Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 20, 2024

Up until now I thought this was Duke …

But it all depend on whose side the drone is. And aren’t these terrorist groups (in)famous for their “suicide” fighters?

Politics suck no matter where you are.

This reminds me of something I read, quoting a US official, in the days when the US was in Afghanistan, trying to build a government: “You can’t buy an Afghan. You can only rent him for a limited time.”

His name is like the Muslim phrase said by the extremists Allahu Akbar (Allah is greater)

As they say, it is impossible to buy an Afghan but very cheap to hire him…

Notice the war ended. (We won.)

The problem was the OCCUPATION. (Not so much.)

Happy 82nd birthday, President Biden. May you outlive Il Duce(bag), aka “the Orange Baboon”!

If that’s Akbar, which of the other guys is Jeff?

Somehow I don’t think the third time will be the charm.

this really shows the problem with Afghanistan, there is no loyalty to a nation or long term vision, they never really developed out of the tribal phase, just got better toys.

“Taliban”

There’s a word you don’t see much of any more. And that’s good.

When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.

Rudyard Kipling

Akbari’s price has just gone up.

Tells you a lot about Akbar’s character. According to Simon Cameron, “An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.”

All that was old is new again

Another example of why “military intelligence” is an oxymoron

It’s so refreshing to know that any random Afghanis you might encounter out on the open road are fluent English speakers.

Gotta love Afghanistan, nothing changes. ;-)

Of course the Afghans had a huge amount of help from the US against the Russians, with advanced weapons from us. And we know what happened later…..

Buy the same guy twice and the next one’s free…

Hello middle east, bought today, traitor tomorrow

Afghanistan has always been a complex situation. From Alexander the Great to Biden, nobody has ever solved it.

Our biggest problem is flying in to “solve” a country’s problem and assuming there is a stable political structure with clearly defined loyalties to the country.

The biggest problem OUR allies are going to have is assuming we are a country with a stable political structure and clearly defined loyalties to the country.