Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 04, 2015

Zonker, don’t tell them about the horrors that the forests of France and Belgium experienced in World War I.

cut them down, they’re commie plants

Smoke em if you got em.

Maybe not so much after agent orange.

Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming.

Love this particular episode.

At least the Ents got revenge at the Battle of Isengard.

Sadly, in their attempt to create a product in line with their neoliberal agenda [i.e.; timber for sale], they planted trees that weren’t indigenous, hence the forest fires of 2010.

Geez, what a shame. My wife used to work for some Lebanese immigrants, and they were afraid to send their sons back home for summer vacation, for fear that they might be killed by the Israelis, or Marianite Christian or militant Muslim militias, or be drafted. The Lebanese community is a really great bunch, and a great addition to our American tapestry. These folks were Druse(look it up), but Druse, Christian, or Muslim, they all considered one another family. Wonderful people, and this pitiful situation has gone on and on…neither crying nor drones can help.

the regreening of Israel has been and continues to be successful with more attention to the ecology of the area than most other countries. Baslim was making a point that desertification can be the result of human activities, as in that region. Israel has been reversing that, and of course scrutinized by some the way teabaggers scrutinize Obama, different standards of judgement

Note, above comment by vexman’s wife, not vexman.using his computer

Vexman, she’s a keeper!