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1. 

   rossevrymn said, 1 day ago

   Garbage
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   Clark Kent said, 1 day ago

   We should never have intervened back during the Soviet invasion or later. There may never have been the events of 11 September 2001 if the Soviets had crushed the taliban and al queda, and executed osama bin laden.
3. 

   ConserveGov said, 1 day ago

   Hey Nicky, why don’t you go live in France with your buddies.
4. 

   ansonia said, about 18 hours ago

   @Clark Kent

   You continually live in the “if” world.
   “if” we had done this “maybe” that wouldn’t havehappened and “perhaps” Russia would have been the world’s superpower and “possibly” we’d all live in peace and hope and change.
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   Adrian Snare said, about 18 hours ago

   @rossevrymn

   Exaggerated ?
   yes
   Head-in-the-sand ?
   that , too.
   Mans progress is painfully slow…the Taliban …still in the 1600s
   Some aspects of our society….still in the 1700s….
6. 

   PAJ said, about 18 hours ago

   @Clark Kent

   Nor if Clinton had taken in Bin laden when offered to him.
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   Adrian Snare said, about 18 hours ago

   @Clark Kent

   YES
   WE should have consulted with the Soviets…
   common sense……………..
   IMO, there is no military that can “beat” the Islamic extremists..
   This must be done from within..
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   Adrian Snare said, about 18 hours ago

   The man has something intelligent to say, Ima, and you respond as a two-year old….
   I note that the conservatives here are awash in negativity….and infantile behavour…
9. 

   Stipple said, about 17 hours ago

   Why make the effort to draw pertinent political cartoon?
   .
   Not a single comment on the toon itself.
   .
   Americans seem pretty damn afraid of the truth, the subject is immediately changed, no, correction, the subject is not even acknowledged.
10. 

    onguard said, about 17 hours ago

    Dem Lib’s answer ………..send in Fresh Stuff.
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    Respectful Troll said, about 17 hours ago

    The cartoon is painful. It reminds us of the military leaders failing to protect those who serve under them, as well as reminding us of a culture, one of many, that has such little value for women. The common denominator here are men in positions of power/authority who misuse that power.
    I also feel a sense of anger for a woman who comes across this cartoon having suffered sexual abuse that went unpunished. It is a vulgar reminder of her pain.
    As I type this, I am recalling many who have commented on this issue who have chosen to blame the women for choosing a career that puts them under the control of abusers, as if the abusers themselves are somehow the victims of the women they attack. How cruel, how misguided.
    The whole issue is vulgar and if “Men of Honor” in the chain of command are unwilling to do their duty, then these reports need to be handled by an entirely different body, perhaps even in civil court.
    Respectfully,
    C.
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    David said, about 17 hours ago

    @Clark Kent

    We should never have intervened

    I don’t think it would have happened. Similar to our Viet Nam, Afghanistan was a never ending quagmire for the USSR that could never be won without a genocide. Our failure was the usual conservative failure, win the war forget the aftermath. We had opportunities galore to ensure the Northern alliance would win the afterwar and remain an ally, we could have continued to fund the Peace Corp education programs (replaced by taliban madrass’) and the list goes on.

    The tragedies in this cartoon are the failure of our military to address the problem and the false equivalencies made to the taliban. The other issue are the luddite neocons here who blame the women for the problem, they are much more like the taliban than our military.
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    Gore Bane said, about 16 hours ago

    @Adrian Snare

    “The man has something intelligent to say, and you respond as a two-year old…”

    “skin-heads and red-necks…”
    Yes, name-calling is a much more mature way to express oneself.
14. 

    Hawthorne said, about 7 hours ago

    @Respectful Troll

    “The cartoon is painful. It reminds us of the military leaders failing to protect those who serve under them, as well as reminding us of a culture, one of many, that has such little value for women. "

    You have to bear in mind that the US is a culture of bullies, from grade school on up.

    There is a constant, ongoing, scandal of sorts with regard to bullying in the schools, but if you think about it, if a culture of adults can’t stop bullying in the grade schools, you soon conclude that they must not want to stop it.

    With that base, bullying continues right on up the scale, going almost unrecognized, because people are inured to it from childhood.

    Isn’t civilization wonderful?
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    Ms. Ima said, about 7 hours ago

    When has Islam condemned a rape of a woman?
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