About the MEK - You can forget about it. We ain't supporting them, thanks in large part to Condi Rice. And after the Inaugural and the State of the Union speeches, can you really imagine Bush supporting a terrorist group? I know, I know, sometimes you have to work with unsavory characters to get the job done. But not the MEK.
A similar thing happened in the 1980's. We waged a proxy war in Afghanistan, in part, by funding and arming Osama bin Laden's forces. In retrospect, a poor, near-sighted decision. We could have supported someone else in-country, I'm sure. However, Osama helped us beat the Soviets.
Now, that was a quagmire!
Oh yes, I am absolutely convinced that we have conventional (referring to non-WMD here) military capabilites that no one knows about. Or can defend against. And we do have an arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons. But I am opposed to their use unless there is no other way and a deadline is fast approaching (say, Iran will become a nuclear power imminently, and regime change isn't coming through "natural" causes fast enough). Aside from a missle defense system, there is no defense against nuclear weapons. I'm concerned that if we start slinging nukes around, that it might encourage others to do so (say, India and Pakistan). On the other hand, it would send a strong signal to the bad guys, not the least of which would be Kim Jong-il of North Korea. In fact, he went into hiding once the invasion of Iraq began nearly two years ago. We terrified him. He thought he was next. Same for Libya.
Now, the junior senator from Massachusetts. Now, I think Kerry said a lot of ridiculous things during the campaign. I kind of ignored most of it, in a way, thinking "that's just what liberals say, no need to get all excited about it, the only thing that matters is who gets the most votes on November 2nd." But when he essentially blasted the US for having a nuclear arsenal in that debate, that made me angry, I couldn't believe he said that. He wanted to have all nuclear weapons development testing to cease. His argument was that we shouldn't have nuclear weapons development, if we don't want certain other countries to develop nuclear weapons. That argument is a perfect example of why the world is safer with him in the Senate.
The picture of the crater - thar looks awfully like Meteor Crater in Arizona. Not that a nuke couldn't cause the same damage, of course...
Priceless headline on the Drudge Report:
