I know usually Ms. Missive handles such things, but I was looking at the news today and found so much I wanted to talk about that I figured I’d take a crack at it.

Does anyone remember the Cold War? If not, you might want to do some research, because it looks as though we could be headed there again as the leader of the U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, t0ld a crowd of gov’t, military, and civilian officials that we need to begin modernizing our Nuclear Weapons Programs so we can stay competetive with China, and Russia.  Whooo hooo!!!!!  Remember students- duck and cover, underneath your desks and you’ll be just fine…  (Also of note is the controversial mentioning of Israel’s Nukes, which Israel’s Gov’t doesn’t actually acknowledge even having… hmm…)

Speaking of wars cold or otherwise… Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is offering a new agenda for the U.S. Military, talking about how “Shock and Awe” was pretty jacked up and is ineffective against the type of forces that we’ll be facing in our country’s future, and we need to learn to fight on a smaller skirmish type scale.  Good advice.  Then again, I don’t know how the above Nuke plan will fit in- that’s about as “Shock and Awe” as you can get.  I mean, I’d be pretty shocked to see a mushroom cloud…

But no worries, if it’s skirmishes we need to fight, we’ll have more than enough troops, because believe it or not (scoff) according to NBC’s Nightly News, as the economy continues to suck, Military reenlistments thrive.  Hmm… go figure.

And finally, when looking towards the future as a new President prepares to take office, it’s comical to note that Obama looks to be showing up Prez Bush by taking in intel briefings 7 days a week, as opposed to Bush’s 6. Oh snap!

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