That Would Be a Smart Bomb

We found this today on Slate, in a story summarizing what's being said in the blogosphere:

They also reflect on President Bush's decision to offer "smart" bombs to Saudi Arabia and congratulate the children's book authors who won the 2008 Caldecott and Newbery Awards.

So, when these bombs explode, does everyone sit down and read? That would be nice, especially if the book bombs were immediately followed by grape-juice and carpet-square bombs.

But we don't think that's what the writer meant. A comma would have made this sentence much clearer.

They also reflect on President Bush's decision to offer "smart" bombs to Saudi Arabia, and they congratulate the children's book authors who won the 2008 Caldecott and Newbery Awards.