U.S. soldiers are now allowed to wear turbans, beards and skullcaps for religious readers. Talk about confusion! Other soldiers won’t know whether to support their comrades or shoot them.
Drone Our Troops
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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Aw c’mon Ted, I have assurance from Pres Obama and numerous uniformed (and therefore reliable) spokespersons that the drone program is very closely controlled and accurate. They would never allow innocent parties like children or old ladies, much less our beloved and glorious troops,to be blown to bits.
Ted, your auto-correct has done it to you again. In the description “readers” = “reasons” (judging from the cartoon caption. 🙂
Every turban, skullcap, and beard in the US military will no doubt soon be equipped with an enhanced RFID tag with suffiicent range to inform patrolling drones – and other troops – that the owner is one of «our boys». It’ll work great until, inevitably, the tag gets hacked and copied and every turban, skullcap, and beard in the world comes outfitted with one. Back to the drawing board !…
Henri