Arms Control Wonk

Gadzooks! How did it get to be Friday already? Thanks much to Mr. AC Wonk for the opportunity—I’ll try not to let it go to my head. Without further ado… Really, when you think about it, is there anything wilder than the intersection of two intergovernmental organizations? (Ok, don’t think about it too hard.) And …

So Marc, you say, what gives? You’ve been hanging out on the couch for days and not one wonky aircraft post? Fair enough – give the people what they want. Jeffrey talks a lot about Iran’s nuclear program here, and for some time now the specter of airstrikes on the country’s nuclear aparatus has been …

I had some long-winded post somewhere inside me, but reading the papers about all this missile defense brouhaha in Europe reminds me of an amusing anectdote that was meted out over cocktails the other day. “Ahmadine… Ahmed… whatever. Yes, I’ll hold.” Halfway through our wide ranging rants and raves, my friend (for the purposes of …

So I am skimming a strange little article in The Sun, which starts out about Putin threatening to point missiles at Europe and then somehow moves on to quoting the Clash. Why are there articles about missiles in tabloids? Why do I click on these links? Who knows. But in any case, suddenly, out of …