<p><img src="images/stories/mikeevans.jpg" border="0" hspace="7" align="left" />The nation of Israel is reeling from the news report that the Obama Administration has sent the Netanyahu government an unmistakable message—“Don’t rely on us to finish the job” with Iran. With the election now less than three months away, preventing war in the Middle East is outweighing all other considerations with Washington because of the impact on the economy. This is a tragic and short-sighted decision. Iran’s nuclear program is a threat to far more than just Israel. For the radical Islamic terrorist-sponsoring mullahs of Tehran to have these weapons of mass destruction is a lethal threat to the entire world. If the world and the US will not take the necessary steps, then Israel will be forced to do what is necessary to halt Iran’s evil work.<br /><br />My old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu will be meeting President Obama in Washington next month in what many observers believe is the last-ditch effort to prevent the horrors of open war that will fall on the Jewish people if they are forced to do what the world will not to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. This is an urgent moment in the history of the Jewish people, and we must do our part to help deliver them from destruction.</p>