Thank goodness that this cartoon places the blame squarely on the shoulders of the madmen who created our endless and pointless addiction to war. Bush and Cheney are inveterate liars and insane, violent traitors. Obama is no hero ratcheting up the craziness, but Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfawitz (et al.) have doomed our nation to a dystopian future of constant fear (whether manufactured or realistic) and an economy based on oil and weapons production rather than facing up to the REAL challenge of global warming and climate change. And Clinton deserves a slap across the back of his head for yucking it up with Shrub.
I thought “the dogs of war” referred to soldiers allowed, after the main battle, to rape, pillage, and plunder. It was considered a fringe benefit for millenia, often the best source of compensation to low-paid soldiers. .Now to whom go the spoils? It depends how one looks at it. The concept of plunder might be extended to those who get the contracts to rebuild and to exploit the country’s natural resources. So civilized we are.
adegen over 9 years ago
Thank goodness that this cartoon places the blame squarely on the shoulders of the madmen who created our endless and pointless addiction to war. Bush and Cheney are inveterate liars and insane, violent traitors. Obama is no hero ratcheting up the craziness, but Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfawitz (et al.) have doomed our nation to a dystopian future of constant fear (whether manufactured or realistic) and an economy based on oil and weapons production rather than facing up to the REAL challenge of global warming and climate change. And Clinton deserves a slap across the back of his head for yucking it up with Shrub.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
adegen: more a flock of chickenhawks than dogs of war, as even dogs go to the front in war.
emptc12 over 9 years ago
I thought “the dogs of war” referred to soldiers allowed, after the main battle, to rape, pillage, and plunder. It was considered a fringe benefit for millenia, often the best source of compensation to low-paid soldiers. .Now to whom go the spoils? It depends how one looks at it. The concept of plunder might be extended to those who get the contracts to rebuild and to exploit the country’s natural resources. So civilized we are.