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Source: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/14797545.htm
We Must Act to Stop Iran's Serious Threat to America and Israel
(Knight Ridder/Charlotte Observer) Lawrence J. Haas - When it comes to national security, prudence demands that we confront the biggest threats before they develop - not after. An Iran with nuclear weapons is America's worst nightmare. It would give a virulently anti-Western state that's already the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism the means to carry out - itself or through a terrorist network - its threats to eliminate not just Israel but the U.S. as well. Tehran helps plan and support terrorist acts; provides funding, training and weapons for Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other key terrorist groups; is working to destabilize Iraq; and refuses to bring to justice the senior al-Qaeda leaders it detained in 2003. We must do whatever it takes to prevent an Iran with nuclear weapons from coming to pass.