Thursday, November 03, 2005
Brilliantly Insightful Cartoon
I often think of this cartoon when I reflect on the complexities of dealing with Al Qaeda and revamping our foreign policy, our intelligence capabilities and our military to address new and different threats and challenges to our society. Most directly viz. the war on radical Islamists, the fall of the Soviet Union, and its communist satellites like Yugoslavia, unleashed a previously brutally oppressed Muslim population which we don't deal with in quite the same way Stalin and Tito did.
Perhaps this explains the reluctance in DC to complain much about Putin's less democratic tendencies. Some people long for the bad old days...imagine how insightful Ziegler's cartoon was, particularly when you consider that it came so soon after the shock of 9/11. I don't think this Islamist genie could be put back in the bottle, and I am certain we shouldn't long for a return of tyranny to Russia. But give Ziegler some credit. In some respects, it was easier to deal with the Soviets...and to benefit from their willingness to oppress these radicals. That's his point, I think.
5 Comments:
By 
cakreiz, at
Thu Nov 03, 12:01:00 PM:
Ziegler's commentary may also reflect the sad demise of a united and bipartisan US forein policy (what? No congressmen flying to Tokyo or Berlin to act as human shields?) Not until the late 60s did that political schism start to evidence itself.
By Catchy Pseudonym, at
Thu Nov 03, 03:20:00 PM:
Wait, I thought the Left was a bunch of commies.
By 
, at
Fri Nov 04, 07:39:00 AM:
Unfortunately our new commies are longer lasting and harder to brake down.
Sometimes, old is better.
By , at
Fri Nov 04, 09:53:00 AM:
This just proves where the New York Times lies its just the Pravda under a new title
By , at
Fri Nov 04, 09:52:00 PM:
Most of the liberals who print the crappy left-wing editorial cartoons in these rotten news papers are communist just read crap like BOONDOCKS or DOONSBURY
