Anti-Cartoon Response

I suspect that those who claim to be offended by this cartoon have far less concern for the feelings of the maimed soldiers or their families, and greater concern that such drawings will publicize what the statists prefer to keep hidden: the human costs – not just in deaths, but in psychologically and physically wounded soldiers – of warfare. These are the same frauds who hide behind distraught families in order to prevent the caskets of dead soldiers being shown on television. Such revelations might generate greater resistance to the collective abomination of the Iraq war.

The same dishonest sentiments find expression in the phrase “support the troops,” when the message that is really intended is “support the war.” Were they honest about it, they would say: “support the war, no matter how many dead and maimed soldiers it takes.” If they truly cared for and respected the soldiers and their families, they would declare: “support the troops: bring them home at once!”

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12:28 am on February 3, 2006