March 17th, 2006
On A Distant Planet
Brit Hume is so far out to lunch on today's Grapevine that he's just plain on a distant planet. This is one of those days when you can state, pretty much unequivocably, that the man is simply lying. To wit:
It's really difficult to even know where to begin with this one, given that nothing in the press release even remotely resembles what Brit Hume claims it says. Or perhaps we should clarify this by saying that nothing in the press release resembles what Hume claims it "suggests." I suppose that the word "suggests" here is the operative term, given that Hume seems to believe that he can claim anything he wants about the press release as long as he uses the word "suggests" and doesn't flat-out claim that it "states" such a thing. Because, let's face it: the press release certainly doesn't "state" that nuclear weapons are just as safe in U.S. hands as in Iranian hands. And in all honesty, it doesn't "suggest" that nuclear weapons are just as safe in Iranian hands as U.S. hands any more than it "suggests" that purple cows play croquet on the dark side of the moon. What the press release does suggest --and says explicitly-- is that it is hypocritical for this administration to advance a strategy that expands the role of our own nucelar weapons to include preemptive strikes, while insisting that other nations not be allowed to seek a similar capability for themselves.
So all in all, this is just part and parcel with Brit Hume's characteristic dishonesty.
The liberal Federation of American Scientists is suggesting that nuclear weapons are just as safe in Iranian hands as they are in American hands.
In a press release announcing a FAS report claiming nuclear weapons "are surprisingly prominent in both the planning and command structure" in the administration's new national security plan — the group's vice president of strategic security says, "The United States cannot argue that Iran should give up its nuclear ambitions while advocating an aggressive strategy for pre-emptive use of American nuclear weapons."
FAS concedes the strategy is "primarily a non-nuclear mission."
It's really difficult to even know where to begin with this one, given that nothing in the press release even remotely resembles what Brit Hume claims it says. Or perhaps we should clarify this by saying that nothing in the press release resembles what Hume claims it "suggests." I suppose that the word "suggests" here is the operative term, given that Hume seems to believe that he can claim anything he wants about the press release as long as he uses the word "suggests" and doesn't flat-out claim that it "states" such a thing. Because, let's face it: the press release certainly doesn't "state" that nuclear weapons are just as safe in U.S. hands as in Iranian hands. And in all honesty, it doesn't "suggest" that nuclear weapons are just as safe in Iranian hands as U.S. hands any more than it "suggests" that purple cows play croquet on the dark side of the moon. What the press release does suggest --and says explicitly-- is that it is hypocritical for this administration to advance a strategy that expands the role of our own nucelar weapons to include preemptive strikes, while insisting that other nations not be allowed to seek a similar capability for themselves.
So all in all, this is just part and parcel with Brit Hume's characteristic dishonesty.
posted by Patriot's Quill at 6:16 AM
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