QGYH2- abcdefghijkkk, on 02/22/2008, -73/+814O ISRAELY?
- sharigan, on 02/22/2008, -129/+5Israel never attacked the US..
- jmpeagle, on 02/22/2008, -15/+54USS Liberty?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident- ours, on 02/22/2008, -6/+10And who knows what other Mossad dirty black ops (à la "Munich") they might have done in their self interest.
- BigLLamasHouse, on 02/22/2008, -2/+4yeah, you sure know what you're talking about. they were the bad guys in that one. try and use reason once in a while. killing murderers is not murder.
- ours, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1Maybe I do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair
- GhostyBoy, on 02/22/2008, -9/+2"By way of deception thou shalt do war."
- foopirata, on 02/22/2008, -6/+6You seem to be misinformed. It used to be "For by wise counsel thou shalt wage thy war." - Proverbs XXIV,6, from where your mistranslation comes, but now it is "Where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." - Proverbs XI, 14.
- wpi97, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5Please give us an example of an intelligence agency that does its job through honesty and openness.
- GhostyBoy, on 02/22/2008, -0/+4@wpi97 - good point.
- foopirata, on 02/22/2008, -6/+6You seem to be misinformed. It used to be "For by wise counsel thou shalt wage thy war." - Proverbs XXIV,6, from where your mistranslation comes, but now it is "Where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." - Proverbs XI, 14.
- ours, on 02/22/2008, -6/+10And who knows what other Mossad dirty black ops (à la "Munich") they might have done in their self interest.
- rpebble, on 02/22/2008, -8/+43Fail.
- Toxigen, on 02/22/2008, -11/+71Not everything is about America.
- MrBogard, on 02/22/2008, -23/+9And yet this comic sure seems to be.
- martalli, on 02/22/2008, -13/+6Wrong. Can you guess who this comic is about?
- jsmith39, on 02/22/2008, -8/+12Well I do see a picture of the WTC.
I thought it was Israel and Palestine, but I'm pretty sure Israel doesn't have a WTC, - MrBogard, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2The USA. Duh.
- MrBogard, on 02/22/2008, -23/+9And yet this comic sure seems to be.
- Agger, on 02/22/2008, -31/+11It's Israel on the left, Palestine on the right... American scum.
- shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -13/+2where's the american scum in the comic ?
(you could say it's represented by the weapons they sold, but that's just the same broken kind of thinking that believes gun makers are as reponsible as the users of it's products)- WaltDismal, on 02/22/2008, -5/+4Yeah, must be broken thinking, I mean, everybody manufactures cluster bombs, right? It's only free market capitalism that we use American tax money to pay American manufacturers so we can donate cluster bombs to Israel. And when they kill children with them, the blood of those kids is on our hands. But we have no sayso how our taxes are spent.
I hate shills for foreign powers on Digg. - jsmith39, on 02/22/2008, -1/+3and I hate knee jerk apologists everywhere, but I try not to think about it.
- WaltDismal, on 02/22/2008, -5/+4Yeah, must be broken thinking, I mean, everybody manufactures cluster bombs, right? It's only free market capitalism that we use American tax money to pay American manufacturers so we can donate cluster bombs to Israel. And when they kill children with them, the blood of those kids is on our hands. But we have no sayso how our taxes are spent.
- shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -16/+3where's the american scum in the comic ?
(you could say it's represented by the weapons they sold, but that's just the same broken kind of thinking that believes gun makers are as reponsible as the users of it's products)- Agger, on 02/24/2008, -1/+1sharigan is the american scum, thinking everything is about america.
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -2/+12I was about to digg that up... if it weren't for the "American scum" comment, VERY ***** unneccessary, man!
/I consider myself more of an American mold - AShriveledSack, on 02/22/2008, -0/+6no need for that you elitist *****, ***** you
- shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -13/+2where's the american scum in the comic ?
- GhostyBoy, on 02/22/2008, -3/+9Some 9/11 truthers think that mossad was involved in 9/11.
- esantipapa, on 02/22/2008, -9/+3Some know.
- RationalXubrnce, on 02/22/2008, -5/+4 Mossad was arrested outside Manhattan videotaping themselves celebrating in front of the towers. The white van was a huge story in New York that day and then the media learned who was in it and the story has since gone underground known only to 911 buffs. On flight 11 was Daniel Lewin who was a captain in the Sayaret Matkal, Israel's version of SEAL Team 6, they specialize in aircraft hijacks and special forces hostage rescue and work closely with Israeli intelligence. Then You have Zim a company owned by some OG's of the Mossad and often used as a base of operations for current Mossad members conveniently leaving the WTC a week or so before.
I could write about ten paragraphs of similar "coincidences but I think that's enough for now. Google Matt Hale and 911, he wrote a pretty good book about it.
- Whippets, on 02/22/2008, -2/+3It's funny because he's retarded.
- bluezinc, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2God you're stupid. Just. Just. AH! So stupid!!
- Rulex, on 02/22/2008, -8/+5***** israel anyway.
- Unit134679, on 02/22/2008, -2/+3Get your facts straight. Both sides are equally as guilty. Ignorant dumbass.
- jmpeagle, on 02/22/2008, -15/+54USS Liberty?
- rpebble, on 02/22/2008, -27/+145Hahah my thoughts exactly. Suicide bombings are horrible, but it blows my mind how little coverage the institutional Israeli attacks and killings get in our news media.
- TheCash, on 02/22/2008, -49/+21Yeah, you know cuz suicide bombers that target civilians and public places VS. coordinated military strikes that target military installations and suicide bomber camps are totally on the same level.
Douche.- rpebble, on 02/22/2008, -11/+43Right. Because the only attacks or violence on their part is against military targets. Just like us in Iraq! It's so clear now! I'm glad I had you to make things so much simpler.
In the REAL world, there is no "right" side in that conflict, neither truly has the moral upper hand, because both have done pretty terrible stuff. This is why true resolutions to the conflict is so far off, why the situation is so difficult. Read a book or two about the history of the conflict, i think you'd learn quite a bit.- WaltDismal, on 02/22/2008, -8/+1No right side. Uhuh. Who is taking land from people and killing them and their children. And who is objecting to having their land taken and their people killed? Who performs false flag operations globally and who doesn't? Who attacked the USS Cole and who didn't?
- BigLLamasHouse, on 02/22/2008, -1/+2objecting how exactly? is that right? suicide bombing grandmothers and children over land
- GramarNatzi, on 02/22/2008, -10/+28Oh yeah I forgot, Israel are the good guys and palenstinians are the spawn of satan. Anybody who doubts that is an anti-semetic nazi sympathiser and is probably in league with the terrorists.
- BigLLamasHouse, on 02/22/2008, -2/+3its not always black and white there buddy, regardless of what side you're on
- GramarNatzi, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2I'm not on anyones 'side'. As rpebble said, neither side is right but both sides are absolutely convinced they are which is what makes this conflict so difficult to resolve. I was having a go at the Israelies simply because living in the UK I am subjected to the western media's heavy bias towards them. That doesn't mean I sympathise with muslim extremeists who take innocent lives.
- ours, on 02/22/2008, -12/+24Sure, using Apache gunships against a civilian car in the middle of a civilian neighborhood in order to do assassinations count as attacks on military installations.
- ours, on 02/22/2008, -19/+4Sure, using Apache gunships against a civilian car in the middle of a civilian neighborhood in order to do assassinations count as attacks on military installations.
- rpebble, on 02/22/2008, -11/+43Right. Because the only attacks or violence on their part is against military targets. Just like us in Iraq! It's so clear now! I'm glad I had you to make things so much simpler.
- gurm, on 02/22/2008, -9/+50It blows many Palestinian minds also.
- kevlarbaboon, on 02/22/2008, -7/+1Literally.
- RationalXubrnce, on 02/22/2008, -5/+4Why does it blow your mind, don't you know who runs US media?
- TheCash, on 02/22/2008, -49/+21Yeah, you know cuz suicide bombers that target civilians and public places VS. coordinated military strikes that target military installations and suicide bomber camps are totally on the same level.
- Jareth86, on 02/22/2008, -7/+97Take a closer look at the building the bomb hit.
- shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -25/+7it's not the twin towers, that would be stupid, this is clearly jews V arabs
- shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -32/+3it's not the twin towers, that would be stupid, this is clearly jews V arabs
- tugger, on 02/22/2008, -10/+15No. It's a very accurate depiction between the USA and the Middle East.
- StealthTomato, on 02/22/2008, -5/+4So wait, why do they have the sides switched?
- Eskapismus, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6maybe because the artist is european...
- SeethisPass, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4'No. It's a very accurate depiction between the USA and the Middle East.'
Exactly. It amazes me that people can't see themselves here.
WE attack and attack using thousands of bombs in scores of countries, yet if just one little bomb lands here.......
- GhostyBoy, on 02/22/2008, -11/+9Well seeing as the U.S. and Israel pretty much act like team death squad together it kind of makes sense.
- BigLLamasHouse, on 02/22/2008, -2/+4please kill yourself
- RationalXubrnce, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1 Nice catch, if that's supposed to by New York then the missing pink building would be Citibank. Although with their current lending practices they're destroying themselves just fine.
- girlpirate, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2but why are those buildings still standing in the last panel? thats what I want to know. its pretty obvious what its supposed to be, its just not accurate.
- sentime, on 02/22/2008, -15/+5o Israeli for serious
- StolenLamp, on 02/22/2008, -6/+2*for serial
- apeltheory, on 02/22/2008, -15/+6funniest comment I've ever read, ever
- Merendino, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2i completely agree.
- TheCash, on 02/22/2008, -41/+16Yes, much more clever then "I HATE JEWS!!"
- misterS, on 02/22/2008, -6/+44You need learn the difference between "Jews" (religion) and "Israel" (country).
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- Niubai, on 02/22/2008, -17/+3This comment was a triumph. Congrats Mr.
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -13/+4You have earned yourself a promotion!
- StolenLamp, on 02/22/2008, -13/+4/golf_clap
- mikesbaker, on 02/22/2008, -13/+8not israel jackasses - Why can't diggers stop talking out of their asses???
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2004/06/
Yesterday we linked to a disgusting outpouring of hate against President Reagan by "cartoonist" Ted Rall. Today, two readers wrote in to tell us that the link wasn't working; I checked and found that Rall's entire site apparently has been taken down. I haven't seen anything about this elsewhere on the net--in fact, I haven't seen any other blogger point out Rall's sickening tirade--but it appears that Rall may have taken enough heat that he is lying low for the moment. Or maybe it's server trouble or routine maintenance. We'll keep watch on his site.
I didn't keep a screen shot of Rall's sick commentary, but if anyone else did, let us know. I remember some of it, should Rall now be trying to disavow what he wrote.
Meanwhile, Rall is still one of nine editorial cartoonists on the Washington Post's website.
UPDATE: It has nothing to do with President Reagan, but here is Rall's latest cartoon, published today, in which he sets forth his opinion on the September 11 attacks and our response to them:
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This guy is sick beyond words, but he appears to have replaced Garry Trudeau as the liberals' favorite cartoonist.
UPDATE: Rall's site is now operational again, but a number of features, including his "Rallblog," are still missing.
Posted by at 10:13 PM | Permalink | TrackBack (0) - Merendino, on 02/22/2008, -9/+3***** Brilliant Comment. And I doubt he's talking specifically about Israel. I imagine he's just making the point o rly, and thought it'd be funny to put in israel since its part of the equation.... and boy am I glad he did.
- Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -4/+3Because it's Israel who fired 25,000 rockets a year at the Arabs. Oh, oh wait, actually its the other way around!
- sharigan, on 02/22/2008, -129/+5Israel never attacked the US..
- moletimer, on 02/22/2008, -39/+303That was indeed a strangely accurate comic. Sums up things nicely.
- Scatterblak, on 02/22/2008, -54/+13Except the missing first panel, where they flew planes into our buildings and killed Americans. You liberal moron.
- sugarkang, on 02/22/2008, -16/+12yeah they killed americans and that was wrong. its equally wrong for us to be killing them. it could be argued that they wouldn't have attacked us if we hadn't bombed them first. yeah their one little bomb killed 3000 americans. tragic, yes. however, we've killed hundreds of thousands of iraqis.
in other words: accurate.- Thumpa28, on 02/22/2008, -13/+7What alternative version of history do you live in? more importantly do they let you buy a clue?
- spudnic, on 02/22/2008, -2/+22"yeah their one little bomb killed 3000 americans. tragic, yes. however, we've killed hundreds of thousands of iraqis."
Iraq had nothing to do with the World Trade Centre attack.
- rollem, on 02/22/2008, -4/+15It's hard to say what the first panel should be, we've been messing around with the middle east for a while now.
- trisweb, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1That's a very insightful metaphor...
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -4/+8*facepalm* Except that in the first pannel, the 2 identical tall buildings are standing, a single different building is destroyed later by a single rocket from the rubble... Something tells me the left side is not USA... (Wait... why am I traying to make sence in Digg??) Ignorant NEO-CON REPUBLITARD!!!
/Do it for the Diggs! - CypherXero, on 02/22/2008, -2/+9In 1953, the United State CIA assassinated the democratically-elected leader of Iran (Mossadeq), and installed a dictatorship (the Shah).
- wpi97, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1It was just a bit more complicated that that. Mossadeq was originally appointed prime minister by the shah. There was a power struggle between the shah and Mossadeq, and the shah fled the country in 1953 and returned less than a month later. So it is not like the US "intalled" the shah, they simply propped him up. And, by the way, Mossadeq was not assassinated. "Dr. Mosaddeq was imprisoned for three years and subsequently put under house arrest until his death."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Mosaddeq - EstT, on 02/22/2008, -2/+0"And, by the way, Mossadeq was not assassinated. "Dr. Mosaddeq was imprisoned for three years and subsequently put under house arrest until his death.""
Not much of a difference, is it?- wpi97, on 02/23/2008, -1/+1House arrest by the shah vs. assassination by the CIA? I'd say there is big difference.
- wpi97, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1It was just a bit more complicated that that. Mossadeq was originally appointed prime minister by the shah. There was a power struggle between the shah and Mossadeq, and the shah fled the country in 1953 and returned less than a month later. So it is not like the US "intalled" the shah, they simply propped him up. And, by the way, Mossadeq was not assassinated. "Dr. Mosaddeq was imprisoned for three years and subsequently put under house arrest until his death."
- WaltDismal, on 02/22/2008, -0/+4'liberal moron"? Name-calling is a clear sign of lack of ability to debate on the basis of facts and rationality. For instance, if I said 'your momma blows goats' that would be so wrong. Or 'your momma drank while she was pregnant'. Not that I'm saying that. No.
- scoffey, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4my interpretation was the first three panels were probably representative of our past 50 years of ***** with the Middle East, the single shot hitting one of two towers that look almost like "twins" was their retaliation (9/11, perhaps), and the last two panels were our current, intensified ***** with the Middle East
all in the eye of the beholder, though.. definitely open to multiple interpretations- ReadItAndWeep, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1We have a winner.
- sugarkang, on 02/22/2008, -16/+12yeah they killed americans and that was wrong. its equally wrong for us to be killing them. it could be argued that they wouldn't have attacked us if we hadn't bombed them first. yeah their one little bomb killed 3000 americans. tragic, yes. however, we've killed hundreds of thousands of iraqis.
- zaxroom, on 02/22/2008, -3/+2But what they really forgot is the potted plats and rocks being thrown.
- Scatterblak, on 02/22/2008, -54/+13Except the missing first panel, where they flew planes into our buildings and killed Americans. You liberal moron.
- ghee, on 02/22/2008, -68/+15I don't get it.
- Maddpaky, on 02/22/2008, -53/+13It's saying that the U.S has been bombing Iraq before 9/11. We'd killed countless beforehand, but after 1 attack from "the enemy", we get offended, and we start bombing them even more.
- onionlayer, on 02/22/2008, -9/+34hahaha WOOSH
- LordFuxxles, on 02/22/2008, -6/+9The reality is even sadder with Iraq, there wasn't even a 1 attack from them. Unless you believe the propaganda that there was Al Quaeda ties.
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -2/+7****** punch*
Hey, morons! Not all policital satire is about the US!
- EmileVictor, on 02/22/2008, -24/+63For those here who've been living under a rock, it's commentary of the Israeli v Palestinian conflict...
I wish I didn't need to explain that. =/- thiver, on 02/22/2008, -8/+37Well for those living in the US, that is also exactly how Europeans perceive Americans.
- asskey, on 02/22/2008, -8/+3What a thoughtful group Europeans are! If we don't cause the next World War, we'll be sure not to save your asses in it next time.
- thiver, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2And how long will long closed history of previous generations be excuse to justify imperialism and neo-colonization ? Forever ?
- outlaw1, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1how long will long closed history of previous generations be an excuse to justify jihad and radical islam? Hopefully not forever...
- thiver, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Hmmm, you are out of context here.
But anyway, lets compare "radical" religions.
Extremists did terrorist act of 11.9. 3000 deaths. Innocent
Bush hears voices ( God told me to invade Iraq )and invades Iraq. More than 1.000.000 deaths. Innocent
I would rather skip the part, where I am talking about decades of your messing up with middle east and their natural resources which lead to 11.9
- thiver, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Hmmm, you are out of context here.
- asskey, on 02/22/2008, -8/+3What a thoughtful group Europeans are! If we don't cause the next World War, we'll be sure not to save your asses in it next time.
- ratnacage, on 02/22/2008, -5/+6probably the two tall towers on the right throwing people off
- H1tchh1k3r, on 02/22/2008, -1/+2you mean the left, right? cause all thats on the right is rubble :/
- makis, on 02/22/2008, -11/+7i thought it was about the ***** stupid american presidents bombing everywhere to keep the war outside their borders.
they know americans can kill themeself with shotguns in colleges...
p.s.: if someone don't get it it doesn't mean he lives under a rock. - mikesbaker, on 02/22/2008, -3/+1not israel jackasses - Why can't diggers stop talking out of their asses???
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2004/06/
Yesterday we linked to a disgusting outpouring of hate against President Reagan by "cartoonist" Ted Rall. Today, two readers wrote in to tell us that the link wasn't working; I checked and found that Rall's entire site apparently has been taken down. I haven't seen anything about this elsewhere on the net--in fact, I haven't seen any other blogger point out Rall's sickening tirade--but it appears that Rall may have taken enough heat that he is lying low for the moment. Or maybe it's server trouble or routine maintenance. We'll keep watch on his site.
I didn't keep a screen shot of Rall's sick commentary, but if anyone else did, let us know. I remember some of it, should Rall now be trying to disavow what he wrote.
Meanwhile, Rall is still one of nine editorial cartoonists on the Washington Post's website.
UPDATE: It has nothing to do with President Reagan, but here is Rall's latest cartoon, published today, in which he sets forth his opinion on the September 11 attacks and our response to them:
tr040607.gif
This guy is sick beyond words, but he appears to have replaced Garry Trudeau as the liberals' favorite cartoonist.
UPDATE: Rall's site is now operational again, but a number of features, including his "Rallblog," are still missing.
Posted by at 10:13 PM | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
- thiver, on 02/22/2008, -8/+37Well for those living in the US, that is also exactly how Europeans perceive Americans.
- mit7, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2It's ok, you're not alone, just look at all the other buried comments. There now, that should make you feel better...
- Maddpaky, on 02/22/2008, -53/+13It's saying that the U.S has been bombing Iraq before 9/11. We'd killed countless beforehand, but after 1 attack from "the enemy", we get offended, and we start bombing them even more.
- Eslamicolt3, on 02/22/2008, -133/+29There is a difference between being against the war, and hating America. There is no other way to interpret the comic. Anyone who thinks we deserved what happened, that we'd been carpet bombing the middle east for the hell of it, has some other issues to deal with. Probably some kid who grew up feeling guilty about how good he had it, and now he sympathizes with murderers because they aren't American.
- arctorkogi, on 02/22/2008, -18/+82Quiet hunny, the grown ups are talking.
- trunicated, on 02/23/2008, -1/+0What, simply because he disagrees with you, his comments are worth less?
It's people like you that make Digg the liberal ***** that it is.
- trunicated, on 02/23/2008, -1/+0What, simply because he disagrees with you, his comments are worth less?
- hwy9nightkid, on 02/22/2008, -10/+30This is about Israel and Palestine IMHO.
- ReadItAndWeep, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2The cartoon was about US/Middle East relations, but it fits equally well with Israel/Palestinian relations.
- BlackDaniel, on 02/22/2008, -9/+11If you don't get that this is a Israel/Palestine reference... well... DUDE!! Read a book!
- Whippets, on 02/22/2008, -1/+2Read? He can't read.
- Alphabet, on 02/22/2008, -15/+24i can't believe people are stupid enough to think the comic is about america.
- TheFiestyFaun, on 02/22/2008, -5/+18In his defense, the tower that got bombed does look a little like one of the twin towers and the fact that there is an identical tower next to it doesn't help, but this guy is *****' moron.
- jeremyduffy, on 02/22/2008, -5/+9There's two identity towers in a cityscape of tall skyscrapers. Most Americans are going to assume that it's New York since they believe we're the only country in the world with big cities.
- H1tchh1k3r, on 02/22/2008, -1/+7ouch, it hurts because its true
- ReadItAndWeep, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Actually it is about America/Middle East relations, but it applies equally well to Israel.
- variant5, on 02/22/2008, -8/+26I can't believe people are stupid enough to think this ISN'T about America. If this were about Israel, then you'd think that the skyline would resemble either Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, Israel's largest cities (by population). Last I checked, NEITHER has two towers as depicted and well, you know, aside from the MASSIVE TWIN TOWERS, one of those buildings also looks a lot like the Empire State Building or even the Chrysler Building.
America didn't *deserve* it, but the country wasn't attacked simply because it was sitting passively and holding other countries' hands. - flaknugget, on 02/22/2008, -2/+15"There is no other way to interpret the comic"
LOL. Fascist. - cocacolamandan, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Its offensive that everyone who disagrees with you "has issues." There is more than one point of view. And you picked a really ***** one for digg. You got pwned.
- arctorkogi, on 02/22/2008, -18/+82Quiet hunny, the grown ups are talking.
- omnithought, on 02/22/2008, -17/+29Pretty much.
- deals68, on 02/23/2008, -1/+2Forgot one thing.... Stupid MFing suicide bombers blowing up their own country. Wake up and smell the blood DIGGERS.
- Rock3tman, on 02/22/2008, -20/+2I kept trying to figure out what it had to do with that guy on digg.
- virtualme7, on 02/22/2008, -35/+45That should teach them not to shoot that tiny missle.
What was that anyway? An M-80? Scared me out my damn chair! We have proof YOUR world is flat, too! lol
too much?- zmjone2992, on 02/22/2008, -7/+30yep
- Grimdotdotdot, on 02/22/2008, -10/+7-- ignore me --
- hermslice, on 02/22/2008, -4/+2nope keep going
- mahdaeng, on 02/22/2008, -3/+3[[That should teach them not to shoot that tiny missle.]]
Yeah, never mind the constant suicide bombings that kill innocent civilians.- MrBarcode, on 02/22/2008, -1/+2Right because American troops would NEVER kill innocent civilians, even when under direct orders.
- retzed, on 02/22/2008, -10/+97WESTSIDE!
- OdinMW, on 02/22/2008, -16/+64Rolf.... no need to watch fox news tonight
- Dotcommer, on 02/22/2008, -5/+14Not that you would of gotten better coverage than this...
- mediaphile, on 02/22/2008, -4/+11would of gotten
- timusca, on 02/22/2008, -2/+32Rolling on that laughing floor huh?
- Andia83, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Since when do muppets watch Fox News anyway?
- Dotcommer, on 02/22/2008, -5/+14Not that you would of gotten better coverage than this...
- mrcupcakes, on 02/22/2008, -30/+17Oh...I see what Bush did there...
- theloofa, on 02/22/2008, -30/+312If you listen closely, the little bomb is screaming "LEEERROOOYYYYYY!"
- bacio, on 02/22/2008, -10/+84JEEEEEEENKINGSS!!!!!
- Jenadae, on 02/22/2008, -5/+28Atleast i got some chicken!
- kevyn, on 02/22/2008, -4/+6I always thought it was 'at least I ain't chicken' - please can someone tell me which is correct??
- Matt174e, on 02/22/2008, -2/+12"Got Chicken" is funnier.
- Slade605, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5And by that, True.
- Dustmuffins, on 02/22/2008, -2/+1NOBODY KNOWS BUT LEEEEROY HIMSELF
- Rheic, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3It's "got chicken". He confirmed it on a video I saw of him getting interviewed at some nerd convention.
- kevyn, on 02/22/2008, -4/+6I always thought it was 'at least I ain't chicken' - please can someone tell me which is correct??
- Akaji, on 02/22/2008, -7/+2It's Jenkins, not Jenkings. Also, it's ancient, stop repeating it.
- Jenadae, on 02/22/2008, -5/+28Atleast i got some chicken!
- H1tchh1k3r, on 02/22/2008, -2/+41GOD DAMMIT LEROY
- spiritditch, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5*sob* It's not my fault!
- spiritditch, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5*sob* It's not my fault!
- sp3kter, on 02/22/2008, -4/+8atleast i got chicken...
- ihatepeterh, on 02/22/2008, -0/+4That's the best metaphor I've seen in quite some time. One rogue charging forward to combat the enemy ***** his whole side up.
- afron111, on 02/22/2008, -0/+5Actually he was a Paladin, but hey we can't all be exact...
- t3soro, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2depending on the use of "rogue," his sentence could still be accurate.
- mky5439, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1afron i wish i could dig you up twice.
- Justice101, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1T'was a humorous musing t3soro, no need to take it literally.
- afron111, on 02/22/2008, -0/+5Actually he was a Paladin, but hey we can't all be exact...
- akermani, on 02/22/2008, -2/+1CHARGINGGGGGGGG UP
rite rite??!?!
- bacio, on 02/22/2008, -10/+84JEEEEEEENKINGSS!!!!!
- midriscoll09, on 02/22/2008, -21/+16I don't know if I should be offended or if I should be laughing.
- BlackDaniel, on 02/22/2008, -16/+3Those are the two emotional modes you possess? wow... pity you
- voetsjoeba, on 02/22/2008, -19/+7If you're from the US, you need to be offended. That's how it is.
- phazon88, on 02/22/2008, -12/+8Neither. The truth of the comic should frustrate and anger you.
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -2/+4If we can't laugh at ourselves, what can we laugh at. Personally, I find a lot of commedy (especially political satire) offensive AND funny at the same time, so instead of getting my panties twisted, I choose to laugh.
- arobicha, on 02/22/2008, -0/+0Laugh, and shrug off the destruction of the homeland of millions of people... I'm guilty too...
- kamerononfire, on 02/22/2008, -45/+16This is stupid. Why did this make it to the front page?
- fatlip, on 02/22/2008, -12/+21you're stupid. why did you make it to the comments?
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -4/+6Your mom is stupid and made it to the front page!
- scy1192, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5because it was on the front page of Reddit yesterday.
- BlackDaniel, on 02/22/2008, -58/+121What a stunningly accurate depiction of the Israel/Palestine situation!
"Hey, they threw rocks at us, what did you expect us to do? NOT run over their children with tanks? Sheesh"- TheCash, on 02/22/2008, -36/+21Because suicide bombers targeting cafes, schools, and buses = Throwing rocks, and military strikes on military installations with little to no collateral damage = running over children with tanks?
Jerk.- etrigan30, on 02/22/2008, -14/+20Sorry..what the *****?
READ A BOOK idiot!! The goverment of Israel does NOT just target military insitutions... they use tanks and gunships to fire into school playgrounds and beaches... usually there is a suspected terrorist their I admit but what about a ***** trial before using the death sentence? and what about the innocent people standing around?
What about Isreal use of collective punishment? (look it up)
What about mossad's use of torture?
What about the fact Israel is a ***** apartheid state?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_Israel ... - shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -6/+9little to no collateral ? beirut is a pile of rubble, lebanon's got bombed back to stone age, their economy is back to the 1800s, 1000s dead
tell me this isn't off the scale overreacting ?
what your blaming the underdog to resorting to guerilla warfare, you're blaming them for not just lining themselves up to be massacred in a conventionnal warfare type conflict ? you'd have a point if the arabs had state of the art weaponery, highly trained and motivated troops and intelligences operation in every relevant country to manipulate it's politics, but they don't , they have NONE of that- Aharoni, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Again, check your story straight. Beirut is not a pile of rubble. The Dahia district, Iranian-funded Hizballah's HQ, is.
Yes, Lebanon's economy was ruined as Israel's arm is much more capable and was able to reach its financial centers. Do you think Hizballah tried to avoid hurting the Israeli civilians? no, Hizballah was TARGETING them. The only reason Israel's economy wasn't affected wasn't because the Hizballah wasn't trying to hurt it. It was because Hizballah only had the ability to fire rockets to the north of Israel while the economic capital of Israel is Gush Dan (Tel Aviv and surrounding cities).
Regarding the "1000s dead" comment, well - when you put rocket launchers in people's houses don't become all enraged when they get blown up to smithereens by the people who are being targeted by these rocket launchers.
You might have not lived with Arabs your entire life but I have. They have a different set of morals. While you and I value life - they value death. Every suicide bomber is a Shahid, a martyr. Every mother whose son died "killing the Israeli infidels" claims that she wishes her other sons to do the same. Since they are aware how sensitive the west is to life - they use it against them. Thats all.
You may find what I write here hateful or even racist, it isn't. Stop making the mistake of thinking that everyone were born in the USA or Europe with the same values you've been grown up on. What you consider compassion and compromise they see as weakness. Life isn't important - LAND is. There are many other examples, many other differences, just like Chinese culture is different than the Western one.
There really is a clash of civilizations, caused by different views. The problem with the west is that it thinks the other civilization sees everything in the same eyes. They don't.
- Aharoni, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Again, check your story straight. Beirut is not a pile of rubble. The Dahia district, Iranian-funded Hizballah's HQ, is.
- kiwan, on 02/22/2008, -3/+1It's funny that the guy making all the pro-Israel arguments is named TheCash. Big time Jew name if I've ever seen one. Haha.
- etrigan30, on 02/22/2008, -14/+20Sorry..what the *****?
- Aharoni, on 02/22/2008, -26/+52Thank you, people like you are doing a great service to us the Israeli people. The more bigots such as yourself would claim that "Israel is running over their children with tanks", "Israel is poisoning the Palestinians' waters" or "Israel is distributing candies which make Palestinian women horny and slutty", the more you talk out of your ass - just makes OUR point valid.
I was not being sarcastic - but from now on let the sarcasm begin.
This is a very accurate depiction of the situations. You see, Israel just tries to kill the Palestinians all along. Sure, it has nukes, it has the most powerful army in the middle east, yet they are unable to do a simple thing like point-shoot-and-kill everybody. Believe me, if there was a genocide it would already have been long gone. Fact is that all those big bombs you see in the comics are flying towards gaza? those try to hit the bad guys. a.k.a terrorists. The missiles flying from Gaza? those are targeting civilians.
The fact that Palestinian civilians are getting killed is a sad truth, but to expect a war to have no civilian casualties is immature and as possible as the hippie notion that if we all just "drop our guns everything and spread some love, man, everything will be, like, awesome".
Add to that the fact that Hamas, the democratically appointed leaders of Gaza call for the destruction of Israel, genocide on the infidels (that include you, btw) and so forth just goes to show you that THERE IS NO CHANCE OF PEACE. NEVER HAS BEEN, NEVER WILL BE. Get that into your American "I live half across the globe, probably never even met a religious extremist Arab" head.
Is Israel clean as a whistle? no, of course not, not more than America is in Iraq. But it HAS withdrawn from Gaza. What did it get? did the Palestinians took the gesture of peace and lay down their arms? what did Israel get in return? missiles. A lot of missiles. So, Israel should withdrawn - thats ok by you - but if it gets in return missiles - well, thats still ok by you. This isn't being pro-peace, thats just being a racist.
A final word about the occupation, will the original owners PLEASE take these lands back? I'm not talking about the Palestinians, of course. Gaza was originally conquered from the EGYPTIANS and the west bank? JORDANIANS. These guys won't take these lands back even if we paid them.
There was never a Palestinian state, there was never a Palestinian people. Why won't you read some books before you form an opinion solely on the highly biased CNN and BBC (as biased as Fox news, only to the other side).
Go ahead digg me down just because I'm pro Israeli (even worse, I'm an Israeli. Scared yet? look out, I'm going to eat your children for Passover). Anything I said is the truth. But sure, digg up the guy who says Israel runs over children with tanks. Go democratic news sites... you really are... umm, flawed.- oldtactics, on 02/22/2008, -9/+17Uh, no ethnic hatred intended, but just because Israel has withdrawn from Gaza doesn't mean that they're not starving the population to death. Regardless of who has a right to the land, it's still ethnic cleansing.
- Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1You are stupid. Food is allowed in, but thanks for forming un-based opinions again.
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -9/+8*Standing applause*
- BPShirase, on 02/22/2008, -10/+4+1 digg for the Jew
- GhostyBoy, on 02/22/2008, -2/+9Mixed feelings about that post but in the end I had to digg you for "I'm an Israeli. Scared yet? look out, I'm going to eat your children for Passover".
- garvallagh, on 02/22/2008, -1/+8At least he´s honest ;).....about the kid eatting thing
- SlipperyFox, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1Kids, destroy the Jew egg before it hatches!
- barnett25, on 02/22/2008, -4/+17I am not going to pretend that I know BlackDaniels feelings about people of Jewish decent, but I think you are confused about what racism is.
When you make a comment about something that a government is doing, it is not racism. It may be false or stupid, but not racism.
Now if he said Jews run children over with tanks I would be right with you...- rpebble, on 02/22/2008, -2/+4Bingo.
- SlipperyFox, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1Yeah, because racism in government doesn't exist! 8-s *cough* *cough* apartheid.
- WaltDismal, on 02/22/2008, -6/+11Yeah, Rachael Corrie was a Palestinian bomb-carrying terrorist, right? So it was okay to kill her in cold blood with an IDF bulldozer, running over her, right? What? She wasn't a terrorist? She was a peace protester? Shrug. Oi, my bad. And the UN observer wearing an orange safety vest, he was a stealthy Palestinian bomb-carrier, right? So it was okay for an IDF sniper to shoot him while he was standing in the open, right? Oi, my bad. And it's okay to shoot unarmed small children as long as they're Palestinian, unless a newsman happens to be nearby and catches your act on video for the world to see. Country of foul cowards, thugs, and war criminals.
- yflicker, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Honestly that is such a trifling silly argument. You could sit here all day and name every single Israeli baby killed by Palestinian pigs blowing themselves up. But I guess since the Israeli babies are cowards, thugs and war criminals they deserve to be murdered.
What a lame argument and what idiots for digging you up. - Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Because there are never civilian casualties in war.
Oh- Oh wait you are a ***** retard, nevermind.
- yflicker, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Honestly that is such a trifling silly argument. You could sit here all day and name every single Israeli baby killed by Palestinian pigs blowing themselves up. But I guess since the Israeli babies are cowards, thugs and war criminals they deserve to be murdered.
- RationalXubrnce, on 02/22/2008, -3/+6 Last I checked the Israel to Palestinine ratio of kills over the last 8 years or so has been 4 to 1.
- yflicker, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Last I checked Jews accounted for about 23% of Nobel prizes.
- Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Last time I checked this was because of how horrible the Palestinian medical response is, how many terrorist attacks are stopped before they happen, and how good Israel has gotten at treating terrorism attack injuries.
- Knucklecallus, on 02/22/2008, -2/+3Last time I checked, it was Israel enforcing the blockade. It was Israel, along with Palestinian Extremists, that was killing the other sides civilians. It was Israel that was unilaterally in control of the territories. It was Israel that was expanding illegal settlements (Illegal under U.N. Sanctions) In the west bank, while it was promising to seriously consider negotiations. Sure, you withdrew 7,000 people from the Gaza strip. But 280,000 Israelis occupy settlements in the west bank, and they are growing by more than 1000 every year. It was even Israel that kills 22 palestinian children for every Israeli child, while Israeli children's death's were reported at a 9(Israeli):1(Palestinian) ratio in the media. http://www.ifamericansknew.org/media/net-report.ht ... Last time I checked, it wasn't Israel providing healthcare and employment to destitute Palestinians, it was Hamas. http://www.cfr.org/publication/8968/ Last time I ***** checked, which was about 23 minutes ago, it was Israelis that actually had the ability to hope for a better future. Israelis can leave. Palestinians can't. So please. I acknowledge the fact that you are surrounded by a predominantly muslim community, but your perception of the david vs. goliath situation is skewed.
- EstT, on 02/22/2008, -2/+0* Standing applause *
- yflicker, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2tool
- Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1So you support Judenrein in the Occupied territories? If Palestinians have a right to live in Israel, Israelis have the right to live in Palestine.
You should be talking about whether or not the Israeli government is going to annex the land. And they aren't, so take your bigoted ***** out of here.
- SlipperyFox, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1What about the fact that Israel STILL has settlements on occupied territory?
The wall that Israel is building is more than 3 times the length of its actual border because it curves to include Palestinian farmland.
Israel is apartheid. I'm sick of every person of Jewish decent blindly supporting the foreign policies of Israel.
America needs to wake up and realize that we are fighting wars for Israel and that they have our politicians in their pocket.
*Cough* *Cough* Joseph Lieberman *Cough* *Cough* The "AIPAC", (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) The most influential lobbyist group in America.
- oldtactics, on 02/22/2008, -9/+17Uh, no ethnic hatred intended, but just because Israel has withdrawn from Gaza doesn't mean that they're not starving the population to death. Regardless of who has a right to the land, it's still ethnic cleansing.
- Baltiman, on 02/22/2008, -6/+10Yes, I am sure that the families of all the innocent civilians killed by suicide bombings totally agree with you. Pah - how dare those crazy Israelis try to defend themselves.
No I dont agree with all that Israel does but I do tend to see why they get just a bit nervy. - pardonmedoug, on 02/22/2008, -4/+7Please name one instance in which an Israeli tank has run over a child.
- ReadItAndWeep, on 02/22/2008, -4/+4Rachael Corrie
- myass666mlong, on 02/22/2008, -9/+2who fukin cares bout ur jew ass
its a USA/arabs
man, what a ass- Nillerus, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4Nicely done. Completely unintelligible gibberish, yet, somehow, the racism shows right through. FAIL.
- bjs3171, on 02/22/2008, -1/+3remember when you were dead? that was awesome.
- TheCash, on 02/22/2008, -36/+21Because suicide bombers targeting cafes, schools, and buses = Throwing rocks, and military strikes on military installations with little to no collateral damage = running over children with tanks?
- DanOnTheMoon, on 02/22/2008, -18/+30I wish the rest of the Arab nations would stop treating the Palestinians badly as well as Israel, perhaps even let people who wanted in, in. They could do a lot more. Israel's calmed down quite a bit, they don't even fire back anymore. They just cut the power off. What I'm trying to point out is that no one is expecting Israel to pack up and leave any more than the Palestinians, and both sides could do more for peace than going "Oh noes, the big bad jooz" or "Blah, F the palis". Both parties have contributed greatly to the current state of affairs.
(If only a certain texan gyno had been elected, we wouldn't even have to fund any of them anymore! Hmm...)- BlackDaniel, on 02/22/2008, -15/+10"They just cut the power off"?? You should go there!! No power for incubators (Children dying), roadblocks every 100 yards, homes demolished every day, random arrests, random shootings, random bomb raids with F16s... well if I was a Palestinian I would surely like the Israelis!
Simple question: WHO WAS THERE FIRST?- theevocater, on 02/22/2008, -4/+17Thats a good question. Do you really know the answer?
- yacks, on 02/22/2008, -0/+22a few camels along with some lizards until some people showed up and ruined the party.
- bosssmiley, on 02/22/2008, -6/+10Canaanites. Next question...
- makis, on 02/22/2008, -5/+2babylons maybe?
- shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -7/+1my solution to the isreal question is to make the whole aera (say jerusalem and a 1000 km diameter circle around it, unfit for sustaining life)
don't kill every, or maybe do kill everyone, I don't care, just make the whole aera not exist anymore - shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -7/+0my solution to the isreal question is to make the whole aera (say jerusalem and a 1000 km diameter circle around it, unfit for sustaining life)
don't kill every, or maybe do kill everyone, I don't care, just make the whole aera not exist anymore - evilunleashed, on 02/22/2008, -1/+2Neandertals were there first.
And from the way they are behaving over there, that looks like who is there now. - Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -1/+1Complete *****, I have been their. Stop lying through your dirty Muslim ass.
- theevocater, on 02/22/2008, -4/+17Thats a good question. Do you really know the answer?
- afflusso, on 02/22/2008, -8/+10I'm sure if there was a chance for peace, Israel would take it. It's the Palestinians who keep attacking Israel. Whether or not Israel should be firing back is another topic.
- elister, on 02/22/2008, -3/+6Yeah Ariel Sharon took a chance at peace by forcibly removing settlers from ILLEGAL outposts and he was awarded with a shiny new COMA. By the way, its the militants who keep attacking Israel, not your every day Palestinian citizen. But the Palestinian citizens are too busy trying to feed and shelter their families, yet they tend to suffer more due to the actions of the militants.
- yflicker, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2And it's your every day Palestinian that voted in Hamas, whose charter is to destroy Israel. If they knew what was good for them, the majority of them would want peace with Israel and would elect a government that would try to accomplish the same.
- Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1Just like they did at the Camp David Peace conference and Yasser Arafat rejected a peace deal that would give the Palestinians 95% of the original land and compensation(in other land) for the other 5%.
- elister, on 02/22/2008, -3/+6Yeah Ariel Sharon took a chance at peace by forcibly removing settlers from ILLEGAL outposts and he was awarded with a shiny new COMA. By the way, its the militants who keep attacking Israel, not your every day Palestinian citizen. But the Palestinian citizens are too busy trying to feed and shelter their families, yet they tend to suffer more due to the actions of the militants.
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -2/+6Waaaaait a minute... was that a Ron Paul plug? And are you posting from 2009? Here in Feb 2008, the next President hasn't been decided yet.
- Shananra, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4How many delegates does Ron Paul have? Just curious.
- t3soro, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1looking at the whole situation with McCain being literally caught in bed with a lobbyist, you never know what could happen.
- Shananra, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4How many delegates does Ron Paul have? Just curious.
- Knucklecallus, on 02/22/2008, -2/+3Yeah, Israel definitely has calmed down, you know, with the whole "Lets not let any food, water, electricity, or medical supplies make their way anywhere near the Gaza Strip" thing.
Seriously, this article destroys your claim. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7199335.stm- Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Because if I had a neighbor that denies my right to exist I would feed him. You are a hateful twit.
- BlackDaniel, on 02/22/2008, -15/+10"They just cut the power off"?? You should go there!! No power for incubators (Children dying), roadblocks every 100 yards, homes demolished every day, random arrests, random shootings, random bomb raids with F16s... well if I was a Palestinian I would surely like the Israelis!
- riskybeats, on 02/22/2008, -14/+63I like comics that are funny.
- GramarNatzi, on 02/22/2008, -2/+8Me too! What a coincidence.
- IceUck, on 02/22/2008, -5/+2Yeah, but I hate comics that suck.
Not that this one did. Just sayin' - ReyX, on 02/22/2008, -1/+23I like turtles.
- taquitohater, on 02/22/2008, -2/+6I like money.
- lystig, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1and sex?
- piradians, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5Don't you hate pants?!?
- miko555, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3I love lamp??
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sorry... over done, old and stupid....
Just dig me down now...- Vindexus, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1I love LAN.
- MrBarcode, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Digging you to spite you.
- keggdirdle, on 02/22/2008, -1/+3I like insightful comments.
- breckinshire, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Then why are you on Digg?
In Soviet Russia, many monsters charge Leeroy Jenkins!
- breckinshire, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Then why are you on Digg?
- j2002, on 02/22/2008, -19/+9Are there any skyscrapers in israel?
- keyme, on 02/22/2008, -0/+4Lots.
- mikesbaker, on 02/22/2008, -2/+1not israel jackasses - Why can't diggers stop talking out of their asses???
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2004/06/
Yesterday we linked to a disgusting outpouring of hate against President Reagan by "cartoonist" Ted Rall. Today, two readers wrote in to tell us that the link wasn't working; I checked and found that Rall's entire site apparently has been taken down. I haven't seen anything about this elsewhere on the net--in fact, I haven't seen any other blogger point out Rall's sickening tirade--but it appears that Rall may have taken enough heat that he is lying low for the moment. Or maybe it's server trouble or routine maintenance. We'll keep watch on his site.
I didn't keep a screen shot of Rall's sick commentary, but if anyone else did, let us know. I remember some of it, should Rall now be trying to disavow what he wrote.
Meanwhile, Rall is still one of nine editorial cartoonists on the Washington Post's website.
UPDATE: It has nothing to do with President Reagan, but here is Rall's latest cartoon, published today, in which he sets forth his opinion on the September 11 attacks and our response to them:
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This guy is sick beyond words, but he appears to have replaced Garry Trudeau as the liberals' favorite cartoonist.
UPDATE: Rall's site is now operational again, but a number of features, including his "Rallblog," are still missing.
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- georgiom, on 02/22/2008, -38/+41To all who think this is about America:
Why does it always have to be about America?- mrcupcakes, on 02/22/2008, -9/+87I guess it was just me...but I saw something flying into two large, identical towering sky scrapers.
Maybe my eye's are lying to me...- Toxigen, on 02/22/2008, -9/+4So was it a plane? the other planes seem to be rather recognizable.
- robinthehood, on 02/22/2008, -0/+7or maybe a tower that looks like the empire state building beside those two identical towering sky scrapers... Jesus Christ.
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -4/+3Your eyes are lying to you. The object arced into a building BEHIND the 2 large identical towering sky scrapers that didn't fall in the next panel. You're just seeing what you want to because "America is dumb and evil", amirite?
/Damnit, I hit the wrong thumb.- bxblox, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1You know its been bombed before right?
- fatlip, on 02/22/2008, -16/+78because america always bombed the middle east, then when we got hit once (in the WTC, as depicted in the comic), we dumped everything we had on them.
i thought that was obvious- Cerebral, on 02/22/2008, -12/+2Remember what happened after Pearl Harbor? I'm sure the Japanese can help you remember Fat Man and Little Boy.
- Memitim, on 02/22/2008, -2/+7Yeah, but this time we were even trickier about getting payback! When the Japanese government ordered a military attack on one of our chief naval bases, we launched a massive force of our own that drove right into the heart of the bombed out ruins of Tokyo. But this time a small band of criminals primarily born in Saudi Arabia and loosely based out of Afghanistan pulled off a mass murder worthy of a Tom Clancy novel, so we invaded and occupied Iraq. Bet they didn't see that twist coming!
- Jektal, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was also an official declaration of war from one sovereign nation to another, not a bunch of untracked civilians taking matters into their own hands.
- Cerebral, on 02/22/2008, -12/+2Remember what happened after Pearl Harbor? I'm sure the Japanese can help you remember Fat Man and Little Boy.
- elias, on 02/22/2008, -10/+35am guessing you didnt get the memo ....every thing is about america
*waves flag*
USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA- blackjack75, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Switzerland! Switzerland! Switzerland! Switzerland!
Hum, no sorry. I didn't mean that really. I just mistyped. Please.
- blackjack75, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Switzerland! Switzerland! Switzerland! Switzerland!
- DrivebyGroper, on 02/22/2008, -16/+37Everyone knows that America is the only country to have skyscrapers. People in other countries tend to live in igloos or cardboard boxes, depending on how cold the other country is.
- Cerebral, on 02/22/2008, -1/+8Yea, they've really been able to work wonders with cardboard in Dubai. :)
- tugger, on 02/22/2008, -5/+2You can only build skyscrapers directly onto bedrock, like New York. It's nothing to do with technology. Construction technologywise, the USA is waaaaay behind Asia and Europe.
- drgmdp, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2you can build anything anywhere using proper foundations
- Cerebral, on 02/26/2008, -0/+1I don't know about that... we have a lot of sinkholes here in FL that seem to just come up (sorry... fall in) out of nowhere. I doubt you could foresee that happening to a skyscraper.
- drgmdp, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2you can build anything anywhere using proper foundations
- coyote1284, on 02/22/2008, -2/+1Unless you live in Angel Grove; all the buildings, including the skyscrapers ARE cardboard.
/It's Morphing Time! - waspbr, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3not true, some of us that live in the tropics have the choice of living on trees
- yohnstoppable, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Ya, lots of other countries have world trade centers and empire state buildings...
- Archer007, on 02/22/2008, -10/+5Get your ethnocentric bias in order already. Everything is about America. Wash, rinse, repeat.
- makis, on 02/22/2008, -7/+5because we are on digg?
- mikesbaker, on 02/22/2008, -5/+1not israel jackasses - Why can't diggers stop talking out of their asses???
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2004/06/
Yesterday we linked to a disgusting outpouring of hate against President Reagan by "cartoonist" Ted Rall. Today, two readers wrote in to tell us that the link wasn't working; I checked and found that Rall's entire site apparently has been taken down. I haven't seen anything about this elsewhere on the net--in fact, I haven't seen any other blogger point out Rall's sickening tirade--but it appears that Rall may have taken enough heat that he is lying low for the moment. Or maybe it's server trouble or routine maintenance. We'll keep watch on his site.
I didn't keep a screen shot of Rall's sick commentary, but if anyone else did, let us know. I remember some of it, should Rall now be trying to disavow what he wrote.
Meanwhile, Rall is still one of nine editorial cartoonists on the Washington Post's website.
UPDATE: It has nothing to do with President Reagan, but here is Rall's latest cartoon, published today, in which he sets forth his opinion on the September 11 attacks and our response to them:
tr040607.gif
This guy is sick beyond words, but he appears to have replaced Garry Trudeau as the liberals' favorite cartoonist.
UPDATE: Rall's site is now operational again, but a number of features, including his "Rallblog," are still missing.
Posted by at 10:13 PM | Permalink | TrackBack (0) - bjs3171, on 02/22/2008, -0/+4i don't know, maybe because it has THE ***** TWIN TOWERS in it?
- mrcupcakes, on 02/22/2008, -9/+87I guess it was just me...but I saw something flying into two large, identical towering sky scrapers.
- Axim, on 02/22/2008, -16/+115yeah this totally reminds me of that time the israelis built those two giant trade towers only to have the palestinians fly a plane into it
..oh wait
maybe i didn't think my cunning assessment of this comic's statement on american foreign policy all the way though- LocalDocal, on 02/22/2008, -17/+4Yeah, I remember that event too. It's too bad because I liked riding on that plane.....you know, what with it moving in an arc which made it really fun. Oh well, at least the Trade Towers only caught a bit of fire, and were completely fine afterwards as was depicted in the comic.
Still, those damn Arabs are pissing me off. Why do we in America have to be situated right next to them? Goddamn it. - Axim, on 02/22/2008, -5/+8weird it's almost as if political cartoons are designed to indirectly make a point, often using artistic license
even weirder that if you go back or forward in the artist's archives basically every strip is on bush / us foreign policy / iraq
http://www.gocomics.com/rallcom/2004/06/07/
you still get a participation ribbon though..
high-five!- algo, on 02/22/2008, -4/+2ted rall is a genius, if he stayed clear of razor sharp political commentary he'd get more diggs than xkcd.
- mediaphile, on 02/22/2008, -5/+3Anyone who calls them "WMDs" is no genius in my book.
- algo, on 02/22/2008, -4/+2ted rall is a genius, if he stayed clear of razor sharp political commentary he'd get more diggs than xkcd.
- laserdog, on 02/22/2008, -3/+4Because *everything* has to be about 9/11...
- dsmx, on 02/22/2008, -0/+19/11 people, 9/11.
- LocalDocal, on 02/22/2008, -17/+4Yeah, I remember that event too. It's too bad because I liked riding on that plane.....you know, what with it moving in an arc which made it really fun. Oh well, at least the Trade Towers only caught a bit of fire, and were completely fine afterwards as was depicted in the comic.
- priyoban, on 02/22/2008, -17/+12Who ever said this was about israel? The twin towers ne1? Look at 2nd last frame... don't the towers remind you of something?
- terracottapai, on 02/22/2008, -7/+4Notice they're strangely intact throughout.
Idiot.- BahJayJay, on 02/22/2008, -3/+5Yeah of course it has to be an exact depiction. I mean it's obviously going for realism...
- mikesbaker, on 02/22/2008, -2/+1not israel jackasses - Why can't diggers stop talking out of their asses???
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2004/06/
Yesterday we linked to a disgusting outpouring of hate against President Reagan by "cartoonist" Ted Rall. Today, two readers wrote in to tell us that the link wasn't working; I checked and found that Rall's entire site apparently has been taken down. I haven't seen anything about this elsewhere on the net--in fact, I haven't seen any other blogger point out Rall's sickening tirade--but it appears that Rall may have taken enough heat that he is lying low for the moment. Or maybe it's server trouble or routine maintenance. We'll keep watch on his site.
I didn't keep a screen shot of Rall's sick commentary, but if anyone else did, let us know. I remember some of it, should Rall now be trying to disavow what he wrote.
Meanwhile, Rall is still one of nine editorial cartoonists on the Washington Post's website.
UPDATE: It has nothing to do with President Reagan, but here is Rall's latest cartoon, published today, in which he sets forth his opinion on the September 11 attacks and our response to them:
tr040607.gif
This guy is sick beyond words, but he appears to have replaced Garry Trudeau as the liberals' favorite cartoonist.
UPDATE: Rall's site is now operational again, but a number of features, including his "Rallblog," are still missing.
Posted by at 10:13 PM | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Idiot
- waspbr, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2I guess you could say it's a little hard to distinguish Israeli policies from American policies towards the middle east these days
- bitcloud, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1absolutely... JINSA anyone?
if you're wondering if the left side is the USA or Israel, you'd probably better start doing some research into US foreign policy....
- bitcloud, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1absolutely... JINSA anyone?
- terracottapai, on 02/22/2008, -7/+4Notice they're strangely intact throughout.
- zuzustardust, on 02/22/2008, -26/+19I think Israel is using a great deal of restraint (although this comic is obviously depicting America).
It seems like a lot of the people whining about the poor Palestinians don't understand that suicide bombers specifically target civilians, they try to kill as many normal Israeli men, women and children as they possibly can. Can you imagine being afraid to ride the bus or go to a restaurant because some religious nut-job will walk in with a bomb strapped to his chest? Or they just randomly send cheap rockets over the Lebanese border hoping it hits an Israeli home. The Israeli military targets the militants that are attempting to kill Israelis. If Palestinians stopped bombing Israel, Israel would stop killing Palestinians, the converse is clearly not true.- JohnFlux, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2Asymmetric warfare is never pretty,
- Toxigen, on 02/22/2008, -3/+1As opposed to symmetric warfare?
- Memitim, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3It has a beauty in its own right. Symmetric warfare inspires poetry, paintings, photography, even the creation of the American national anthem, as well as the anthems of other nations I would imagine. Asymmetric warfare inspires revolution and terrorism.
- Toxigen, on 02/22/2008, -3/+1As opposed to symmetric warfare?
- ciphex, on 02/22/2008, -6/+10you pretty much hit the nail on the head.
- SpaceMonkeyZero, on 02/22/2008, -6/+7And yet Diggers don't want to listen to reason. It's easier for them to continue on with their preconceived notion that "ISRAEL IS A BUNCH OF BABY KILLERS. PALESTINIANS ARE FREEDOM FIGHTERS WHO ONLY THROW ROCKS!"
- kayvman78, on 02/22/2008, -1/+3Can you image a whole group of people coming and taking your land that you've been living on. Tell me.. Were Palestinians killing people before Israel was formed? Cause and effect. This is something that you need to consider. No effect occurs without a cause. If I pinch you will you not react to that. What do you want these people to do? Go off and die somewhere. Sorry.. not gonna happen. So the next time that poor, uneducated, murderer who is on his last straw anyway, goes and does something so sick as to blow himself up with others. Don't sit there and go "that murderer!" say " What caused that? "
- JohnFlux, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2Asymmetric warfare is never pretty,
- KodomoNoJikan, on 02/22/2008, -20/+6Why can't we just force all the jews and palestinians to have sex and bear children?
Who knows, we might just get a brand new stupid ***** religion out of it
mmmmm... the religion of *****... (saying it before someone else does)- JohnFlux, on 02/22/2008, -1/+9We tried that over here in the UK (hundred or so years ago) when we sent over lots of people to Ireland in order to try to merge it with England, or at least to prevent them from attacking the us.
Unfortunately we forgot that the Irish were Catholic, and so the babies would be Catholic, even if one of the parents was Protestant.
That move ended up with the divide of Ireland and a war that lasted a hundred years or so. - LocalDocal, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2For starters, artificial insemination would probably be a lot more efficient. Secondly, as John said, the aftermath probably wouldn't be pretty when the two groups try to assess which religion the infants will belong to.
- GREEDOnvrFIRED, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2You're thinking is almost sound, but there is a more realistic solution...
http://www.seedsofpeace.org/about
"Seeds of Peace has focused primarily on bringing Arab and Israeli teenagers together before fear, mistrust and prejudice blind them from seeing the human face of their enemy." - SuperCow1127, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3I think the last thing the middle east needs is a race of bear children.
/issosorry
- JohnFlux, on 02/22/2008, -1/+9We tried that over here in the UK (hundred or so years ago) when we sent over lots of people to Ireland in order to try to merge it with England, or at least to prevent them from attacking the us.
- mdaize, on 02/22/2008, -9/+3Dubya???
- felidaeus, on 02/22/2008, -20/+31Here, I'll explain it in a way you all can understand.
Once upon a time, America, that's us there! bombed the islam out of that place there (the evil muslims)
Then America let them grow in peace and prosperity happily ever while, because we are such nice people.
Then we bombed islam out of them some more because the great dirty muslims didn't know their place.
Then those horrible terrorists had the gall to hit us, but the great powerful America wouldn't stand for that, so we decided to stop being so nice to them and bombed the ever living islam out of them.
Now what's the moral dear?
Jews are unfair to Palestinians!
.......WTF!?!?!?- spiritditch, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4"Jews are unfair to Palestinians"
Correction, Israel is unfair to Palestinians. Don't fall into the religion trap: this is about states.
But the leap from America to Israel is easy to see when you look at the history of the America-Israel alliance... Israel is essentially an American outpost, its existence and level of power and foreign policy entirely dependent on the US.
Both Israel and the US carry out aggression in the Muslim world. - krautkamel, on 02/22/2008, -5/+1Oh, i get it now. Thanks for your inaccurate, over-simplified explanation
- Magnut, on 02/22/2008, -6/+1Its not about america *****
- spiritditch, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4"Jews are unfair to Palestinians"
- daxsymbiont, on 02/22/2008, -13/+6spot on.
- stepfresh, on 02/22/2008, -2/+15link to the cartoonist:
http://www.rall.com/ - daxsymbiont, on 02/22/2008, -12/+3SPOT ON!
- TRizLight, on 02/22/2008, -12/+3Israel this Israel that.... Seriously if any country had the power they would do the same, not just Israel..... Are we forget that one picture in Wiki, cause they have the power to complain they want to take the freedom of speech and neutrality from everyone. PLAIN and SIMPLE, if you have the power that would happen, no matter how morally or proud one country is. Look at the US history, WE ARE A WAR COUNTRY, that's who we are.
- Toallpointswest, on 02/22/2008, -2/+2You are that because you chose to be that, your very foundation was adversarial to your Palestinian neighbors, you should not expect, nor receive any sympathy.
- daxsymbiont, on 02/22/2008, -19/+51It's not about Israel dammit.
- waspbr, on 02/22/2008, -1/+10I guess you could say it's a little hard to distinguish Israeli policies from American policies towards the middle east these days
- bitcloud, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4yeah i'm seriously not understanding why everyone thinks it's about israel...
If you look at it, the middle east is pissed off with the US largely BECAUSE of the support they provide to israel, so it's still an important part of the puzzle, but this comic shows the whole picture concisely as the USA and THE MIDDLE EAST... - myass666mlong, on 02/22/2008, -6/+0lot of jew ass here , i never see a jew but here there so many o0 im scared
- effer, on 02/22/2008, -13/+7PS3 vs Xbox360
- Toxigen, on 02/22/2008, -2/+6Huh? didn't expect that.
- Berkana, on 02/22/2008, -14/+4This reminds me of this remark Ron Paul made about blow-back:
http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/Is_Ron_Paul_ ... - falafelkiosken, on 02/22/2008, -12/+7I don't know everything the Israeli military is responsible for, but at least they don't fire missiles randomly at towns without any military activity
- shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4hey, what's that pile of bloody rubble ?
- Beirut.
- Didn't people use to live there
- yes, they used to live - shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -6/+0hey, what's that pile of bloody rubble ?
- Beirut.
- Didn't people use to live there
- yes, they used to live - foopirata, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1Yeah...considering that all that became rubble was the Hizzbalah compound, and that people in Beirut went on with their lives (check the Lebanese blogs of the time), I think you're talking out of your ass, shodanx.
- shodanx, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4hey, what's that pile of bloody rubble ?
- chikoos, on 02/22/2008, -9/+30An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
- benvd, on 02/22/2008, -13/+2please don't reference the bible....
- silversword990, on 02/22/2008, -1/+10I hope you realize that's not from the bible.
- StealthTomato, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3Part right; "An eye for an eye" was old Jewish law, that was most famously referenced in the Bible.
Why "benvd" decided to be closed-minded, though....- foopirata, on 02/22/2008, -0/+7Actually I believe it was Mesopotamian, not Jewish. Hammurabi if I am not mistaken.
- krautkamel, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1Your not mistaken. At least someone has a slight idea what they are talking about.
Code of Hammurabi. One one the first written laws from Babylon.
- foopirata, on 02/22/2008, -0/+7Actually I believe it was Mesopotamian, not Jewish. Hammurabi if I am not mistaken.
- krautkamel, on 02/22/2008, -1/+0Oh and Jews read the Torah not the Bible...
- StealthTomato, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3Part right; "An eye for an eye" was old Jewish law, that was most famously referenced in the Bible.
- achoo5000, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Ghandi
- krautkamel, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1don't reference the Bible XD
FAIL - benvd, on 02/23/2008, -1/+1its called a joke/sarcasm...... my bad... i deserved that though lol
- silversword990, on 02/22/2008, -1/+10I hope you realize that's not from the bible.
- Memitim, on 02/22/2008, -2/+4"You can't hug a baby with nuclear arms."
*thump*
"Check please." - Jektal, on 02/22/2008, -6/+4Hippie.
- waspbr, on 02/22/2008, -3/+6redneck
- krautkamel, on 02/22/2008, -1/+0LOVE.
- waspbr, on 02/22/2008, -3/+6redneck
- BPShirase, on 02/22/2008, -2/+4then learn braille dammit
- benvd, on 02/22/2008, -13/+2please don't reference the bible....
- Sub7, on 02/22/2008, -10/+3Funny isn't it. The USA only see's what they want to see...
- captainiceman, on 02/22/2008, -7/+0I have another analogy...
my dad likes to barrage lesser people with opinions and when someone makes an informed reply he gives them a million more reasons why to make a national debate about it.
meh, and then you still respect the man. :)- cristianorem, on 02/22/2008, -1/+2I bet my dad can beat up your dad
- jockser, on 02/22/2008, -26/+21More the 1000 Qassam rockets were fired from Gaza to Israel since the Hamas took over the control on Gaza in 07/2007.
do you know how many rockets we fired on them since ?
I think you got it wrong here, Israel is on the right.- keyme, on 02/22/2008, -10/+22That's true.
But you see, people on digg don't like facts. They like to think they were right all along. - brockpetrie, on 02/22/2008, -9/+7"do you know how many rockets we fired on them since ?"
Are you totally ***** oblivious to the countless Israeli excursions that have taken place in the past year? Israel is an occupying force, even the UN admits that much.
Fox News much?- Railz, on 02/22/2008, -3/+3They don't take *****. Being Anti-Fox shouldn't make you Anti-Israel. How would you feel if Mexico just started randomly bombing us. Jesus people, a few Mexicans walk over the border and you still flip ***** on debates. Imagine how bad it would be if they were actually vocal. Americans need to stop being hypocrites over Israel.
Also the UN has nothing to say on Israel. US will veto any such statement.
- Railz, on 02/22/2008, -3/+3They don't take *****. Being Anti-Fox shouldn't make you Anti-Israel. How would you feel if Mexico just started randomly bombing us. Jesus people, a few Mexicans walk over the border and you still flip ***** on debates. Imagine how bad it would be if they were actually vocal. Americans need to stop being hypocrites over Israel.
- Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1Plus the 25,000 rockets fired in the past two years.
- keyme, on 02/22/2008, -10/+22That's true.
- keyme, on 02/22/2008, -9/+21If one rocket could make Israel say "no more mr. nice guy", there wouldn't be a single Palestinian alive today. So please pay attention to proportions.
Anyhow, this comic is obviously not about Israel. Even disregarding the previous fact.- saswannabe17, on 02/22/2008, -3/+4Israel is a Nuclear nation... if they really didn't want Palestine around anymore; it could disappear.
- Knucklecallus, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4Along with Jerusalem. Good thinking
- Knucklecallus, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2The comic isn't just about one single rocket, its about the retaliation that occurs after a single rocket is fired in retaliation for the other retaliation before that other retaliation that was a response to the first retaliation.
- saswannabe17, on 02/22/2008, -3/+4Israel is a Nuclear nation... if they really didn't want Palestine around anymore; it could disappear.
- robinthehood, on 02/22/2008, -9/+66I'm sorry, but people on digg are ***** morons. Look at the pictures. twin towers, empire state building. It's a commentary on the US flexing military might on anyone that isn't them (ie. middle east, kosovo, whomever else we feel like carpet bombing today).
Last time I checked, Israel isn't known for hulking skyscrapers.- bitcloud, on 02/22/2008, -1/+11they're not all morons... some are just 14 years old...
- yohnstoppable, on 02/22/2008, -0/+814 year old morons
- TheOneTrueGod, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1There is a flaw in that theory. The two towers are still standing in the end.
- bitcloud, on 02/22/2008, -1/+11they're not all morons... some are just 14 years old...
- cldnails, on 02/22/2008, -13/+7What you can't see is the countless suicide bombers killing in their own city, since that destroyed most of the ***** hole before they pissed us off. But yeah, that's what happens when you pick on the big guy, we ***** you up.
- waspbr, on 02/22/2008, -2/+1shouldn't that be a hint that the tough military solution isn't working all that well?
- brockpetrie, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1You're an idiot.
You should try books - they can actually be informative.
- prleet, on 02/22/2008, -7/+5IF the largest lobbying group in dc are the jewish then this cartoon does depict clearly....
- Railz, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Not as dangerous as the Turkey-American council lobby though. /tin foil
- pershingdriver, on 02/22/2008, -11/+3A couple of points.
1. AQ lead by OBL declared war on the U.S. in 1995 (google for the video)
2. They have attacked the US (USS Cole, TT, Pentagon, flight 93)
3. They have issued rulings saying its OK to kill Americans where ever they are and what ever they are doing.
4. Like WW2 this is a war of ideas and like WW2 it is a TOTAL war
5. In total war civilians are killed by both sides there are NO rules
6. Saying its not right or unjust is like saying rain is wet of course its not right and nor is it just; but grow up we can win or we can die.
7. You have to be alive to have regrets
8. Only the dead have seen the end of War- GhostyBoy, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3Does any of what you just said justify violence and stupidity?
- pershingdriver, on 02/22/2008, -2/+0Of course not. But justice does not exist and violence is the status quo There is no such thing as "peace" and never has been since Cain killed Able.
- GREEDOnvrFIRED, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2Your homework assignment is to go home and write an original thought.
- pershingdriver, on 02/22/2008, -0/+0LOL
- pershingdriver, on 02/22/2008, -2/+0Of course not. But justice does not exist and violence is the status quo There is no such thing as "peace" and never has been since Cain killed Able.
- GhostyBoy, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3Does any of what you just said justify violence and stupidity?
- juneaudigger, on 02/22/2008, -6/+27Just in case some of you still don't understand what the strip is trying to convey (as I myself didn't, until viewing it more closely and carefully; also, I'm not going to specify any particular countries here, although it's glaringly obvious which ones they're supposed to be):
Panel 1: The superpower is attacking the non-superpower with air strikes, missiles, bombs, general hostility, etc.
Panel 2: Nothing happening here really; it's just the aftermath of the attacks.
Panel 3: The attacking on the part of the superpower continues.
Panel 4: In retaliation, the non-superpower decides to launch their own offensive, which is considerably smaller than the initial attack(s) done to them.
Panels 5 and 6: The superpower feels wronged due to the retaliatory strike, so they continue to attack the non-superpower on a much grander scale than ever before.
There you go. Of course, having to explain it sucks any 'comedy' the punchline may have had to begin with.- Jimmeeee, on 02/22/2008, -1/+2Thanks for explaining that. I looked at it several times and couldn't figure it out; the fact that everyone disagrees on what it means doesn't help. It could just show that world superpowers tend to take assaults on their countries a lot more personally, regardless of how weak the assault is.
- t3soro, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2was it really that hard to figure out?
- werkerb33, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3No, it's not a superpower. It's NY City. Look at the skyline.
- Brownds, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1What is funny is it is sooo obvious and yet your post is the only one that can see it for what it is.
- Jimmeeee, on 02/22/2008, -1/+2Thanks for explaining that. I looked at it several times and couldn't figure it out; the fact that everyone disagrees on what it means doesn't help. It could just show that world superpowers tend to take assaults on their countries a lot more personally, regardless of how weak the assault is.
- Baltiman, on 02/22/2008, -6/+13This might be an accurate depiction of American foreign policy but the people comparing the Israel/Palestine situation need to do some more reading on the subject - it really isnt that simple. For instance, when Israel declared its existance on 14 May 1948, Israelis were a minority and Palestinians a majority. The Palestinines then immediately incited a war to exterminate Israelis and their nascent state - which failed. It is also notable that Palestinians rejected a 2-state solution when it was first suggested in the UN (the Israelis supported it) prefering the anihilation of the Israeli state.
I dont agree with things both sides have done - my only point is that is more complex than the situation suggested in the cartoon.- brockpetrie, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6This was all after Palestinians got the short end of the stick post-WWI. They fought against the Ottomans in the Arab Revolt of 1916 under the promise that it would secure them an independent state (a promise made by Britain). Yet, after fighting the Ottoman's alongside the British and constituting a majority of the population, they were granted no national/political rights in the Palestinian Mandate. Yet that same document referred to several other documents concerning the interest of carving out a territory to serve as the national home for the Jewish people.
After the secret meetings and broken promises hidden from the Arabs in the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration, it was pretty clear the Arabs were used like a tool. Those embarrassing agreements were at odds with the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, which basically documented Britain's promise to create for the Arabs a state with full autonomy and sovereignty. Hell, the British didn't even plan to tell the Arabs of their actual plan; Britain pissed off Russia by excluding them from the spoils of the Ottoman empire, so the Russians gave Britain the finger by spilling the beans of Sykes-Picot. That's how Faisal and Hussein bin Ali found out they'd been stabbed in the back.
The Palestinians were promised a state long before the Israelis were. They fought alongside the allies for that promise. The Arabs were the ones getting killed disrupting Ottoman supply lines. The Arabs were the ones getting killed distracting Ottoman forces. The Arabs didn't get ***** - not a damn thing except for a slap-in-the-face document giving a totally different people a home. I gotta admit, I'd be pretty pissed off too...
I do agree, it is a complex situation. But when Israel declared independence, it was just one more slap in the face. If you slap someone enough, they're going to snap eventually. Hence the Arab Riots and subsequent *****.
Good discussion though! Just subscribed to you as a fan.- igorocc, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1Yes, you are correct that the arabs living in the area of Palestine (then the British Mandate) were promised a country--and they got one, actually two: Jordan and Syria. The "Palestinians" and the idea of a Palestinian nation was, as several scholars (such as Benny Morris) have noted, a reaction to Zionism and Jewish settlement in the area of Palestine. You are conflating the "Arabs" with the present-day concept of the Palestinians. Indeed, even through the 60's and beyond most Palestinians viewed themselves as Jordanian nationals, and held Jordanian citizenship until the 70s or 80s. That is not to say that the Arabs didn't get screwed or that the Jews are completely right--there is no right side in this conflict. But to say that the Palestinians were promised a state long before the Israelis were is false.
- Mesmorize, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1You are an idiot. The Palestinians got two countries, if anyone the Jews got a ***** deal. Palestinians got Trans-Jordan(2/3 Palestinian) and half of the holy land.
- igorocc, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1Yes, you are correct that the arabs living in the area of Palestine (then the British Mandate) were promised a country--and they got one, actually two: Jordan and Syria. The "Palestinians" and the idea of a Palestinian nation was, as several scholars (such as Benny Morris) have noted, a reaction to Zionism and Jewish settlement in the area of Palestine. You are conflating the "Arabs" with the present-day concept of the Palestinians. Indeed, even through the 60's and beyond most Palestinians viewed themselves as Jordanian nationals, and held Jordanian citizenship until the 70s or 80s. That is not to say that the Arabs didn't get screwed or that the Jews are completely right--there is no right side in this conflict. But to say that the Palestinians were promised a state long before the Israelis were is false.
- brockpetrie, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6This was all after Palestinians got the short end of the stick post-WWI. They fought against the Ottomans in the Arab Revolt of 1916 under the promise that it would secure them an independent state (a promise made by Britain). Yet, after fighting the Ottoman's alongside the British and constituting a majority of the population, they were granted no national/political rights in the Palestinian Mandate. Yet that same document referred to several other documents concerning the interest of carving out a territory to serve as the national home for the Jewish people.
- Darkside2984, on 02/22/2008, -6/+20America! ***** YEAH!
- Bowckabawa, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1YEAH !
- Shelter22, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1freedom isn't free, there's a hefty *****' fee
- pcore, on 02/25/2008, -0/+1...and according to Bush, the cost of our freedom is freedom!
- theloofa, on 02/23/2008, -0/+0Americaaaa..... *****....
- dawnlikethesoap, on 02/22/2008, -5/+3Digg me down, I said I didn't get it... but in two comments up, someone is explaining it.
- Janizzary, on 02/22/2008, -8/+17Israel, USA. What's the difference? The Israeli government's c*ck is so far up the US government's ass, I don't know where one ends and the other begins. Regardless, the comic can be used to interpret any modern imperial power and its victims. Why not throw in Russia/Chechnya, too?
- Railz, on 02/22/2008, -5/+3You have it backwards. Our ***** is up Israel's ass =]
- BionicAntboy, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Not sure about Russia/Chechnya. Certain Intelligence Associations have been key in funding just about every 'rebel' movement in former Soviet satellite states. But then again, I'm a cynical bastard.
- tricks574, on 02/22/2008, -0/+0They funded it, didn't start it, just kept them from having to use WW2 rifles.
- Khorpo, on 02/22/2008, -1/+24Am I the only one that looked at the year it was drawn?
- ligyron, on 02/22/2008, -4/+2200C?
- jax1492, on 02/22/2008, -0/+2its "04-c" 2004, copyright
- ligyron, on 02/22/2008, -4/+2200C?
- Cryoniq, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3I.. can not belivable...
- ASDFCommander, on 02/22/2008, -1/+1I didn't know we bombed Saudi Arabia.
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 02/22/2008, -2/+4The tactics of Proportional Response were a failure (see Clinton).
I prefer the Keyser Soze response:
"He waits until his wife and kids are in the ground and then he goes after the rest of the mob. He kills their kids, he kills their wives, he kills their parents and their parents' friends. He burns down the houses they live in and the stores they work in, he kills people that owe them money. And like that he was gone." -
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