Just completed a move from Pennsylvania to California. Explains why I've been out a few days, right? Anyway, the world doesn't stop moving for me, as it turns out. First thing I see is that
Ari Fleischer is resigning. Thank goodness. I won't miss hearing him speak. He's got to be the least credible government spokesman since Spiro T. Agnew (alright, so he wasn't a press secretary, but he certainly spokesmanized enough). We'll have to see whether the next guy proves any better.
Another good one is the DoD proposal regarding bunker-busting nukes. This one has just been woefully underreported. In fact, I can't find a CNN article on it.
Here's one from UPI. I saw the press conference on the news today, but they kept cutting away to get commentary on the
terrorist threat alert, which I really just don't care about. Anyway, during this press conference, Rumsfeld was very clear with the reporters on exactly how they would report this. "We want to study it. We don't want to build, or deploy, or anything else. We just want to study." When a reporter asked "why would you study it if you're not interested in pursuing it?", Rumsfeld burst out "I can't believe you just asked that!" I will admit that Rumsfeld and Myers laid out some good reasoning behind the proposal. For example, hitting a chemical or biological stockpile with convertional weapons would be disastrous, while a low-yield nuclear strike on such a bunker would effectively eliminate the threat. Nevertheless, doesn't the idea of using
nuclear weapons make him just a bit nervous? As of right now, the department is banned from even thinking about tactical nuclear wepons by an act of congress. Rumsfeld wants a waiver. Let's hope someone realizes that leaving the age of nuclear buildup was a good thing, before these guys bring us back into it.
posted by Mr. Ripzaw at 8:04 PM
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