What to Do About Iran?

The Islamic Republic of Iran is the birthplace of modern Islamic terrorism and a key funder of those efforts. It's a difficult problem to address, especially in light of the information about their desire to build nuclear weapons. There is also a very large segment of the population, tired of living under the fanatical control of the mad mullahs. Many in this group went to the streets after the September 11 attacks agains the United States to show their solidarity with us.

It's time for the French and the United Nations to step forward and propose real and effective solutions for dealing with this problem. For too long, they've been just whining about what the United States is doing. It's not like we are going to invade anytime soon with our other responsibilities.

Let's see what happy ole Jacque Chirac, President of France, and his UN cronies can do.

Militant recruiters out in open in Tehran - The Washington Times: World - December 16, 2004: "TEHRAN � The 300 men filling out forms in the offices of an Iranian aid group were offered three choices: Train for suicide attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq, for suicide attacks against Israelis or to assassinate British author Salman Rushdie.
It looked at first glance like a gathering on the fringes of a society divided between moderates, who want better relations with the world, and hard-line Muslim militants hostile toward the United States and Israel.
But the presence of two key figures � a prominent Iranian lawmaker and a member of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards � lent the meeting more legitimacy and was a clear indication of at least tacit support from some within Iran's government. "