Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 25, 2012

Same lame questions.

Roland, typical Fix Noise employee.

‘Nation Building’ in a place that’s never been a nation but a loose collection of warring tribes was S T U P I D.

Orion

At least he admitted the possibility of losing…in which he is more realistic than anyone in the War Party ruling the Evil Empire.

But the media doesn’t manipulate the news, oh no.

How is Roland still on this airplane and not taking his one free flying lesson?

Roland starts with the answers, then finds the right questions.

We are a nosy camel.

The only way you could win that would be to depopulate the country and nobody has the will to be a monster.

If Mel gives Roland lame answers, it may be because she’s incapable of any others. (I’m not as impressed with the character Melissa Wheeler as some of the posters on this board appears to be.)

Look at news coverage from other countries sometime, and you will see how narrow and parochial ours is.

Mel just won’t go along with the Fox script.

I’m thinking Faulkland Islands. Gotta be some others.

@Susan Newman the only “mutt” I see is this election is not Romney and his history is a true rags-to-riches that follows the classic fairytale.

And besides that we already have a ten year extension in Afghanistan.

Hedley can’t get over the fact that its the same lame answer. He must stick to script without deviation. I guess the point is Roland too is in a quagmire.

Much better, Roland! Ailes would be proud.

I second what rvernon said. Righties created this whole “chosen one” myth then have used it since day one to bash the President. Either show some class or go away.

What? You mean Garry Trudeau doesn’t like Baby Jesus?

Why doesn’t Roland just tap into her cell phone? New Corps has the technology…

The same lame response is given because the servicemen and women are ordered to give that lame response! Both my kids were in the Air Force (one still is) both served in this idiocy and both told my wife and I the same thing… if they gave their true opinion of the war(s) they could be court martialled. They are instructed carefully on what they are permitted to say to the media and civilians.

Y’need to sit in on a congressional hearing, Roland. That way you can learn from the professional ex-lawyers how to ask questions that will usually elicit the only answer they’re interested in.

If you have a chance see The Art of War by Sun Tzu on TV. Forget what channel. It tells why we lost in Viet Nam and you can see the same thing happening in the Middle East.

Same lame Fox douche bag

You’re probably right.

What a load of bull THAT is! Typical liberal thinking.

You’re right, there.

Afghanistan was “lost” the instant they went beyond taking out camps in the north, and decided to take out the government, as repugnant as it might have been.

As to military speaking out; Cheney/Rumsfeld changed the UCMJ significantly to make ANY contradiction of politically elected or appointed folks a courts martial offense. What used to apply to criticizing the Commander in Chief was changed to apply to any hack, down to essentially the level of a political appointee sanitation worker.

The point is not to win, but to keep the dollars flowing to the military/industrial complex. It’s also a good excuse to lock up the opposition for protesting, to cut services to the middle class and the poor, and to keep us divided. There is only one party in Washington and it is the party of MONEY!

Good boy, Roland. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Nation building was Shrub’s invention when the lies he used became too obvious to ignore.

Ask Cheny for the real reason$ for going to ‘’war’.

Actually Big_Tex… that ‘no-tell’ policy crosses all political lines, my daughter was in the Air Force during the ‘Shrubber" uh Bush administration, and she was the first one to tell me about the don’t say anything critcal of the war policy, although I’m sure you’re right and the same holds true under Obama. Just being ‘Fair and Balanced" here, that’s all…

They’ve GOT to leave Half-A$$-gone-istan…they’re already overdue in Colombia, and Mexico’s up in air, for sure,…

Funny how we didn’t seem to learn that in Vietnam. But then, maybe if Bush had gone over there instead of his daddy arranging for him to do his guard service campaigning for Nixon, he might have gotten an education into just how terrible war really is.

And again, where is a “like” button when you need it? It seems that the only business the Republicans think can provide energy and jobs is coal and oil. Why not back something that will benefit us in a century, like CLEAN energy now, and education for improvements later?

Ironic that they fight for freedom and in particular freedom of speech and yet they have none themselves, don’t youthink?

Further; if previous US govts had not “interfered” in other countries’ affairs, a lot of what-ifs may not have happened. I suspect that beyond WWII, if all countries had kept to themselves, rather than behave like a bunch of interfering old biddy’s, the world may just have been a bit better off, but who’s to know? But you can go back a long way, probably even before British Imperialism.

Mitt Romney doing it the hard way? I don’t think so…http://apnews.excite.com/article/20120425/D9UC86BG1.html

@TimeWeaver

“He is the chosen one. Chosen by the people of the United States – get over it.”

And this time by more than 5 of us.

…and the middle aged quince?