A cluster bomb is a bomb which propels bomblets in all directions when it explodes. The international community is horrified by the weapon and pleads with nations to not employ them, but no one's listening.
Children and other innocent civilians are frequent victims. Let's call it planned collateral damage.
Somehow, we used the thing in our attack on Iraq. Now our close ally, Israel, admits it scattered cluster bombs in populated areas in its invasion of Lebanon two years ago.
We continue to slide down from the moral high ground. One day soon, we'll have to repent and get back to admirable principles.
It's all so simple.
Thoughts While the Light is Red
That Russian rascal, Nikita Khrushchev, was met by reporters in Moscow after he visited the USA in 1959. "What do you think of Americans?," they asked. "Spit in their faces and they call it dew," he answered.
He should try that now.
Meetings & Events
The Coffee and Booze Support Group meets at 8 a.m. this Saturday at Charlie's. A charter member will testify for the practice of a straight shot to calm the nerves after drinking coffee. Another group member will explain how to use slurp mud ( coffee, of course ) to sober up in one minute.
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