The Discerning Texan
-- Edmund Burke
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Harold Ford: Focusing on the REALLY "Important" issues
Hopefully the news item belowstory is getting plenty of publicity in Tennessee. It not only contradicts the charade that Ford is trying to pull on the Volunteer State by attempting to paint himself as a strong-on-defense "hawk" in the War against Islamist Fascists, it also clearly illustrates the danger of turning over America's National Security interests to ANY Democrat. If THIS is a hawk, then the rest of the Party must be taking Advanced Seminars at the French Institute of Surrender Science.
From Ace of Spades HQ (Ace himself, actually...):
Harold Ford, Jr., Speaks Passionately On Nuclear Threat Posed By... Australia
Splitting atoms... with his mind.
[I]f Mr Ford, already a US congressman, wins his bid to become a more powerful senator, Australia had better watch out.Because according to Mr Ford, Australia has an interest in nuclear weapons and is part of the broader nuclear threat to the US.
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His skilled oration on domestic politics may be flawless, but his grip on foreign policy is error-prone. Yesterday he stumbled into gaffes on the North Korean nuclear tests and then mentioned Australia in the same breath as rogue nations wanting to go nuclear.
"Here we are in a world today where more countries have access to nuclear weapons than ever before," Mr Ford said, adding that when he left college in 1992 he thought the nuclear age had come to an end "and America would find ways to eliminate the number of chances that a rogue group or a rogue nation would get their hands on nuclear material".
"Today nine countries have it - more than ever before - and 40 are seeking it, including Argentina, Australia and South Africa," he said.
Uh-oh. South Park may have jeopardized our security by inflaming the Australians by depicting Steve Irwin (PBUH).
