MichNews.com - If he succeeds in becoming Israel's next prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu indicated Monday he will not hesitate to order a military strike against Iran's nuclear program in order to safeguard his nation from annihilation.

“I will continue the tradition established by Menachem Begin, who did not allow Iraq to develop such a nuclear threat against Israel, and by a daring and courageous act gave us two decades of tranquility,” Netanyahu told Israel's Maariv daily.

“I believe that this is what Israel has to do” in the face of the growing Iranian threat, he continued.

Netanyahu’s statement comes after IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Aharon Ze'evi told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last week that the world has only four months to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Iran continues to chug toward developing a nuke, and Israel is standing on the tracks. Netanyahu may well be the right choice for that country.