Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 10, 2011

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 13 years ago

    The first time must have affected his brain… or maybe he’s a really brave soldier!

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    Orion-13  over 13 years ago

    Ray’s a Top? I didn’t know that. Need to catch up!

    Orion

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    Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago

    I don’t want to understand that.

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    Donald Benson Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Again, this is all building directly on Ray’s last leave and visit with BD.

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    llong65  over 13 years ago

    Hightower……….wasn’t that Bubba Smith’s name in the movie Police Academy

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    lewisbower  over 13 years ago

    The Corps taught us there was a special place in Heaven with 72 victims.

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    Sandfan  over 13 years ago

    Okay, the Vietnam parallels are accumulating. Time to get out of Afghanistan and let the tribal bloodletting resume. Our intentions were laudable and our military was magnificent, but lipstick on a pig has never worked.

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    Potrzebie  over 13 years ago

    Specialist has been eating to many “final meals” at the chow hall. And Doc needs to wear scrubs.

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    TexTech  over 13 years ago

    I think it is okay, Potrzebie. The doc has walked away from the exam area. He still has the surgical cap on but perhaps he ditched the surgical coat after completing the examination of his patients.

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    drtom01  over 13 years ago

    We need to get our Troops out of Iraq yesterday and out of Afghanistan tomorrow. Let the Arab people and the Arab League handle their own mess and then start closing down unneeded and unnecessary overseas bases in Europe and Asia.

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    cdhaley  over 13 years ago

    Since we’re looking at (probably) a century of “asymmetrical” warfare against jihadists, it’s unrealistic to talk of “bringing home our troops.” The dream of an America at peace with the world was shattered forever by 9/11. Only the christlibs continue to dwell in their solipsistic, pacifist utopia where the first rule is not to anger our enemies. (Any nation that excites envy will also arouse enmity.)

    By all means bring home the bulk of our forces in the Middle East, but leave enough of them in place to support special operations like the Seals who carry on the limited, half-secret wars that have come to define the 21st century.

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    Yukoneric  over 13 years ago

    Can I be in his outfit?

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    awaysaway  over 13 years ago

    palin drome - I have to disagree with the idea of a century of jihadist warfare. If politicians believe it then it becomes self fulfilling. But it is both avoidable and unlikely.

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    diggitt  over 13 years ago

    WHO are the “christlibs”? Somehow this word (which means nothing as near as I can tell) has popped into the right-wing discourse. I suppose it’s supposed to be insulting or snotty but I can’t for the life of me work out how or why. Or, as I said, who, or for that matter, what. Can someone please fill me on on this?

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    jollyjack  over 13 years ago

    diggitt, you pretty much nailed it. It is meant to be a pejorative term, perhaps the flip side of “neocon”, but without the acceptance of the term by the general population.

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    corzak  over 13 years ago

    the “christlib” thing … maybe it’s a new rock to throw, by leftovers of the 1960’s, still fighting a culture war against the “hippies”

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    dbhaley  over 13 years ago

    The term “christlibs” (meaning Christian liberals) is obviously pejorative, as distinguished from “Christlib” (with a capital “C”) standing for “Christian libertarians.”

    For a Christlib, the emphasis is on Christ. To quote their website, “At Christlib.net we value a relationship with Jesus Christ.”

    By contrast, “christlibs” are liberals who, while professing agnosticism or atheism, wholeheartedly approve Jesus’s command to “love your enemies.” Most christlibs also reject the notion of a just war.

    Ps. @ palin drome

    Not all liberals (and despite my polemic logo, I consider myself one) are “christlibs.” I believe war is as necessary to civilization as commerce is, and that it too should be conducted with skill and efficiency—as it has not often been in Iraq and Afghanistan until this month..

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