Comics and illustration portfolio of Kevin Moore
How did we get here? The right wing has identified Critical Race Theory as this week’s Threat Against America and has accused the U.S. military of “wokeness” because it has used this framework to assess the influence of white supremacists among its ranks. Now prominent right wingers are suggesting cutting the defense budget, using “defund … Read More “The So-Called Woke Military” »
This process seems to have accelerated among people who use Twitter and other social media as a means of reacting to current events. It only got worse once The President, John McCain and the usual party liners began asserting American prerogatives over the Ukraine. I honestly have no idea what the right response should be … Read More “Digital Sketchbook: How to Make Opinions” »
So The Guardian reports that Libyan villagers attempting to help downed U.S. airmen were rewarded for their efforts by U.S. forces firing on them: Libyans who went to investigate the US warplane’s crash site said that a US helicopter had come in with guns firing, creating panic and wounding onlookers, some of whom had to … Read More “Greeted as Liberators” »
The France-led (sic) international coalition military intervention “Odyssey Dawn” operation against Gadaffi forces in Libya is necessarily controversial. Liberal Democrats are upset that Obama has side-stepped his constitutional responsibility to consult Congress in matters of war waging (Kucinich is already talking impeachment, yawn). FOXNews pundidiots seek rhetorical payback for past liberal mockery of Bush brush-clearing. … Read More “Waiting for the Mission Creep” »
As ever, the promised reduction in nuclear stockpiles is a good thing: The treaty would require each side to reduce deployed strategic nuclear warheads to roughly 1,600, down from 2,200 now, officials have said. It would also oblige each side to reduce its arsenal of strategic bombers and land- and sea-based missiles to 800, half … Read More “Nuke Arms Reductions Will Always Be Modest” »