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Friday, March 17, 2006

Acceptable Losses

Does anyone remember Nike missiles?

You can read a history of their development during the cold war. Built when Dick Nixon had Dick Cheney's current job in the '50s. When Dear Leader Dick Nixon got his pink slip, the Nike program went bye-bye too in 1974.

Yes, Virginia, they had thermonuclear warheads.

Yes, Virginia, they were hidden in and around major urban and industrial areas all around the country. Everywhere. Like Detroit, for example. But every big city in America, from Seattle to Chicago.

And so, yes, Virginia, can you really doubt Darth Rumsfeld has something similar hidden around every American city today? Especially the Blue ones.

And can you really think that if some one felt the need to pre-empt the first strike, these sites would be untouched?

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