Tragically funny headlines

I chanced upon this terrible headline today, but what really amazed me was another article I read. Not only does it sound like the Cold War is back in full force, but it looks like the US will be bombing Iran as soon as next summer. I find it both incredible offensive, and terrifying.

Russia Creates Mightiest-ever Vacuum Bomb (MOSCOW. Sept 12 (Interfax-AVN)) [Honestly, what legitimate news organization uses words like "mightiest"]

U.S. develops 14-ton super bomb, bigger than Russian vacuum bomb (WASHINGTON, September 13 (RIA Novosti))

Excerpts :

McInerney described some possible military
campaign scenarios and said: “The one I favor the
most, of course, is an air campaign,” he continued.

He said that bombing would be launched by 65-70
stealth bombers and 400 bombers of other types.

“Forty-eight hours duration, hitting 2500 aimed
points to take out their [Iranian] nuclear
facilities, their air defense facilities, their
air force, their navy, their Shahab-3 retaliatory
missiles, and finally their command and control.
And then let the Iranian people take their
country back,” the general said describing the
campaign, adding it would be “easy.”

The World Without 9/11

From an article titled “The World Without 9/11,” in Kommersant
September 12, 2007
By Boris Makarenko, first deputy director of the
Center for Political Technology

…

What would happen to Russia? We would not hear
these imbecile calculations that the total wealth
of those killed in the New York towers would be
enough to feed an African country during one
year. This suggestion clearly comes from the
they-had-it-coming sentiment. In Moscow, street
vendors on Arbat would not be selling matryosha
dolls with bin Laden’s face. There would be no
sharp disappointment over the failed
anti-terrorism alliance with the U.S. where
Russia hoped to gain sizeable profits such as
complete freedom to act in former Soviet
republics. Relations with the West would not go
sour so abruptly, triggered by the Iraq war and
Crusade for Democracy. Then Russian authorities
would find it more difficult to defend
confrontation foreign policies and come up with
an idea of the so-called sovereign democracy.

…