Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Thursday, September 17, 2009

The End of Yet Another Reaganite Fantasy

The Times of London is reporting this morning that the United States has scrapped Bush's plan to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.

It is about time that some degree of realism has taken hold. Nobody has ever put forth a single rationale as to why Iran would want to fire nuclear missiles at Europe. Given that there are two nuclear-armed European states in NATO, both of whom have SSBNs, firing a nuclear weapon at Europe would be akin to national suicide.

The main effect of Little Georgie Bush's plans for an ABM system is Europe has been to piss off the Russians for no goddamn good reason, other than to give joy to the aging and decrepit Cold Warriors in the party of Clowns. No sanctions against Iran would be possible, let alone effective, without Russian cooperation. Russian cooperation will be needed in the event that the Balkan Wars unfreeze. One might even argue that the Russian smashing of the Georgian military last year was a big "oh yeah, well, fuck you" right back to George Bush.

Putting in a missile defense system in Europe and then negotiating a further reduction in nuclear weapons between Russia and the U.S. were obviously conflicting plans. President Obama chose the smart route.

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