Cannon conversion?
So, by now you've probably heard about Rep. Chris Cannon's summer tour preaching the virtues of nonproliferation to government officials in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan? Really?
Odd.
But nowhere near as bizarre as Cannon espousing nonproliferation, considering it was just more than two years ago that Cannon was supporting renewed nuclear testing in Nevada, development of nuclear bunker busters and using nuclear weapons as a deterrent against terrorist attacks.
"To the degree that we have people blow up our skyscrapers and hiding underground we have to have the ability to respond to them," Cannon told me in March 2005. "I don't ever expect we'll end up using a bunker buster, but the other side needs to know that we have them."
It should go beyond bunker busters, he went on, to include testing of the nation's nuclear stockpile.
"What we really want here is deterrence. We want people to get out of their holes and into the democratic process and we want to scare them out," Cannon said. "We need to give them the fear of destruction and hopefully over time people will recognize that the democratic system works."
Apparently, that was the old Chris Cannon with the itchy trigger finger.
During his speech last week, Cannon said nuclear testing cost the lives of people across the West. But Kazakhstan's decision to disarm, he said, "should be a clarion call to those who would delude themselves into thinking that nuclear weapons represent a back door to legitimacy."
Because only someone delusional would think nuclear weapons bring legitimacy, right? They are, of course, tools to instill fear in developing countries and show them how well democracy works. Once you've kicked in the front door, legitimacy is just an additional benefit.
Hello. I am Borat. This is my congressman. He is third best congressman in all of Utah.
-- Robert Gehrke
Kazakhstan? Really?
Odd.
But nowhere near as bizarre as Cannon espousing nonproliferation, considering it was just more than two years ago that Cannon was supporting renewed nuclear testing in Nevada, development of nuclear bunker busters and using nuclear weapons as a deterrent against terrorist attacks.
"To the degree that we have people blow up our skyscrapers and hiding underground we have to have the ability to respond to them," Cannon told me in March 2005. "I don't ever expect we'll end up using a bunker buster, but the other side needs to know that we have them."
It should go beyond bunker busters, he went on, to include testing of the nation's nuclear stockpile.
"What we really want here is deterrence. We want people to get out of their holes and into the democratic process and we want to scare them out," Cannon said. "We need to give them the fear of destruction and hopefully over time people will recognize that the democratic system works."
Apparently, that was the old Chris Cannon with the itchy trigger finger.
During his speech last week, Cannon said nuclear testing cost the lives of people across the West. But Kazakhstan's decision to disarm, he said, "should be a clarion call to those who would delude themselves into thinking that nuclear weapons represent a back door to legitimacy."
Because only someone delusional would think nuclear weapons bring legitimacy, right? They are, of course, tools to instill fear in developing countries and show them how well democracy works. Once you've kicked in the front door, legitimacy is just an additional benefit.
Hello. I am Borat. This is my congressman. He is third best congressman in all of Utah.
-- Robert Gehrke
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Borat ... Brilliant.
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