Nuclear Nuance


So, Egypt has decided to join the "peaceful" nuclear club--as if there could be such a thing (I guess sort of like the "eat all the chocolate you want diet"):

...Mubarak also made clear there were strategic reasons for the program, calling secure sources of energy "an integral part of Egypt's national security system."

I'm sure it is. And, while I'm somewhat mature and accept the fact that a GWOT, as defined by wingnuts, is a ludicrous absurdity (making the loss in lives and money all the more appalling), the fact that Egypt is allowed to proceed with a nuclear declaration with a ho-hum response from the U.S. is proof positive that the wingers really DO have their heads up their collective asses. Again, not that you'd really accomplish anything in attempting this (besides turning the clock back several centuries in terms of economic development), but a 'military-first' strategy in the GWOT that ignores Egypt, that ignores Saudi Arabia, and that ignores Pakistan is NOT a 'military-first' strategy. Period.

The military opition, absent action in these three locations, is a sideshow. One that, sadly, has gotten a LOT of people killed while managing to accomplish less than nothing.

We might want to keep this in mind while Team Bush goes on rhetorically about Iran...