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May 16, 2006

Mission Accomplished! Again!

T
his morning, on WZTK-FM, I heard Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC), the chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, say that he thought the United States might be in a position to declare victory in the so-called War on Terror "in a few months."

I kid you not.

(The artwork is Roger Shimomura's Justified Internment (2003). You can read more about the painting here (halfway down the page.))

Posted by Eric at May 16, 2006 12:53 PM

Comments

Declaring victory over an abstraction makes about as much sense as declaring war. Have done the latter, we might as well do the former. Do you have a specific objection or are you just passing on the news?

Posted by: lostingotham at May 16, 2006 2:24 PM

Are you feeling terrified right now? Well? Are you? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Let the war on hunger begin! I'm getting me a sandwich.

Posted by: Cyrus at May 16, 2006 4:17 PM

Oh, good. I was afraid this would become a protracted conflict.

Posted by: David Marshall at May 16, 2006 6:29 PM