May 10, 2005

The New Strategery: Why America needs new allies

By James Lewis
The year is 2007. Iran explodes its first nuclear device. Its missiles can now reach Paris and London. In response, Europe does nothing; in its customary fashion, it tries to buy peace. Now that Iran is invulnerable to attack, it begins to push more aggressively against Israel and its Muslim enemies. Iran's Shiites hate Sunni Muslims even more than Christians, Jews and Western atheists. The Muslim world is therefore divided. Iran's nukes now raise the threat of terrorism even higher. Many Muslim nations in the Middle East have employed terrorist proxies against their enemies. It has been a standard tactic for centuries, and it will be used again. Iran's terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, is the largest and best—trained terrorist force in the world. Iran is also in a good position to squeeze Europe for money, advanced arms and anti—American gambits at the UN. The Saudis now fear that Iran is stirring up trouble among the Shiites who comprise the majority population in...(Read Full Article)