Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 21, 2009

I figured there must be a good reason.

What he needs to do is funnel the f22 money into a larger fleet of drones, and sent them into pakiland to shock and awe. I wonder what his response would be if OBL was found to be living in Islamabad. You guys do realize that the Paki’s never set out to eradicate AQ or the Taliban. They only used the cheney endowments to arm themselves for war with India and buy mansions for their generals.

So why is our peacenik president now giving a Presidential Unit Citation to a unit for their bravery in VIETNAM??

Is this his way of stroking the Army while ignoring his generals’ requests? Is this how to show he supports the troops without actually helping any of the troops? Is this a way to keep the bad taste of Vietnam in our mouths in the hope it will turn the public against the current war?

Yeah, probably all the above.

Moon…..bombers…. We’re off to outer space… Our way of saving face… Oy vey.

It’s so certain…. That Halliburton… Is getting the moola… Should we locate fuel - ah….

Arms…..movies…. Now let’s export peace… May worldwide mayhem cease… Some day….

Before we destroy….. Humankind….

Off to Saturn’s rings…. With our precious things…. Moon….bombers….

words fail.

Funny fact - a radio station in my area played this thing called, “President Bush’s Plan to Blow Up The Moon” back in 2006. What is it about the moon going “boom” that seems to be so universally recognized as a, “Ah, what the hell, might as well do it,” action?

Um, so the unit in question shouldn’t have gotten a citation?

I think not.

I think that the right wing is just beside themselves with fury whenever this President of ours does ANYTHING.

Recession ending? Outrageous!

Home prices rebounding? Shocking!

Gitmo shutting down? Failure!

Nobel Peace Prize? Redonculous!

Reality setting in? Deal with it.

pschearer: It doesn’t really seem you enjoy reading the comics…..

longtimecomicsfan:

I was with you until you used the term “Redonculous”. Your credibility has been seriously damaged with that one.

Obama might want to reconsider missile defense.

http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Harsh-Mistress-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0312863551

If they do find enough water to even think about building bases there - FUND HEALTH CARE ON EARTH FIRST!

Building bases on the MOON! Remember the TV series Space: 1999

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqdMmH7UE_s&feature=related

ps wrote: ” So why is our peacenik president now giving a Presidential Unit Citation to a unit for their bravery in VIETNAM?? ”

Soldier’s bravery is completely disconnected to the civilian authorities’ crime of having sent us to that war. “Half a league, half a league ……”

ps continued: ” Is this his way of stroking the Army while ignoring his generals’ requests? ”

You must be thinking of the Bush admin. here. Where the general in Tampa overruled the intelligence from the special forces on the ground. Where the SECDEF dithered in personally deciding which man would move in country while 50,000 Al Qaeda, IMU and Taliban including the Big three were allowed to disperse while the 10th Mountain units cooled their heels at K2.

ps continued: ” it will turn the public against the current war?”

The public has BEEN against the war for years. It would have been against the war at its inception had the Bush Admin not lied with every breath.

I’m just here to tell ya - MISSION COMPLETE!!

There once was a president bombed the moon. He wanted it oh so very soon. He hoped in a big way, It would mute mistakes of the day. But it fizzled, and into his hands didn’t play.

You really should have paid a little more attention in poetry class, Dee.

OS-LO may be a big city. But it’s too small to be hyphenated.

stebon: wake me up when there’s a halfway-tolerable Republican candidate who has a shot at being nominated. Romney won’t get it because he’s a Mormon, Jindal won’t get it because he’s not white. Who’s left? Pawlenty? Pull the other one, it’s got bells on.

Why benbrilling, I didn’t think you cared.

“not white”? wasn’t there someone else who didn’t get to be elected as president because he was “not white”?