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The Bright Side of Idiocy

A few blogs are up in arms, pun unintended, about the Bush administration's latest bout of blackmail. But think about it, folks: on its face, is "suspending military assistance" really all that bad? Isn't this country still the world's biggest weapons dealer? Don't we, y'know, kinda want our country to stop doling out death and propping up all these countries that turn around and use our arms on their own citizens or even aim them right back at us? I'm just saying (tip o' the hat to Anne Zook, link at sidebar, whose blog "owns" that expression as far as I'm concerned even though I've used it for years too), throwing a hissy fit and deciding to take our ball and go home might just be okay if the ball is, like, a ticking bomb or something.