The Political Whore

With echoes of the Cold War, the Kennedy Boston accent and Khrushchev’s shoe-banging comes this news: Russia is considering basing some of its strategic (read: nuclear) bombers in Latin America.

From The New York Times:

A top Russian Air Force official said that the government was weighing whether to base strategic bombers out of Cuban territory or on a Venezuelan island that has been offered by President Hugo Chávez, according to the Interfax news service.

In comments made at an awards ceremony on Friday night, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, chief of staff for Russia’s long-distance aviation division, told reporters that either option would be practical.

“There are four or five airfields in Cuba with 4,000-meter-long runways, which absolutely suit us,” he said. “If the two chiefs of state display such a political will, we are ready to fly there.”

President Bush said yesterday during his news conference that Hamas must stop firing rockets into Israel if any sort of ceasefire is going to take place.

Surprise!

Never mind the Israeli offensive, or its recent incursion over the border and into Gaza. It is not surprising that our nation’s leader is once again turning a blind eye to the atrocities perpetuated by the Jewish nation and placing the majority of the blame on the Palestinians.

From a purely humanitarian aspect, Israel’s actions are wrong, and should not be supported by the United States. As the most powerful and influential country in the international system (more debatable now, given our current economic woes), America shouldn’t be supporting the blatant killings of hundreds of Palestinian CIVILIANS.
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