A leftard denies Iran's technological capabilities

And all for the sake of attacking Newt Gingrich as a "fear-mongerer". That would be the repellant Andrew Belonsky, keeping up his conservative-hating agenda as usual, here by making us wonder why we're supposed to take his uncredible word as some kind of apologist for Iran nuclear research. The New York Times reported on Newt's trip to Ohio, where he warned - quite legitimately - about the danger of Iran aiming a warhead at the US. So little Mr. Belonsky went on to barf:

First and foremost, Iran does not have the technology to strike the United States with a nuclear warhead. While the Islamic Republic is currently enriching uranium, perhaps for a bomb, there’s absolutely no evidence they’re building a long-range bomb, nor do they have existing weapons that can carry a radioactive load to the United States. Israel? Maybe. The U.S.? Most definitely not. Hell, their weapons can’t even reach Europe.

Second, if Iran could attack the United States, which they cannot, there is absolutely no way Ohio would be their first target. Sorry, Ohio, you’re just not a high level target for our enemies. Plus, Ohio is so deep into the United States that any missile would be intercepted before reaching the state.

Gingrich, you see, was simply using this impossible hypothetical to scare up voters, clearly hoping that playing on fears would bring him some much needed support. Hopefully voters are smart enough to see through this weak and poorly thought out ploy.

And Belonksy, we see, is exploiting this not just for more conservative-hating incitement, but also for downplaying the seriousness of the subject. Just like Ron Paul, the one so-called GOP member he certainly supported until recently.

And what does he dare, I repeat, what does he DARE to imply regarding Israel? "Maybe"? Just what kind of downplay is that supposed to be exactly? Belonsky really is that crazy and hateful to suggest that Iran couldn't manage to get it that far, and at the same time to make it sound like he doesn't have much care for Israel, just like Ron Paul.

His ridiculing the idea that Iran's nuclear rockets couldn't even reach Europe is also offensive, and just a few days ago, an Israeli official knocked down his whole unbacked claim it's impossible for the rockets to reach the US:

JERUSALEM — A senior Israeli official said Thursday that the missile testing site near Tehran that was destroyed in a huge explosion three months ago was developing missiles with a range of about 6,000 miles that could reach the United States.

The assertion went far beyond what rocket experts have established about Iran’s missile capabilities, and American officials questioned its accuracy.

The Israeli, Moshe Yaalon, a deputy prime minister and minister for strategic affairs, said the blast at a missile base of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps hit a system “getting ready to produce a missile with a range of 10,000 kilometers.”

“That’s the Great Satan,” he said, invoking a name Iran has used for the United States. “It was aimed at America, not at us.”

Mr. Yaalon was trying to make the point that the Iranian nuclear program is a threat not only to Israel but to other nations, creating “a nightmare for the free world.” He said that it was a concern to Arab states as well as to the United States and Israel.

And that just shows that truly, leftards like Belonsky aren't really concerned about Muslims either. All he's doing is parroting the politicians in Obama's crowd who can only see the warnings of Iran's capabilities as mere exaggerations. Belonsky's references to the voting public are also quite insulting and distasteful, as they show he must prefer that the public underestimate serious dangers. Let's be clear: if we underestimate the danger imposed by Iran's nuclear program, we'll be making the same mistakes made before 9-11, when some people may have thought it impossible for a terrorist attack on the scale of that time to occur within the US.

Here's also an op-ed in the Wash. Times about the dangers of Iranian missiles reaching America, and another in the Jerusalem Post from a few days ago about the danger they impose to Europe as well.

Gingrich isn't perfect, but his concerns about the dangers of terrorist and modern nuclear warfare are fully legitimate and should be very seriously pondered.