Since 1983, Bob Gorrell has been an editorial cartoonist in Richmond, Va. first with the Richmond News Leader and then, starting in 1992, with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. On January 1, 1998, he resigned from the Times-Dispatch to concentrate on syndicated editorial cartoons and comic panel features for Creators Syndicate.
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Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
said, 7 months ago
From what I can tell, I think Obama has put off dealing with the Middle East until after the Election.
Or at least this next Debate….
What-D-Hey said, 7 months ago
If there is retaliation for the attack, I’m sure it will have nothing to do with the election.
ninety_nine_percent said, 7 months ago
I trust Obama in forgien policy MUCH more than Romney Ryan. The Republican Party is willing to get us into another expensive, deadly war in the middle east… just like GW Bush. Obama has common sense, the GOP, not so much.
dtroutma
said, 7 months ago
Bush attacking every Arab culture but Saudi Arabia, and every Muslim on the planet had a lot more to do with the attack in Libya that killed a man the majority of Libyans, as demonstrated by their demonstration of over 100,000 people in support of him, and the U.S., might have had more with the “great unravelling” than Obama. When even Netanyahu’s “second” plainly states Israel is strongly supported by Obama, but not necessarily to the extent of blowing up their neighbors, again, things aren’t as bad under Obama as “conservatives” would have us believe.
Blowing everyone up, like “W”, Cheney, and now Mitt see as “policy”, is NOT a policy we need to strengthen!!
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
Saw Ethel Kennedy on NBC news last night. It’s the anniversary of the Cuban Missle Crisis. She talked about the night she and her husband, Robert, told their children at prayers that tonight could be “the last night” The children were asked if they wanted to go out west or stay with their father and all of them chose to stay.
If having to decide who is going to grasp those frayed ends of tangled and abused rope that is the Mideast with ANY policy….I trust Obama exponentially more than I do Mr. Romney And what happens across our borders effects us and our economy so badly that even if Romney is the unlikely job creating tax and health care reform expert he would have us believe, it will not matter. If you need links to support this, they’re easy to find, if you trust the sources. Too few countries have the ability to create too much chaos in our country simply by closing markets, or not exporting important minerals, chemicals, products….
Then there’s the matter of when to use force and how much. The man who can be thoughtful and calm gets my vote. Where beginning, or responding, to an attack is concerned, it is rarely wrong to study the ‘terrain’ before stepping upon the field of battle. I
That’s just my opinion, I could be wrong,
Respectfully,
C.
MortyForTyrant said, 7 months ago
@Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
What would you have him to do? Right now? Send troops
into Syria? And be called out for starting a war prior to an
election? Meet Nethan-yahoo and be called out for going after the Jewish vote? See my next comment for more…
MortyForTyrant said, 7 months ago
@What-D-Hey
Oh very good, sir, very well played, now you got him coming AND going, whatever he does or does not do, it’s a mistake! Again, well played, sir, well played, only there are others who have also read Sun-Tzu…
What-D-Hey said, 7 months ago
@MortyForTyrant – My comment was not meant to be flip. I’m just pointing out that if he was to do anything, he should have done it immediately – by waiting he has painted himself into a corner and as you point out, damned either way.
braindead08 said, 7 months ago
First prize for whoever can define Willard’s policy(s) in the Middle East. Other than kicking the can down the road.
What-D-Hey said, 7 months ago
One of the many problems with our election process is the fact that the incumbent may not be at liberty to give the real reasons for his decisions – state secrets and all that. Then of course the challenger (and public) is without complete knowledge of situations.
Tigger
said, 7 months ago
@ninety_nine_percent
Did you listen to what Obama said last night?
He said we will hunt down those who killed our fellow Americans and bring them to Justice.
Same words Bish used on September 11, 2001
Obama will put ‘Boots on the Ground’ just before the election and use Bush’s Words: "You do not change Generals in the middle of a War1
Tigger
said, 7 months ago
@dtroutma
Obama supported the Radical Libyan Rebels and they killed us in a plotted Terrorist attack that had nothing to do with a stupid movie
Tigger
said, 7 months ago
@Respectful Troll
Obama wants to go to War with Libya, he said so himself
Tigger
said, 7 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
Obama wants to send troops to Libya to get those who killed our fellow Americans, he has said this repeatedly.. This translates to he wants to go to war
Babydoc23 said, 7 months ago
@dtroutma
of course…. the last 4 years: “It’s all Bush’s fault.”