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Of course, the Somali President is in no trouble, since despite the arrest warrant issued on him by the World Court, he was given a cheery welcome in Cairo recently!
Sorry, cdward, my bad, I get confused sometimes with which African countries that are having a major internal war that we are speaking about Sudan/Somalia, please forgive
By the way, the fellow now has received a warm welcome from Libya, which I thought was on our good side (with Egypt) the last I saw!
cdward, Patirnce. This clown, StewieZ, has been around before. Just watch the fun. Abrasiveness is his defence. Wait a while and you’ll see all sorts of claims being made. Think I’m being funny. Scan thru the posting at your lesiure and you’ll already note one or two.
Anti-intellectualism, as a form of wariness toward authority, is common in the United States. Irrationality can be just silliness or a sign of organic brain dysfunction. Here, anti-rationality, the deliberate disregard of evidence and the attempt to destroy thoughtful discussion, is being used as a political tactic to promote certain views. This is a polite way to say that StewieZ is being an
I grew up in a Republican household, but they went off the deep end when they started the whole “government is bad” trajectory. Government is a tool that is a wonder of human reason, and can do good or ill. I could re-post the Leon Weiseltier quote, but it has long words and positive concepts that many wouldn’t understand.
you betcha, empty suit, I think W was in over his head. He never seemed to grasp all that being the President of the United States entails. Oh, he was all for making the office more powerful, less open, more protected and more secretive, but there were an entire range of possibilities he never considered. Like doing something about gas prices when they neared $5 bucks a gallon (got up to $4.89 where I live). He was asked about tht in an interview during his last year in office and you could actually see that he was stumped why he would even be asked the question.
He appeared to be more comfortable as a ruler or dictator than President.
and lose the teleprompter talking point, that dog don’t hunt
BCS, et al,… The reality is that GWB was over-dependent on advisers who had mixed motives, (the power-grab was really a red-herring, put out by the Democrats much like today’s Republican talking points) while T.G.I. seems to be relying on cabinet members and congressional leaders who have mixed motives. Both situations have the same effect however.
But can we get back to the fact that the Sudanese president continues to thumb his nose at the world while the people of Darfur suffer, AND the Somali government is pretty much non-existent (their latest PM resigned) allowing pirates to operate in international waters and hold ships and marine transport hostage?
Remember that the international fleets are effectively strip-mining the fish off of Somalia’s coast, and those pirates may have been fishermen if there were any fish left to catch.
Once again StewieZ has no ability to see things from the point of view of others. The Somalian people aren’t exactly able to pick and choose their means of livelihood, and loosing the fishing trade limited the choice even more. The strip mining of the sea life is a problem that a functioning Mogadishu government could control.
Stewie also doesn’t realize that the pirate problem won’t go away until the land bases of those pirates are eliminated. Who has the manpower to do that now that our guys are stuck in both Iraq and Afghanistan? This is just another consequence of the ill-advised invasion of Iraq.
The Iraq invasion is the part I have problems with. Sorry if I wasn’t clearer about that, but the waste of our soldier’s time and lives messing around there leaves the USA fewer options. I’d really prefer that the EU or NATO create a stable Somalia, since the African Union can’t seem to gather enough resources to do it.
Willberry says: BCS, et al,… The reality is that GWB was over-dependent on advisers who had mixed motives,
Nope, I don’t let Bush off the hook that easily. Bush systematically fired or reduced his contact with every advisor that didn’t agree with his “go with his gut” style of governance. He would have been more at home in another country ruled by dictatorship. Too bad for the USA he presided over us.
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oldlegodad
said,
8 months ago
That is the Somali President in the booth to the right. LOL
LLeRay
said,
8 months ago
Good catch, oldlegodad! And there’s a mini-Punk on the bottom edge.
fennec said, 8 months ago
We can always count on Oldlego for these good bits of info. Thanks.
WillBerry said, 8 months ago
Of course, the Somali President is in no trouble, since despite the arrest warrant issued on him by the World Court, he was given a cheery welcome in Cairo recently!
cdward said, 8 months ago
Is it not Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir who has an arrest warrant against him from the ICC?
This cartoon is referring to Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who bin Laden accuses of being a shill for the US.
cdward said, 8 months ago
StewieZ, are you this gratuitously offensive in real life? Chill.
WillBerry said, 8 months ago
Sorry, cdward, my bad, I get confused sometimes with which African countries that are having a major internal war that we are speaking about Sudan/Somalia, please forgive
HUMPHRIES
said,
8 months ago
cdward, Patirnce. This clown, StewieZ, has been around before. Just watch the fun. Abrasiveness is his defence. Wait a while and you’ll see all sorts of claims being made. Think I’m being funny. Scan thru the posting at your lesiure and you’ll already note one or two.
LLeRay
said,
8 months ago
Anti-intellectualism, as a form of wariness toward authority, is common in the United States. Irrationality can be just silliness or a sign of organic brain dysfunction. Here, anti-rationality, the deliberate disregard of evidence and the attempt to destroy thoughtful discussion, is being used as a political tactic to promote certain views. This is a polite way to say that StewieZ is being an
ASSHOLE
and should be ignored whenever possible.
Sooky Rottweiler's ... said, 8 months ago
LLeRay, you’re showing here the kind of subtility I’d expect from a righty…
…but smarter.
pilotx said, 8 months ago
If Obama is a daily embarrassment what is the word that describes what GWB was?
oldlegodad
said,
8 months ago
pilotx A fine upstanding Methodist that had no clue,
Sooky Rottweiler's ... said, 8 months ago
pilotx; Failure.
LLeRay
said,
8 months ago
I grew up in a Republican household, but they went off the deep end when they started the whole “government is bad” trajectory. Government is a tool that is a wonder of human reason, and can do good or ill. I could re-post the Leon Weiseltier quote, but it has long words and positive concepts that many wouldn’t understand.
believecommonsense
said,
8 months ago
pilotx, in over his head
believecommonsense
said,
8 months ago
you betcha, empty suit, I think W was in over his head. He never seemed to grasp all that being the President of the United States entails. Oh, he was all for making the office more powerful, less open, more protected and more secretive, but there were an entire range of possibilities he never considered. Like doing something about gas prices when they neared $5 bucks a gallon (got up to $4.89 where I live). He was asked about tht in an interview during his last year in office and you could actually see that he was stumped why he would even be asked the question.
He appeared to be more comfortable as a ruler or dictator than President.
and lose the teleprompter talking point, that dog don’t hunt
WillBerry said, 8 months ago
BCS, et al,… The reality is that GWB was over-dependent on advisers who had mixed motives, (the power-grab was really a red-herring, put out by the Democrats much like today’s Republican talking points) while T.G.I. seems to be relying on cabinet members and congressional leaders who have mixed motives. Both situations have the same effect however.
But can we get back to the fact that the Sudanese president continues to thumb his nose at the world while the people of Darfur suffer, AND the Somali government is pretty much non-existent (their latest PM resigned) allowing pirates to operate in international waters and hold ships and marine transport hostage?
LLeRay
said,
8 months ago
Remember that the international fleets are effectively strip-mining the fish off of Somalia’s coast, and those pirates may have been fishermen if there were any fish left to catch.
LLeRay
said,
8 months ago
Once again StewieZ has no ability to see things from the point of view of others. The Somalian people aren’t exactly able to pick and choose their means of livelihood, and loosing the fishing trade limited the choice even more. The strip mining of the sea life is a problem that a functioning Mogadishu government could control.
Stewie also doesn’t realize that the pirate problem won’t go away until the land bases of those pirates are eliminated. Who has the manpower to do that now that our guys are stuck in both Iraq and Afghanistan? This is just another consequence of the ill-advised invasion of Iraq.
LLeRay
said,
8 months ago
The Iraq invasion is the part I have problems with. Sorry if I wasn’t clearer about that, but the waste of our soldier’s time and lives messing around there leaves the USA fewer options. I’d really prefer that the EU or NATO create a stable Somalia, since the African Union can’t seem to gather enough resources to do it.
believecommonsense
said,
8 months ago
Willberry says: BCS, et al,… The reality is that GWB was over-dependent on advisers who had mixed motives,
Nope, I don’t let Bush off the hook that easily. Bush systematically fired or reduced his contact with every advisor that didn’t agree with his “go with his gut” style of governance. He would have been more at home in another country ruled by dictatorship. Too bad for the USA he presided over us.