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One of the gravest threats facing the world is the threat of an Iranian nation armed with nuclear weapons. To stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons into Iran, the United Nations mandated economic sanctions on various occasions and yet the Iranian envoy recently told the UN Security Council that any sanctions imposed would be as futile at stopping their nuclear ambtions as all previous UN sanctions had been.

This is a threat towards any hope of stability in the Middle East as the man who would control these weapons, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has made many statements that can only be construed as threats towards neighboring countries. He has made statements advocating the destruction of both Israel and the United States; and he has made statements regarding his desire to usher in the return of the 12th Imam (equivalent to the Christian Armageddon). These statements, combined with the mounting evidence of Iran's ongoing support of radical terror groups and Iran's capability to soon hold nuclear weapons, and you have a significant threat to peace and stability in the Middle East, and throughout the world.

Once again, we have a nation that advocates the destruction of a neighboring country that is also the only true ally that the United States has in that region. Mix that desire to cause the death of Israel with the race to obtain the current 'ultimate' weapon, and you can see the danger approaching. When combined with the religious zealotry of Ahmadinejad, and his passion to fulfill the prophecy of the 12th Imam, and you have a motive to launch a preemptive nuclear strike.

So what should we do about this?

Former Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, US Senator from Connecticut has gone so far as to say that we should be preparing to take preemptive action to stop the Iranian nuclear program. Due to the measures taken by Iran to safeguard their nuclear program (hardened underground laboratories, diverse and widely spread-out locations, etc), a conventional strike such as Israel performed against Iraqi weapons facilities cannot possibly succeed.

Because of the military difficulties of a "quick strike" to terminate Iran's nuclear program, this leaves only the option of actually going into Iran in force as happened in Iraq, or a limited nuclear strike on nearly every hardened facility that Iran has. However, Iran has good business relations with both China and Russia. Because of this, we can assume that both of these countries would be adverse

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