course that was the wrong choice and it cost the death of 1/3 of the world's Jews.  This is the reason that the words over the Holocaust Museum say, "Never Again".

I think they mean it.