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Why dont I care about Sy Hersh?

Because in the alternate universe where Noam Chomsky is President, Sy Hersh is the Secretary of State.

This guy has used one template for every story he's written since 1969.

" America bad, American Government really bad, Republicans unbelievably bad..."


Does he think that I really give a damn if some 6th generation ivy league state department hump is going to quit because he disagrees with the President? Some mid level "state department poindexter" like
"J. Fletcher Preachy McGottrocks, Assistant deputy chief of staff for Central American affairs, Yale class of 65..." is all upset that Bush and Cheney didnt call him before making the 'big call', so he takes Sy Hersh down for a martini or two at the Westchester country club and has a good long crying jag on the shoulder of his good friend.

Hersh calls that sort of thing news, I say its a call for an intervention.

Mark me down on the list of people that are actually happy that someone in Washington is at least thinking about using those big expensive weapons systems weve all paid for over the years. The mullahs just spent two weeks displaying their wares, a russian sub, a russian torpedo and some ground effects aircraft.

my reaction: "Whoop-i-dee-freakin-doo..."

so think of this as our response in the big poker game of international politics. I see your underwater missle and I raise you 50 ICBM's, so let's see you your cards smart guy...

Sy Hersh ( and the mullahs...) just figured out that while they might have a few toys, we have a fleet of Nuclear Submarines that are chock full of the "weapons from hell" on board, and yet, to Sy Hersh, now its "hankie time".

Just what does he think we have those things for?

Does anyone besides me think its just a bit peculiar that the said-same news groups that are screaming about "leaker in chief" seem to have missed the story of insiders in the State Department willing to tell reporters like Hersh about our plans for nuclear war, something that if true, would most certainly be a major breach of national security?

Anyone care to follow up on that story?

Posted @ April 10, 2006 10:41 AM | Current Affairs

Comments

I've said it before, I really do hope that somewhere in the bowels of the Pentagon we've got plans for nuking every single country on this planet. And ideally, versions of said plans ranging from "airburst to disrupt infrastructure" to "new parking lot."

Australia is one of our closest allies, and I don't expect we'll ever have a conflict with them. But if we ever find out that they've constructed a nuclear launcher in the Syndey Opera House and are planning our destruction, I don't want the Defense Department to have to go to Google Maps to get targeting information. We spend a lot of money on Defense and I want a plan for just about everything. Better to have it and not use it than to need it and not have it.

Rather than concern that we've got plans to nuke Iran, I'd be ready to revolt if I found out we DIDN'T have such plans.

Posted by: RJ Bruce at April 11, 2006 12:01 PM

Thanks a lot. I just spewed my tea all over my desk. It was the

my reaction: "Whoop-i-dee-freakin-doo..."


that got me. You're on a roll.

Posted by: Duffy at April 13, 2006 05:50 AM