The Time has Come
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose…”
Kris Kristofferson’s lyrics to his classic song Bobby McGee have never been more appropriate than they are right now to an Israel facing a soon to become nuclear Iran.
Any hope that the West, led by the US and Barak Obama would succeed in preventing this terrifying threat to world order have by now been completely dashed. The hysteria over Israel’s enforcement of it’s blockade against the Iranian proxy Hamas, removes all doubt that the West will find any and all excuses to avoid confronting the threat posed to the world by radical Islam.
The parallels to the catastrophic “appeasement” policy towards Nazi Germany prior to 1939 are more than an exaggerated overstatement. In many ways the parallels are frighteningly similar.
Germany, a country of 78 million in 1939 laid before the world its dream of an Aryan empire that would last a thousand years. They also blamed all the troubles of the world on the Jews and promised to put an end to them.
The West stood by and did nothing as the Nazis built up the most powerful war machine in the world in contravention to the Versailles treaty. What resulted was the greatest cataclysm in the history of the world.
Iran today, also a country of 78 million has announced its intentions to bring the world under the domination of Islamic sharia law. It also blames the Jews for all the troubles in the world, although it includes the US as well. While its war machine cannot compare to that of the US, its acquisition of nuclear weapons would make it safe from any retaliation for its continuing and increasing support for terrorism world wide.
Look at the reaction to the direct act of war by North Korea in its unprovoked sinking of the South Korean destroyer. While North Korea blithely denies having committed the act, they threaten the Korean peninsula with war if any response is made against them.
Other than mealy mouthed tut-tutting, what has been the response of the civilized world? Nothing at all. Nor will there be for the very simple reason that the North has nuclear weapons.
Understand that this is the very reason Iran is so intent on acquiring these weapons at any cost. They know that it will insure the survival of their corrupt and hated regime against any and all threats whether from without or within.
Israel at this point has nothing left to lose by putting an end to this Iranian threat once and for all. The endless pundits and military analysts who claim that the most Israel can do is slow down their progress for a few years do so out of their ignorance of the power of EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse).
A nuclear based EMP weapon launched on a Jericho III missile and detonated 150 miles above Iran would cause no casualties whatsoever to the people on the ground. What it would do is destroy all electrical based equipment from radios to trucks to power grids to tanks to missiles to centrifuges.
The destruction is not temporary, it is permanent. Every circuit board and electrical switching device in Iran would have to be replaced. The net effect would be to remove Iran as a military threat on any level whatsoever for a minimum of one to two decades.
No more threats against the straights of Hormuz; their navy simply won’t function. Their nuclear program would be permanently stopped dead its tracks.
The negative result would be an enormous humanitarian crisis as the basics for the functioning of a modern society in Iran would be wiped out. The entire world would have to pitch in to help the Iranian people survive the loss of their 21st century technology.
However, the cost of doing this and the unavoidable suffering that would result pales in comparison to the potential for true Armageddon should the radical Islamic mullahs gain the power of nuclear weapons.
Of course Israel would be roundly condemned by the entire world for taking this action, the same way it was when it destroyed Saddam Hussein’s Osirak reactor. Nonetheless, underneath the condemnation would be the biggest sigh of relief the world has ever experienced. The only powers that would be truly upset by such an action would be Iran’s terrorist proxies in Gaza and Lebanon and perhaps also North Korea.
Israel is a small country, but a great and powerful one at the same time. Golda Meir is quoted as saying, “We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.” That remains the truth to this day. While the Western nations look the other way while Iran develops the power to destroy the Jewish state, Israel does not have that luxury.
The time has come to put an end to radical Islam’s threat to the world. Almost every violent struggle in the world today has at its root this atavistic and intolerant ideology whose world leader and main source of funding worldwide is Iran.
It is a very frightening choice for Israel to make. The sad truth is that the weak-willed and hypocritical governments of the world have forced Israel’s hand. It is no longer a choice, it is a necessity.
The time has come…
Joseph Wouk
June 3, 2010
WarSclerotic 
June 3, 2010 at 10:17 PM
Great reflections,sir… And a very good operational plan, too. The only one,if i may.
June 8, 2010 at 1:11 AM
As an American, who has long admired Israel I am both ashamed and saddened that my government has failed to vigorously support Israel. The Obama administration has demonstrated that will not stand by our long time allies and friends. How sad,how very,very dangerous!
June 16, 2010 at 12:09 AM
I have a sinking feeling that nothing will be done- because of pressure from the Obama administration. Israel is held hostage once again and I see nothing but darkness ahead.
June 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Thank you for your Israeli support Yoseph, your website is valuable beyond words. I have a question: would the EMPS you wrote about be able destroy most or all of the nuclear machine components connected to making nuclear fuel and missiles that are buried and shielded by the Iranian mountains? I pray it would, but do you know the answer or know other people or websites that might know. Thank you very much, Zolt, Jerusalem
June 16, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Without claiming any expertise on the subject beyond what’s available online, it is my understanding that it takes very specific “hardening” to protect electronics from EMP and that being underground isn’t enough.
However, even if the centrifuges were protected, the entire electric grid in Iran would be destroyed and have to be rebuilt transformer by transformer. Without power the centrifuges are completely neutralized.
Speaking with an Israeli undercover agent friend, when I mentioned to him about my EMP idea, his face froze up and he said, “This is a subject I can’t discuss.” I found that somewhat reassuring, if not surprising.
For all the bungled operations like the last Lebanon war and the Flotilla fiasco, one thing I think we can count on is that Israel’s high-tech capabilities are world class. All it takes is the will to employ the EMP and weather the world condemnation and possible retaliation that will inevitably occur. My opinion is that Netanyahu is one of Israel’s leaders most likely to have that will.
June 17, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Thank you for your answer Joseph.
Zolt, Jerusalem
June 22, 2010 at 4:25 AM
I have to believe that Iran will avoid nuclear war with Israel in the end. To initiate this type of warfare, Iran must be prepared to sacrifice a multitude of Palestinians living in and around Israel. This very act would bring the condemnation of not only the western world, but from the Islamic people as well. Despite the apocalyptic speeches coming out of Tehran, I don’t think Iran is foolhardy enough to start a nuclear war, which would certainly lead to its own annihilation. The law of self-survival will win out. It has thus far kept the world from engaging in a two-state nuclear attack.
June 29, 2010 at 7:56 AM
[…] Excellent program. Includes a piece about Jihadist propaganda being sold in an Islamic supermarket a few miles from the White house. Also includes the first mention I’ve seen of the possibility of dealing with the Iranian threat through the use of EMP, an option I’ve advocated in my article, The Time Has Come. […]
June 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Great strategy deploying an EMP, must be part of a 1-2 punch…EMP then bombing raid taking out key targets to further delay future nuclear buildup or retaliation.
Israel has to act, whatever course it takes, the world will point it’s finger. Luckily for Israel they only have to answer to a higher authority.