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(14,040 posts)'cause it goes both ways... I'd like to show the cartoonist any number of photos of Iraq.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)feuled by the worship of oil.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)but the name for the war/deployments in Iraq were referred to and Operation Iraqi Freedom (or OIF). I deployed to Iraq from Feb 2004 through Mar 2005, which would have been OIF II.
Well, there was a reason they didn't call it Operation Iraqi Liberation, or OIL - that was a joke I heard time to time while I was still in the military.
You don't give people freedom, you liberate them.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)It was only changed after the name was used as a tool against the neo-con's illegal war.
George II
(67,782 posts)Abortion clinic bombings, doctors murdered, blacks lynched in the name of the "church", etc. etc. etc.
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)the indication is that it was a planned attack by some militant group, not rioting in the streets. time will tell. egypt is another story but the release of this movie was an intendion to incite, not to produce art.
i think rmoney miscalculated and ruined his backers' plans to make him look ready for foreign affairs.
ellen fl
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Libyans are Muslim. That's all that matters to the cartoonist, to DU'ers, and to America at large. Since htye are muslims, they are all irrational, rabid monsters.
Doesn't matter that the protests were due to misinformation. MUSLIMS ARE CRAZY!
Doesn't matter that the attacks came from an established militant group. MUSLIMS ARE SAVAGES!
Doesn't matter that the protestors tried to help against said attackers. MUSLIMS ARE ANIMALS!
Doesn't matter that the Libyans hurried the wounded Americans to the nearest hospital. MUSLIMS WORSHIP DEATH!
Doesn't matter that the people of Benghazi rallied in support and apology for the Americans. MUSLIMS ARE VERMIN!
This is the message in the media. This is the message in DU. This is the message our country is sending back to these people. And some people sit back and think they're Thomas fucking Paine when they criticize the protestors for thinking the US government had some involvement in "The Innocence of Muslims" after being told as much.
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)It's also a reminder that the majority of Muslims view their extremists as going against the core values of their faith as well. It's part of the path back to peace.
We have enough in common to make inroads if we respect our differences.
Those who committed the crimes should pay for their choice to be violent. The rest of the Muslim world shouldn't be judged by their lunatic fringe.
liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)aye and aye
Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)and I wouldn't even add the sarcasm thingee, I mean it.
corkhead
(6,119 posts)... for an eye.
irisblue
(33,023 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)k & r
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Romney always has. Just no one there.
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)The "smirk" will live on long past Romney's career.
What is it about "smirks" and republicans? Are they really incapable of genuine facial expressions?
ananda
(28,876 posts)Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)The bombing England one is so much like dubya bombing Iraq that I cringed when I read it.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Rec
sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)johnlucas
(1,250 posts)PERFECT.
John Lucas
entanglement
(3,615 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Well, here's a headline without any cartoon at all:
LIBYA SURPRISE COULD BE DEATH KNELL FOR ROMNEY CAMPAIGN
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2012/09/mitt-romney-and-libya-how-it-unfolded.html#ixzz26MLTcIyc
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)I hadn't read that yet. It's a pretty good article.
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)magnifisense
(285 posts)KICK
Initech
(100,102 posts)"A PLEDGE PIN??????? ON YOUR UNIFORM????????"
TBF
(32,090 posts)lexw
(804 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)nt
Cha
(297,652 posts)I'm not calling these "toons" because it's so tragic. But, they are very insightful depicting Romney like a "thousand words".
Willard needs to eat those words.