Make a stand now. If Hitler had been stopped at Munich, then WWII may have been avoided. I have no problem with Iran having nuclear power...wait a minute though any country that wants to wipe out another sovereign state cannot be left to its own devices. Sometimes a spoilt brat needs a firm slap.

kirk, Rotherham, UK

Someone mentioned Winston Churchill on these comments, well I'd also like to point out Churchill warned us of the threat from Islam! (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50)

John, Salford, England

Come on good men... Remember the pen is mightier than the sword! It is time we started thinking peace. The Middle East has by now faced its fair share of wars.
Let us say together the words "Let there Be Peace on Earth and let it begin with me"

God loves you, guys.

Bill, Tamarac, USA

Give to Israel cruise missiles, F-22 fighters and several old nuclear submarines that can be armed with nuclear weapons in intent to give Israel ability to second stick and by so establishment of deterrent ability that deter her foes and secure her existence. It MUST be the responsibility of US and the West to prevent SECOND HOLOCAUST.

Nicolas De Marlo, Paris, France

There is only one way to deal with bullies and thats to stand up to them. Churchill knew it and the responsible people of the world know it. All that are left are the good and innocent who fear war. Let the strong protect them. The time for talking is over. "We make war that we may live in peace."

Gil, Tel Aviv , Israel

Goodbye Iran.

shane, blackburn, ENGLAND

Iran says it will wipe Israel off the map and works towards a nuke capability. Israel says it will not allow Iran to get nukes and will destroy Iran if attacked.

Iran believes in "jihad and martyrdom."

This is not going to end peacefully.

Bob Smith, Chicago, USA

No one - not even the IAEA - has shown that Iran is building or trying to build nuclear weapons. US and other intelligence agencies are wholly unreliable, as we have seen in the case of Saddam Hussein's WMDs. Then what are we talking about? Why can't Western powers behave like civilized people?

vcbhutani, Delhi, India

And would we do to Iran what we very well can do? Or will we bow to the sensitive, loving types, and just sit on our hands and wail?

Judith Shimkus, St Louis, USA

no army in the world can confront their army-reminds me of bagdad bob

j.p. romansic, lucernemines pa, usa--pennsylvania

History as made the western nations pay a high price as a results of not addressing known dictators. it is better to deal with it now then later whatever the price. it can only be resolved with force as history as proved.

Arthur Barker, Milton Keynes, U.K

To Joe in Edinburgh. If Israel's concentration of nuclear weapons is "hippocratic", as you put it, isn't that a good thing?

Adam Jacobs, Oxford, UK

Iran simply destroys numerous refinaries, pipelines, oil installations and economic chaos will follow- the end of the deloped world as we know it. it would take min 5 years to rebuild with oil prices at 1000$ a barrel. then retaliate with bio weapons. would the hard core do that is the question

T. Andre, London,

Why should Israel dictate to Iran that it cannot have a nuclear program?

Israel has one of the highest concentrations of nuclear weapons on this planet, surely this is hippocratic.

There is no proof Iran wants nuclear weapons only supposition by the USA and we all know how reliable that is.

joe, Edinburgh, Scotland

The Mullahs in Iran need to reign this guy in for everyone's good. It would be regrettable to say the least for Israel to strike Iran but given this guy. Everybody really needs to tone down the rhetoric. FYI Mr.Ahmadinejad Israel & America have nuclear weapons & could obliterate Iran easily

Jason Pearson, Toronto, Canada

How does one deal with a country run by mentally deranged lot?

subramaniam, Paris,

Iran will never be able to destroy Isreal. Not in this life time or any to come. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said it all ! If Isreal is attack, it will destroy the Iranian nation. I would hope Iran is not foolish enough to try that, because that would most certainly be the end of Iran as we know it.

Jeffrey Churchill, Pierrefonds, Quebec. CANADA

Does anyone else think this sounds like Bin Laden?
''The Iranian nation is a nation of believers which believes in jihad and martyrdom. No army in the world can confront it," What a scary thing for a leader of a country to be saying, especially when they own nuclear facilities.

steve wood, london, uk

It is simple. If Israel attacks Iran, major chaos ensues. Energy spikes to who knows where, economic devastations follows.

So best to avoid that situation.

tarquinis, Seattle, USA