Did Secretary of Defense Gates kowtow to China? This is not an unreasonable question to ask if you look beyond the immediate rationalizations for the firings of Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley. The ostensible reasons given for their sudden departures relate to two recent incidents involving nuclear weapons security and safety. Neither of which presented any direct danger of detonation, radiation release, or the loss of a weapon, although the transportation of several warheads on a B-52 over U.S. territory could have result in a "broken arrow" - an accident involving a nuclear weapon - should the plane have crashed enroute.   An article published yesterday by the Wall Street Journal states that: The immediate trigger for the resignations of Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Gen. Michael Moseley, its chief of staff, was the March disclosure that the Air Force had accidentally sent four...(Read Full Post)