Concentrating the Mind on the Election

Anne Bayefsky in “Focus, People” (h/t Naomi Ragen):

As much as economic questions are currently front and center, with blame to go all round, this is not an election primarily about corporate greed, or individuals living beyond their means, or government neglect of economic oversight.  

Nor is it about whether we should have gone into
Iraq where, like it or not, American boots on the ground have begun to create an emerging democracy.  This election is about whether there will be a nuclear holocaust.

Alarmist?  I sure hope so. . . .

Barack Obama isn’t just inexperienced.  It isn’t naiveté that drives him.  I take him at his word.  He and his vice-presidential candidate believe in “talk, talk, talk” regardless of the hourglass or the stakes or the intentions of the person across the table. . . .  Approving the use of force to prevent
Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons is a Rubicon they will not cross . . . .  

So when you cast your ballot this election, make no mistake:  you are voting for or against a nuclear holocaust.  Not because Barack Obama wants such a horror, but because he will not prevent it.  He will still be talking when the point of no return in
Iran’s nuclear program is reached.  

You might want to re-read Obama’s response to Tim Russert’s question “would you pledge to the American people that
Iran will not develop a nuclear bomb while you are president?” and Daniel Gordis’ explanation of why “The minute
Iran has the bomb, it’s over” — whether or not the bomb is actually used.