P1. Hot dogs are better than nothing P2. Nothing is better than steak. C. Therefore, hot dogs are better than steak. Ah, the fallacy of equivocation. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it thus: The fallacy which is committed when a term has different senses in the different members of a syllogism. 1605 BACON Adv. Learn. …
Arms Control Gurus vs. State Department
by | 2005-05-11 | No Comments
ACA Executive Director Daryl Kimball and ACA Research Director Wade Boese respond to State Department spokesman Richard Boucher’s dismissal of an ACA report by Sidney Drell and James Goodby regarding U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces. Asked about Drell and Goodby’s conclusion that the US can further reduce its nuclear weapons stockpile, Boucher replied: I know the …
After All, The Iranians Aren't F*cking Stupid…
by | 2005-05-10 | 4 Comments
Warren Hoge and David Sanger detect “considerable concern” that Iran will withdraw from the NPT. Perhaps. But there’s some evidence that the Iranians realize they’d be painting a target on themselves if they took such a drastic step.
Ukraine Missiles and MTCR
by | 2005-05-10 | 4 Comments
Scott Gearity has a much-appreciated mention of an Arms Control Today article I wrote about Ukraine’s Kh-55 missile exports. I do, however, wish to correct one small inaccuracy in his description of the piece. Scott writes: Ukraine has now admitted violating its commitments under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) by exporting KH-55 air-launched cruise …
