In a 2007 column , Podhoretz explicitly stated his view that Iran should be attacked : " In short , the plain and brutal truth is that if Iran is to be prevented from developing a nuclear arsenal , there is no alternative to the actual use of military force — any more than there was an alternative to force if Hitler was to be stopped in 1938 . " In an editorial to '' The Wall Street Journal '' on the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks , Podhoretz contends that the retreat from Iraq should not be similar to the retreat from Vietnam . He argues that when the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam , it sacrificed its national honor
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Norman Podhoretz