Quote of the Day: Close to Zero

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It’s Jonah Goldberg day! Here he is again, writing about Obama and nuclear weapons:

Even if we had no missile treaties of any kind, the likelihood that he would ever use nukes remains close to zero. I think pretty much everyone around the world knows that about him.

Jesus. I sure hope that the likelihood of Obama ever using is nukes is “close to zero.” Not exactly zero, mind you, because you never know. But close? Oh yeah. I wonder what likelihood Jonah would prefer?