Thursday, September 13, 2007

Sure, I feel safer.

From The Guardian:


Russia's military yesterday announced that it had successfully tested a
lethal new air-delivered bomb, which it described as the world's most
powerful non-nuclear weapon.
In what appears to be the Kremlin's latest display of military might,
officials said Moscow had developed a new thermobaric bomb to add to
its already potent nuclear arsenal.
[...]
The development of this latest device appears to be another response to
the Bush administration's plans to site elements of its missile defence
system in central Europe. Mr Putin has denounced the plan, arguing that
it upsets Europe's strategic balance, and has vowed to respond.


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Vice-President Cheney still gets cheers when he trots out the line about the United States not needing a 'permission slip' from the UN to attack countries it suspects of evil intentions towards America. The problem that is practically invisible from inside the United States is then that other countries don't need 'permission slips' to invade their neighbours, either. They can just announce that they have uncovered a grave threat to their security in some other country -- they don't actually have to prove it, any more than the United States did -- and then they are free to invade it. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Gwynne Dyer