The American Spectator

p>The massive genocide that occurred in Vietnam and Cambodia is a horrific reminder of what happens br> when you negotiate with liars and then turn a blind eye to their subsequent actions. I seem to remember a similar ploy used by Chamberlain before the outbreak of WWII and as I recall that didn’t go so well either. /p>

If Iraq is “filled” with “lunatics” of the kind you suggest we would have been chased out of Iraq long ago.

We have two problems. First, we haven’t killed enough “lunatics,” particularly those at the top such as Al Sadr. Secondly, we haven’t taken out Syria and Iran.

We can fight now, while we have them surrounded and have the upper hand. Or, we can wait until they attack us on our soil again before we go back and re-fight the same war on the same battlefield.

p>These “lunatics” are serious about killing us. They say so everyday, even in this country. But, they are lunatics ruled by emotion. At the end of the day cold calculating reason defeats emotion every time. br> — RW /p>

Mr. Tucker leaves out a most salient point in his argument: Victory through an attack on Tehran.

A massive air strike against the nuclear and military facilities in Iran will stop Iranian meddling in Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza while emboldening those in Iran to topple the Mullah government. Persians aren’t Arabs. They have a culture different from the Bedouin Sword, Pillage and Camel-breeding. Their culture and lifestyle has evolved far beyond tribalism. They are educated, pragmatic and Westernized.

p>Recalling Vietnam, as Mr. Tucker does, reminds me that preceding the “serious” talking in Paris a serious bombing campaign over the skies of Hanoi and Haiphong took place. Unfortunately, our president and his advisors have Pelosi-sized cojones. br> — Wolf Terner