Slag, you made an interesting comment: "The US has the right, the duty, the obligation to protect it's citizens from belligerent nations which make credible threats against us. In fact, ALL civilized nations all have that same burden, to stand against outlaw nations and nations that create safe harbor for active enemies of peaceful nation"

Then you must agree that right extends also to Iran, against which threats have been made by the USA, long before the Iranian president said anything about Israel. As for nations creating safe harbours of enemies of peaceful nations, you might consider doing something so about the US' harbouring of Luis Carillos Posada, the terorist who blew up a cUban airliner killing its passengers, currently wanted by Venezulea for terrorist acts and whom the United States refuses to extradite and continues to shelter from justice.