Nuke ‘Em All!
We get letters! Well, not we exactly. More like "I read the ProJo letters section and yell at no one in particular while having my morning coffee." Close enough.
Anyway, this morning's coffee-out-the-nose moment came via a WWII vet who related a story of how, during war time, battling the Japanese, his destroyer shot at some Japanese attackers, thus saving American shipmens' lives. Then he said this:
Our captain, who had had a ship sunk under him, had us at general quarters with all guns manned at every dawn and sunset. A pre-emptive strike saved our ship and its crew.
Thus, he says, we've gotta nuke Iran and North Korea.
Not to pick on someone who served our country, especially on Veterans Day, but can someone kindly explain to Mr. Cruise, who, it seems, did not avail himself of the GI Bill, what pre-emption really means?
November 12th, 2004 at 3:44 pm
I’ve been trying to build momentum for my National Dictionary Distribution Act. It’s kind of like No Child Left Behind, but we’ll actually distribute the dictionaries.