Last Monday (July 22), the Montana Defense Alliance (MTDA) used about 700 words to tell readers of the Great Falls (MT) Tribune that they were against President Obama’s plan to reduce “deployed strategic nuclear weapons by up to one-third.”

I am against President Obama’s plan, too. I only used seven words.

Readers may remember that the MTDA is a committee (requiring $300 annual membership fee) out of the Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. Back when I mentioned that fact in an earlier column, a frequent reader told me that fee was on top of the annual fee to be a member of the Chamber. The MTDA is a pretty territorial organization as they came out against a plan in the Montana Legislature to create a statewide military task force – a plan that I supported.

I was going to let the “treatise” from the MTDA as well as some of the reporting surrounding nuclear weapons go without comment, but then on Sunday the Chairman of the MTDA penned a letter to the editor (not online) that was given the title, “Likes delegation.” The Chairman said the MTDA had basically dropped the ball when they wrote, “We would expect all members of Congress to hold the president to task in retaining national capability…”

Ouch. They apparently ticked off one or more members of the home team (Baucus, Tester, and Daines).   Continue reading →