Irrational Iran

Like Saddam, Iranian leaders have wholeheartedly embraced terror as a weapon of foreign policy | Hugh Hewitt

I hope this Easter people were praying for the peace of the world and for those who keep it—because the enemies of peace are many and their arsenal ever more dangerous.

Imagine Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple with a nuke instead of poisoned Kool-Aid. Imagine David Koresh of the Branch Davidians with a nuke instead of a fortress compound. Jones killed more than 900. Koresh's actions led to the death of 85.

Religious fanatics don't care much about the numbers. They care about their mission, and the body count is what it is.

Which is why the nuclear crisis with Iran is so disturbing.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a habit of making extraordinarily provocative statements, especially concerning Israel and the Holocaust. He wishes for the former to be wiped from the map and denies that the latter took place.