Obama has fired his secretary of defense, a veteran and Republican, for not being militarily aggressive enough. How much the system has changed…wasn’t Obama the guy who ran in 2008 against “stupid wars”?
Warmonger Fired by Bigger Warmonger
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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What’s next? Fire the Secretary of State because immigration visas aren’t being issued fast enough?
> …wasn’t Obama the guy who ran in 2008 against “stupid wars”?
A stupid war is one in which you attack an enemy which has a chance of fighting back. Glad I could straighten that out for you…
I understand the US – and alas, the rest of the world – will be vouchsafed with a chap with a physics PhD as «Defence» Secretary (pardon the scare quotes, but I do think that «Minister of (undeclared) War» would be a far more accurate title. Hope he’s not a reincarnation of Teller Ede (otherwise known as Edward Teller) !…
Henri