The Prof’s post below gave me an idea. Those of you who listen to the podcast know that we’re always wont to give the Department of Defense a hard time for its screwed-up priorities. For a detailed analysis of the outdated, cold-war-era priorities that guide the $500-billion-a-year Defense budget, read Fred Kaplan here. The U.S. Navy has 55 nuclear subs, and the DoD keeps adding them on, at a cost of $3.6 billion. $3.6 Billion, it should be noted, is exactly what it would cost to add 30,000 troops to the U.S. Army, which, if deployed to Baghdad 2 or 3 years ago, could have probably won the war in Iraq.
Unfortunately, the boats just keep on comin’! So we here at Bruno and the Prof want to give Don Rumsfeld something to DO with all that naval hardware, in an effort to win the War on Terror, which the President keeps telling us is his NUMBER ONE priority.
For a long time we suggested that the Seawolf (don’t ask why it’s a Seawolf, it just is) be deployed to Grand Central Station, where it could sniff out suitcase nukes:
But now, it appears that Indiana has the most potential targets of any state in the union. So it only makes sense to move the Seawolf to Downtown Terre Haute, IN, where it can protect thousands and thousands of vulnerable Hoosiers:
Got any other ideas for where the Seawolf should go next? Email us, info at brunoandtheprofessor dot com.
Now Playing: Episode 356
The Republican Convention, Fannie and Freddie go bust, and finally, our international news roundup.
Links Mentioned: Europeans try to placate the Russians … details on the bail-out … a brief history of Fannie and Freddie … Mark Schmitt on Obama’s high-risk, high-reward strategy … Biden tears it up on the trail.
