Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 05, 2024

“Them kids these days don’t know nothing about bombs. Back in my day, we used to eat Ivy Mikes for breakfast.”

Well—haven’t they won? They still control Pakistan and Afghanistan, y’know!

Putin learned how to bomb in the USSR. I won’t mention Bibi.

“Sure, the other guys couldn’t subdue this country through bombs and bullets, but I bet we can!” – lots of failed empires

If it weren’t for the torture… reminds me of a Lewis Black bit which started, “If it weren’t for my horse, I’d have finished college”. Anyway, if it weren’t for the stopped me from many proposals.

Yeah, I remember one Easter when I got a choco bunny, new brown an white Sunday shoes, but……my life was ruined when I came in last in the egg hunt!

The Taliban did win. tRump surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban in February 2020.

..unless you go into an armed conflict with the intention of laying waste the enemy, you will lose every time. Unfortunate, but true. If you can’t follow through, don’t get started..

In 4 years, they’ll have a big team at the Olympics. They have a couple of bicyclists now

“I’ve changed to the other side”

“You’re on t he other side, eh? Then what are you doing over here?”

“Well,the food is better over here”

Chico Marx—DUCK SOUP—1933

Yeah, torture can be a disincentive to defect.

He may flip a coin, at some point.

Without apostasy laws, it dies.

The Soviets were just as enthusiastic about bombing civilian targets as the Russians are today. You can list the other enthusiasts as you like below.

Thanks to trump who surrendered to the Taliban.