Wednesday Toon Roundup 1- Way past time to get out

[n2doc]

[jwirr]

1. The first one is wisdom and the last one is very remeniscent of the pic of the naked girl burning

with napalm from Vietnam. Thank you.

[eppur_se_muova]

12. For those who haven't seen it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Ut
(clearly, the cartoonist has)

[chknltl]

14. The 9 year old girl survived the napalm attack.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Th%E1%BB%8B_Kim_Ph%C3%BAc

I have seen this image many times over the decades. Until moments ago I didn't know the fate of that little girl. The above link provides the happy news that she survived the attack and is the mother of 2 children, lives in Canada and has a pretty good job too!

[jwirr]

15. Thanks for that - I am very glad that she survived.

[hedgehog]

2. K&R

[liberal N proud]

4. K&R

[Fawke Em]

5. When I saw the thread name, I thought the toons

were going to be about Newt Gingrich's campaign.

[ellisonz]

6. Kick.

[patrice]

7. Too bad the Commander & Chief did not feel he had the political backing to end this thing cleanly.

I wonder why that is.

The ones whom one would think would want that end the most have also been his least reliable backing, at least on the internet.

Base building is another form of being a "Professional"; it's unfortunate that more people aren't careful what they ask for, since if they manage to get what they want to one extent or another, in really complex and somewhat less than authentic contexts, that can REALLY result in death and destruction to others.

[Muskypundit]

8. That last cartoon is idiotic.

If/when NATO fails in Afghanistan, there is no future for women in that country. But nice try. I thought the cartoonist was joking with comparing saying Fuck, to having acid thrown in your face, but... I mean, they don't even speak a word of English, so they wouldn't even fucking know what we are saying but.... *sigh*

[patrice]

9. So you speak for all of the women of Afghanistan? nt

[Muskypundit]

10. Yes. Why yes I do. Because when the taliban comes back in power

Women in Afghanistan can kiss their rights goodbye. Again.

[patrice]

11. Perhaps we should ask the women of Afghanistan HOW they wish to be assisted in their

struggle for freedom, rather than assuming that killing their country-persons is what they want.

[chknltl]

13. Can we liberate American women from republican men first?

Probably take a lot fewer missiles and bombs and stuff.

[stlsaxman]

16. Isn't there an AP photo of Reagan in the White House sitting with

praising them the "Founding Fathers" ?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Getting out would be admitting that we lost. Scary stuff for politicians.

So, what the hell. Keep the killing going for PR. Which is what this war has been all about since the beginning.

[chknltl]

18. Your response provokes an intriguing introspection

I heard somewhere that President Kennedy faced this very problem with Vietnam. If true, then I confess an inability to see the wisdom of how his or President Obama's solution was worth the money, pain, and death. With hindsight, what respect even did we gain!?? I think this line of thought worthy of a new thread.