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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7530-2004Jul22.html
Axis of Evil, Part Two
(Washington Post) Charles Krauthammer - One of the lessons being drawn from the Sept. 11 report is that Iran was the real threat. It had links to al-Qaeda, allowed some of the Sept. 11 hijackers to transit, and is today harboring al-Qaeda leaders. The single most urgent issue of our time is rogue states in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. There are only two things that will stop the Iranian nuclear program: revolution from below or an attack on its nuclear facilities. The regime is detested, but the long-awaited revolution is not happening, which makes the question of preemptive attack all the more urgent. Iran will go nuclear during the next presidential term. If nothing is done, a fanatical terrorist regime openly dedicated to the destruction of the "Great Satan" will have both nuclear weapons and the terrorists and missiles to deliver them. All that stands between us and that is either revolution or preemptive strike. Both of which, by the way, are far more likely to succeed with 146,000 American troops and highly sophisticated aircraft standing by just a few miles away - in Iraq.