the darkerside to rants

According to the BBC the UK agrees to host US missiles as part of the American “Missle Defense Program” aka Star Wars.

For all of you who don’t know anything about history, it was one of the “grande” ideas that then president Ronald Reagan had in the early ’80s to answer the “nuclear threat” that the USSR posed to US security.

And now it looks like in it’s second attempt they somehow managed to get the UK on board, despite the fact that it doesn’t work, and in all likelyhood never will.

If you’re too lazy to read the link. Think about it this way: You try to shoot a bullet out of the sky without knowing where it is coming from. How successful do you think you’ll be? That’s what the MDP is trying to accomplish.

‘Grave concern’

A spokesman for the MoD told the Press Association no decision had yet been made.

He said: “The UK has not yet decided whether we need our own missile defence.

“This is a decision for the future when the US system has further evolved.”

Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies Campbell said: “These reports, if true, are a source of grave concern given that a decision appears to have been taken behind closed doors before a full public debate on the costs and strategic implications.

“This could have major implications for the defence posture of the UK, our relationship with NATO countries and other allies.”

Unfortunatly I forgot my camera this morning, so I had to take the picture with my really really crummy cell phone camera:

In essence it looks like a couple of guys tried to “ride” a pipe that was attached to the building and spray water all over the garage entrance. Why? I don’t know, but they seemed to have it planned as they were wearing yellow rain clothing. Because one guys was actually sitting on the pipe it looked a bit like Manneken Piss on steroids.