So what are our options in Iraq? After reading this Paul Krugman column, This Can't Go On, it seems to me that our options are limited. Here's the last paragraph:

Just as the federal government is in no immediate danger of running out of money, our forces in Iraq are in no danger of outright defeat. But in both cases, current policies appear to be unsustainable: we can't go on like this indefinitely. And things that can't go on forever, don't.

In other words we are going to be in Iraq for a long time with our soldiers dying for a long time. Unless....., ever heard of "mini-nukes"? Check this out, Neocon-Friendly Solutions for Manning Shortfalls in the War Against Terror.With the Neocon solution we might not need more troops.

Apparently, moving to a draft in this age of 2.1 kids per American family would cause a political mushroom cloud directly over the White House, generating a shock wave that would flatten the Capital Building. Oops. Hold that thought! Staying on theme is the very model of a modern major neo-con, so what about mini-nukes in lieu of the draft? Small, five kiloton yield battlefield nuclear weapons would be great at blowing things up, like small Muslim cities, and perhaps later - after they become popular enough and the price comes down - small Midwestern American cities as well. The one pictured above was called Hornet, set off in 1955, and it was only 4 kilotons. And they will all be made in America, keeping the fat cats at United Defense and others purring like kittens. Damn, we could even name them after the leading neoconservatives at the Pentagon and National Review!

I found out about this woman a few weeks ago and her writings are great. She takes apart the Neocons as well or better than anyone else. Anyway, instead of the draft we are just going to drop mini-nukes on problem cities. I don't think we need to wonder anymore if these people are crazy!

Found this last night, Project for the Old American Century.
- posted by Mom/Dad @ 7:04 AM