Liberal Talk Radio

There are some things in life that are merely stupid. Then there are things that that are so stupid they make me want to run, screaming, in terror for the future of our species.

Before I post my little quote, just keep in mind two things. 1) Iran (according to our dimwit president anyway) is Public Enemy #1 and 2) other than the U.S., the only country that flies the venerable (and now retired) F-14 Tomcat is Iran (through a pre-revolution deal with the Shah). Remember also that most of Iran’s Tomcats are essentially grounded for want of parts, thus making it that tiny little bit easier for our aircraft to hit targets within Iran should it come to that.

So you’d think, or at least I’d think, that the last thing on earth anyone in the Pentagon would want to do would be to make F-14 parts available to the international arms market. Er, who, exactly, might be interested in buying F-14 parts? Oh, yeah, Iran.

[Deep breath]

Ready for this?

The Pentagon said Tuesday it had stopped selling surplus F-14 parts … U.S. law enforcement officials believe Iran can produce only about 15 percent of the parts it needs for its Tomcats, making the Pentagon’s surplus sales a valuable avenue for spares.

The Pentagon had planned to sell about 60 percent of the roughly 76,000 parts for the F-14, viewing them as general nuts-and-bolts-type aircraft hardware that could be sold safely without restrictions.

At least we’ve STOPPED selling these parts. But note that this was only due to pressure from Congressional Dems.

The decision comes as a Democratic senator moves to cut off all Pentagon sales of surplus F-14 parts, saying the military’s marketing of the spares “defies common sense” in light of their importance to Iran.

Oy. I ask you — is ANYONE in the Bush administration paying attention at this point?