The American Spectator

p> BLOOD COUNTS br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s Preventing the Unthinkable : /p> p>I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Tyrrell’s call for wider, sterner military action against Iran and Syria, as part of a more effective strategy for fighting the War on Terror. But he succumbs to the West’s self-defeating compunction about inflicting casualties on the enemy when he notes, approvingly, that “aerial attacks [against Iran] do not have to be very bloody.” If the goal is solely to degrade and delay Iran’s nuclear weapons program, this may be true. But the larger war with militant Islam — see this week’s headlines about the foiled air terror plot in Britain — will never be won until we inflict massive human and material destruction on both the terrorists and the communities and states that support them. This was how we defeated and pacified Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan during World War II. It is the only way to fight and win an existential war. The sooner Americans face up to this fact, the sooner we can do what needs to be done to defend our country, protect our people, and preserve our way of life against the aggressive global designs of militant Islam. br> — Steven M. Warshawsky br> New York City, New York /p> p> The Islamofascists are playing right into Israel’s hands. With failures by the UN and the western nations to negate Iran’s nuclear weapon program, the Israelis must do it themselves. There is no doubt that when, not if, the Iranians develop their weapons they would not hesitate to incinerate Israel. The latest attacks by the Hezbollah and their support from Syria and Iran give the Israelis the reason to escalate this current war to destroy Iran’s nuclear program or at least delay its completion with any means available including nuclear weapons. br> — Tom Bullock br> West Covina, California