Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 23, 2012

When mass media and reality collide …

Mel, slap him with some reality!

Anyone know the odds of Roland making it to the end of the flight without suffering a grievous injury?

bring ’em home

Buzza Wuzza, yeah, maybe we should take a few years off ….this war thing is getting old…

The Taliban would claim – quite justifiably – that dropping Hedley on them constitutes a war crime.

Wait until you are wet…

Like Mel needs to be told there’s an embed on board…

Romney has re-hired all of the Bush neo-cons. McCain is pushing for MORE commitment in Afghanistan. Drums beating for attack on Iran.Global powers are beginning to jockey to fill vacuum once occupied by U.S. superpower, on possibility that U.S. will continue to pour strategic power and flexibility into Mid East bottomless pit.

Yeah, dropping Hedley on the Taliban would be worse that burring Korans!

He was correcting himself.

Also, it’s “deep-seated,” not “deep seeded.”

“We’re winning, right?” If you actually have to ask that question about a war, the answer is undoubtedly “No.”

Every time Mel gets on a plane, she makes a new friend!

@tacopielvr1. It’s “typos” not “typo’s”. There’s no grocer’s apostrophe needed here.2. Misspelling “grammar” when criticizing other peoples’ grammar is so deliciously ironic. Thanks!

He’s gonna twist ANYTHING she says. So the ONLY way this can come out well is if he’s thrown out the plane without a ‘chute. And she’s the one to get it done, too, so I can only hope.

“As for the first panel, Rosey? An officer should address subordinate enlisted people by their rank and last name, not by some goofy nickname.”

1. They’re overseas, as part of a combat operation; they’re not at home, “keeping ready.” Things get more casual, or at least informal.2. If this enlisted person and this officer have been working closely for an extended period of time, things get more casual, or at least informal.3. “Rosey” (or maybe “Rose,” “Rosa,” “Rosalinda,” etc.) may be her given name. “Goofy” is an opinion, and “nickname” assumes facts not in evidence.4. “Radar, where are those forms I need to sign?!?”

It’s spelled “grammar”.

Personally I think Bush GAVE us ‘Arab Spring’…I mean, Bush got us stuck there…to ‘drain the swamp’ where the ERRORISTS came from(yeah, I meant to spell it that way)

And all those medieval sandbox countries have stirred a LOT.

There were 22 of them with rotting dynastic governments…

However…nothing’s changed much about genital mutilation of women in Egypt, for instance.

Animals. Perverted animals.

I have a feeling these two may be the story arc of the week, so don’t be surprised if she doesn’t defenestrate him. They will need to interact so he can spin whatever she says.

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You’re right – it’s very sad. And here’s something I’ll bet you didn’t know: It’sextremely painful. I suffer from this afflictionand it’s true. I notice typos and incorrectgrammar all the time and it’s really hard to overlook them. It takes a lot of effort to ignore them. Pointing them out is also the best way I know of to make enemies.

And if I didn’t have spell-checker, I would not dare to write anything, because I make moretypos than anyone else.

Incidentally, it’s an indicator – not a indicator.(Sorry. couldn’t help it!)

@Davox I too am a nitpicker about “grammer” and usage, and typos leap off the page into my flinching sensibilities. I also loved your term “grocer’s apostrophe”; however, it is my sad duty to inform you that you, too have erred with " peoples’ "as a plural possessive.

@ DAVOX )see above) But in your case it must be a typo.

Thanks for being here!

@ GOWEEDER tooThere should be a self help group for people like us three…any ideas??

“Every time I see fatigues in “Doonesbury,” I skip it. I just can’t stand that we’re still over there, even after we got Bin Laden. It’s time to bring them all home.”

And how does your running away from critical commentary/satire get them home any quicker?

He corrected his own error! That’s a problem?

Does anyone know where I can find prints from a book entitled “You’re Never Too Old for Nuts and Berries” It’s a Doonesbury book from 1975/1976. THANKS!

Right, it’s time to go. We’ve got all our new weapons and our new battlefield medicine procedures and equipment sufficiently tested, and the cost of human life was low enough that the populace did not revolt. Vietnam same-o.

Appears that “Rosey” (1st frame) is addressing a Sargent or Non-commissioned Officer (NCO) (2nd frame) “Sir”. Just wouldn’t happen. Gary, stop mixing how Officers are commonly addressed, i.e. “Sir”, with that of an E5-E7, i.e. “Sargent”. Keep it “Stract” Mr. Trudeau, keep on a making commentary…and that’s an old DAV NCO’s order.

Strange embed-fellows