Iran must be stopped

The Biden administration wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal between the major powers and Iran. In Tel Aviv, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declared an ‘“enduring and ironclad” American commitment to Israel and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said “Israel would work closely with the U.S.”

Is this a Laurel and Hardy routine? Why is no one laughing? There is only one path to ensuring there won’t be a nuclear confrontation between Iran and Israel. Iran must not develop a nuclear weapon, which it has sworn a thousand times to deploy against Israel. In the meantime, it arms Hamas and Hezbollah and moves its own troops and equipment into Iraq and Syria.

Hezbollah, the largest non-governmental army in the world, has 160,000 sophisticated rockets aimed at Israel. If they are unleashed and do major harm to Haifa, Tel Aviv and/or Jerusalem, do you doubt that Teheran would quickly become a glowing hole in the ground? It’s likewise if Iran fires a nuclear missile at Israel.

America needs both a carrot and a stick in the Middle East. It can’t be all carrots.

Terrorist entities must not be rewarded for endangering Israeli and American lives. They have to cooperate fully and transparently if they expect to see another dollar. They must stop all aggressive behavior and absolutely end nuclear weapon development, permanently. To treat them otherwise would be self-destructive.

Len Bennett, Deerfield Beach