The truth is that Bush/Cheney mismanaged the occupation. They never anticipated civil unrest after the invasion and had no plan and too few troops to deal with it. The invasion of Iraq was a sensible idea poorly implemented. Still, it helped lead to the Arab Spring, and helped drag a medieval region into modernity and the world community.
The black pond is a metaphor for the human shadow, or the dark side of human nature. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were nasty creatures living in it. Get with it people. These aren’t your great-grandfathers’ funnies. Modern cartoonists are trained in psychological techniques to plumb the psyches of their characters,y
Before you know it the Berkie’s will have a Tea Party, will become polarized and things will turn into such a mess that they will clamor for the return of …guess who.
Tom Toles isn’t here. I worry that he may have been assissinated by a white male conservative with a gun. There is a lot of that going around lately. When jmattadams says he can easily correct something I can’t help but think that may be code for assault using deadly force. I think he’s crazy.
Hey Toles, This is really good.