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[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

It's a slow week so here's Steve Bell's latest.



One feels the sense of loss...

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[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

I think we all know that Iraq was planned before 9/11, and Al Qaida got in the way. The conflation of 9/11 and Iraq became a political neccessity in order to promote the groundswell of opinion before the invasion.
The Bush Administration has sown the wind. Of course, by the time the harvest comes in they'll be safely out of harm's way, with a divided nation left to pick up the pieces not the least of their achievements.
I reiterate: it may be that the US cannot heal until they find some middle ground, some compromise. But perhaps, before that, they have to investigate the full extent of the possible wrongdoings of this administration, not with a view to prosecution or impeachment, as GWB will be out of office by then, but with a view to strengthening the constitution, to prevent folk ever taking quite the same liberties with it again.
When I wanted to live in the US I did so because I felt it to be the one nation that guaranteed individual freedom above any other, and this was because it was invested with a constitution that spelled such out in no uncertain terms.
Over here, there may be cameras on every street corner, but the writ of habeas corpus still covers the country and everyone therein.

[ccnuggie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the loss of bell's sanity, artistic skill, readership...

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Well, some of us will still be fans, m'dear.

[drivebyluna.livejournal.com]

ugh george bush's face reminds me of a beast i read in an h.p. lovecraft story.

[readwriteblue.livejournal.com]

Not a Bell fan. This comic would illustrate my reasons.