Happy birthday, Daddy-o!
Here's to hoping that your birthday is a blast. I suppose that you could have a killer time in Hawaii. You could go surfing.........
Earlier this week, General John Abizaid (Ret.) spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. I was absolutely surprised to hear the general urge patience (i.e. not pre-emptive war) with Iran and suggest that it would be possible to live with a nuclear armed Iran. I don't necessarily like the rhetoric of the Bush administration regarding Iran and I think that the words "There are ways to live with a nuclear Iran" (as spoken by Abizaid) aren't the best words for the situation. I just happen to feel that the odds of a nuclear device getting into the wrong hands would be much higher if Iran is successful (if they're even aiming for nuclear weapons) in their pursuits. Of course we'll "live with" the situation. Heck, that's what we had to do after Pakistan and India proved successful in their pursuit of nuclear weapons. However, as the whole AQ Khan debacle proved, proliferation is a serious danger and part of the reason we are "5 minutes to midnight".
Peace, y'all!
