Deterrence won't work. Iran is "governed" by a madman. With the Democrats scrambling to do whatever possible to prevent war, any crazy man who makes the rest of us believe he's willing to go to war wins, every time. And what we are dealing with in Iran is far beyond "crazy." It's an erratic, irrational leader of a nation of radical followers who view death as their highest calling- a guaranteed entrance into Paradise. Who can fight against that? Reasonable, rational diplomacy won't work...ever. And neither will deterrence, because they are not afraid to strike first or to retaliate, nor are they afraid of our retaliation, for that will only accelerate their entrance into the land of many "black-eyed virgins."
Do we want to wait until Iran has warheads that can reach Europe and arguably the United States? The time to act was yesterday.
Here is a quote taken from the National Security Strategy for the United States of America found here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf "The gravest danger our Nation faces lies at the crossroads of radicalism and technology. Our
enemies have openly declared that they are seeking weapons of mass destruction, and evidence
indicates that they are doing so with determination. The United States will not allow these
efforts to succeed. We will build defenses against ballistic missiles and other means of delivery.
We will cooperate with other nations to deny, contain, and curtail our enemies’ efforts to acquire
dangerous technologies. And, as a matter of common sense and self-defense, America will act
against such emerging threats before they are fully formed. We cannot defend America and our
friends by hoping for the best. So we must be prepared to defeat our enemies’ plans, using the
best intelligence and proceeding with deliberation. History will judge harshly those who saw this
coming danger but failed to act. In the new world we have entered, the only path to peace and
security is the path of action."