The Onion couldn't makes this up

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/missile_mistake



How the fuck did this happen? I'm sure no one was personally responsible for writing the incorrect address on the packages. Or what? Envelopes? This story really begs for details. I mean, how big are these fuses? They go into minuteman missiles for God's sakes; who got the, perhaps, mistaken order sheet and thought "taiwan + shit out of the ICBM spare parts warehouse" was a good idea?



Frankly, I actually just read the article after writing the above paragraph, and I have to wonder - in a world where members of the US fucking Airforce and willingly and happily, without question it would seem, load the U.S.'s largest bomber up with nuclear fucking bombs and fly all over the fucking place - how is it that nobody found WMDs in Iraq? Weren't we there in 91? Considering this story, aren't the odds good that some nukes just got left there? I mean, I'm sure nobody even ordered nukes into Iraq, but big fucking deal, it's obvious now it's not like it matters what our intentions are.



P.S. - This probably would never have been an issue had it been for the fact that our nation's absurdly large commitment to providing everybody in the world with a gun (and spare parts):
http://www.fas.org/asmp/fast_facts.htm