This about sums up the war so far, via RealPolitik’s morning cartoon collection:
Hunh?
I don’t care how ‘hard on crime’ you think you are. This case makes absolutely no sense and seems, well, criminal in its unfairness.
“Peace” Protestors
NBC reports that Bush’s popularity is increasing– clearly these tactics from the San Francisco protesters are helping.
Inspector Clouseau
Hans Blix is now stating that Iraq might be in material breach- if they launched scuds yesterday.
Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix yesterday said Iraq violated its agreement with the United Nations if the missiles it fired at American troops were Scuds.
“I’m very interested to know whether they used Scuds,” Blix said in an interview with the Fox News Channel. “If they’re firing [Scuds], of course that shows that there’s a violation,” he said.
Try not to laugh. Or cry.
Saddam fired a couple of those Scuds that he doesn’t have at me this afternoon.
He missed.
Mr. Optimus or Sgt. Prime
Via Trojan Horseshoes the most bizarre military story I have heard in a long time:
A member of Ohio’s 5694th National Guard Unit in Mansfield legally changed his name to a Transformers toy.
Optimus Prime is heading out to the Middle East with his guard unit on Wednesday to provide fire protection for airfields under combat.
“On Sunday, we were awarded as the best firefighting unit in the Army National Guard in the entire country,” said Prime. “That was a big moment for us.”
Prime took his name from the leader of the Autobots Transformers, which were popular toys and a children’s cartoon in the 1980s.
He legally changed his name on his 30th birthday and now it’s on everything from his driver’s licence, to his military ID, to his uniform.
“They razzed me for three months to no end,” said Prime. “They really dug into me about it.”
“I got a letter from a general at the Pentagon when the name change went through and he says it was great to have the employ of the commander of the Autobots in the National Guard.”
Make of This What You Will
Braindead Protestors
Go watch the new Brain Terminal video of San Francisco ‘peace’ protestors.
After watching it I had two thoughts:
1.) How difficult must it be to run a small business in San Francisco if this is your client base?
2.) How many of the morons shown in the film are frequent contributors to Atrios’s comment board?
It is kind of sad how out there most of those people are.