George Bush, the stalwart of nuclear non-proliferation, whiffs.
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Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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But I'd lay the blame on a much larger group. IAEA has shown it's largely unconcerned in really stopping proliferation. Several countries are openly aiding terror states with tech and materials. The world as a whole does not care, our congress does not care. So at some point maybe Bush should not care either.
Not that I like that attitude one bit. Israel is going to end up making some nasty moves solo as a result of this.
I salute him and sincerely hope I can be half the man he is in my life and efforts.
He also sent a letter to every fallen soldiers family and quietly visited with many.
As he said in his final speech at least respect him for making the hard decisions.
That is the least he could do. He also sent them to their death in an unnecessary war!
Botched rescue mission in Iran during the Carter Admin due to poor planning.
Caving into French demands about airstrike schedules in the Serbian conflict, leading to predictable routing. Our only F-117 shoot-down as a result. Clinton.
Ignoring Al Quaeda during Clinton administration. World Trade center destroyed on 2nd attempt shortly after Bill Jeff leaves office.
Somalia. The Blackhawk Down incident due to Clinton being unwilling to commit sufficient armor and air support to the fight.
Carter is still fevertly supporting the Palestinians. Recall one of the agreements Carter brokered forced Israel to release a number of terrorists, including one who later flew a plane into the Trade Center.
The "Nation Building" Clinton attempted in Haiti and Somalia are complete failures with huge costs in lives to the local populace.
Before you bash Bush, look at the blood on the other president's hands. The Democrats are hardly saints either.