Pat Oliphant for May 20, 2013
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What's all that screaming and shouting racket about down there? What are you up to, Sergeant? Just raping a female enlistee, Sir! Do you have to make all that infernal noise? What was wrong with the old-fashioned way? Whatever happened to dinner and a movie? Seduction is for sissies, Sir! Well, keep the dam' noise down! People are trying to sleep!
Godfreydaniel almost 11 years ago
Sad (pathetic, even), but very true. I wonder when the military will join the 18th century? (And then the 19th, the 20th………the 21st is probably too much to hope for.)
decimuscaelius almost 11 years ago
We, the bottom two-thirds in Amerika, will be safer when we disband this imperialist military! Remember George Washington warning that the existence of a standing army would be the ruin of the Republic.
hippogriff almost 11 years ago
decimuscaelius: Elbridge Gerry agreed. “The two greatest dangers to liberty are a standing army and a standing committee.” The purpose of the Second Amendment was not to let thugs and nuts go around armed, but to “insure domestic tranquility [and] provide for the common defense” without those European agents of tyranny like standing armies, conscription, or mercenaries – the ones we use now instead of the "well-regulated militia. Switzerland uses the militia system and no one wants to invade them; the Abwehr estimated that if the Third German Empire tried, it would cost 60 divisions in casualties!
Chillbilly almost 11 years ago
Reminds me of something an old white codger told me a couple of decades back: “Public schools were just fine before we let the n***ers in.”
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Females wanted ‘in’ now. A better plan would have been to do this in phases over generations and learn from mistakes before taking the next step. Politicians do not know how to implement things.
PocketNaomi almost 11 years ago
Who’s talking about a token “training seminar?” I think we’re talking about long prison terms. People learn fast when their fat’s hanging over the fire.
pam Miner almost 11 years ago
Why has rape, which is NOT about sex, but power-over, gone up in the last 2 years by 40%?Do they know they will not be punished?Do they feel pushed around by women?
Uncle Joe Premium Member almost 11 years ago
“There’s more raping and looting in liberal-run cities than the military.”That is not true, but even if it were, I guess that makes it ok by you. A woman in the armed services is drastically more likely to be raped than any woman in the U.S. civilian population.Actually judging by many of your comments, it sounds like both raping women in the military & in liberal cities is ok with you as long as they can’t get an abortion.
Ron almost 11 years ago
I believe that every one has the right to make as big of a fool of themselves as they want. Unfortunately, SOME people abuse this right by overdoing it. Here is the proof.
japhyryder almost 11 years ago
I guess there’s nothing else going on in today’s news, so Pat needed to run a generic cartoon about servicemembers’ crimes. I wonder what he’ll draw if we ever have a scandal that reaches to the highest levels in the Executive branch.
lindz.coop Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Rape once was considered a capital offense. Today, a slap on the hand is cruel and unusual punishment.
markwalton almost 11 years ago
I really need to learn to stop reading the comments here. They’re going to give me nightmares.
bashar327 over 10 years ago
“Why has rape, which is NOT about sex, but power-over, gone up in the last 2 years by 40%?”Reporting rapes is much more common, whereas many rapes before were under reported. You can’t just take numbers at face value, you have to look critically behind any statistics.