Finally: Obama creates a jobs program! The catch is, you have to join the Taliban first.
Must Be Easy
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After carefully considering three options for Afghanistan, none of which involved withdrawal, he decided to send more troops–in order to get out sooner. Of course.
LBJ, call your office.
A Lesson Is Learned
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We seriously need to retire words like “hero” and phrases like “my heart goes out to _____.” The Fort Hood victims were that–victims. We’ve devalued the word “hero” to the point that it is now meaningless.
This week’s cartoon was inspired by watching the unbearably cheesy pep rally masquerading as a memorial service at Fort Hood yesterday.
X-Treme Democratization
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Karzai is stubborn, but even he can made to see reason in accepting a run-off election against Abdullah Abdullah Boutros Boutros Ghali.
War Aims Committee Meeting in Progress
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President Obama meets with his advisers to determine the mission in Afghanistan–eight years after the war began.
