Comics and illustration portfolio of Kevin Moore
ONOZ. Foreign Affairs editor James Hoge on why [McChrystal] must be fired—and how Obama is in danger of becoming a wuss. Not a wuss! At first I thought this choice of words came from the Daily Beast editors, no strangers to crass and reductionist language. For most of the column, Hoge himself takes the long … Read More “Help! The President’s Dick is IN DANGER!” »
I hate opinion pieces like these. Peter Beinart advances the useless notion that President Obama’s address to the West Point Academy wasn’t stirring enough: Obama is clearly trying to ensure that the Afghan war no longer be run on a blank check. That’s why he famously brought OMB Director Peter Orszag to be photographed at … Read More “Weasel Column” »
Remember when we used to chastise Bush for his blunt “bring ’em on” bravura? Yeah, so…what do we make of the Obama administration’s naked threat to nuke anyone who wants to develop nukes? Mr. Obama’s new strategy makes just about every nonnuclear state immune from any threat of nuclear retaliation by the United States. But … Read More “Subtle” »
Two suicide bombings in Dagestan kill twelve people. As BBCNews reports, the bombings are likely linked to the same group responsible for the Lubyanka bombings two days ago — that is, militants from the North Caucasus region that includes Ingushetia and Chechnya, where Russia, as the Soviet Union and in its post-Soviet mode has waged … Read More “No Daylight Between Them” »
If you watched Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show last night, you probably caught this segment, Richard Engel’s sunny assessment of Iraqi election results. In Maddow’s words, the Allawi victory could be a “recipe for more stability” as it draws in a diverse coalition of Sunni, Shiite, Kurd and secular interests. Engel adds that “it is much … Read More “Happy Days for Iraq? Um…” »
Roger Cohen observes that “the current accountability void for U.S. targeted killing is unacceptable.” Where to begin? For one thing, the “accountability void” for U.S. violence in general is pretty unacceptable, too. Like, say, Gitmo. Or torture. Or illegal wars. Or the hiring of mercenaries. The mercenaries themselves. I could go on… So really, Roger … Read More “Kinder, Gentler Assassinations?” »