First we got the bomb and that was good Cause we love peace and motherhood Then Russian got the bomb but that's OK Cause the balance of power's preserved that way Who's next?
. . . .
We'll try to stay serene and calm When Alabama gets the bom.
--Tom Lehrer (1964)
It's really scary how little his work dates.
jks
--- Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, joanna bujes wrote:
>
> > The pundits may step in and teach them how to do
> it. Saw an op-ed in the
> > Washington Post(?) a couple of days ago. Headline
> "USA only attacks weak
> > countries" or something like that. Read
> further...it explained that
> > "deterrence works" hence we must be diplomatic
> with NK cause they can cause
> > harm to SK or Japan. On the other hand, we should
> bomb the shit out of Iraq
> > so that in the future, they won't become another
> NK. Note that this
> > argument concludes that we should bomb precisely
> because Iraq doesn't have
> > WMD now.
> >
> > It's as sleazy and nuts as it gets...
> >
> > Joanna
> >
>
> So let me see if I understand the logic of this. If
> I'm a leader of
> a relatively small nation, and I want to avoid a
> military assault by
> U. S. forces, I should--quickly develop a vast
> arsenal of weapons of
> mass destruction? This is the basic message that's
> being sent by the
> U. S. reaction to NK and Iraq, right?
>
>
> Does anybody in the Bush administration have a
> functioning brain cell?
>
> Miles
>
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