Jim Lobe in the AsiaTimes, here
"...In addition to the harsher rhetoric, Congressional analysts noticed the insertion of an US$88 million request in the $200 billion 2007 supplemental defense bill to modify B-2 Stealth bombers so that they can drop a "Massive Ordnance Penetrator", a conventional "bunker-busting" bomb designed to destroy targets that are buried deep underground, in response to "an urgent operational need from theater commanders".
The other Democratic candidates have assailed her (Clinton) vote, claiming that it could be used by the administration to justify a cross-border attack on IRGC bases that could precipitate a larger conflict....
While he (Hagel) has been far more outspoken than his Republican colleagues, his views are believed to reflect those of a number of other senior party lawmakers, including the top Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, Dick Lugar and John Warner, respectively. Lugar and Warner were the only Republicans present to vote against the Lieberman-Kyl resolution that was supported by Clinton...
While he (Hagel) has been far more outspoken than his Republican colleagues, his views are believed to reflect those of a number of other senior party lawmakers, including the top Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, Dick Lugar and John Warner, respectively. Lugar and Warner were the only Republicans present to vote against the Lieberman-Kyl resolution that was supported by Clinton...
His views are also believed to reflect those of Gates and most of the Pentagon's top brass, even including the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen..."
No comments:
Post a Comment