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Originally Posted by Jimellow
I would think it would help the morale of the troops greatly to see their leaders defending them and the war they are fighting for, by opposing cartoons in mass media that could be considered in poor taste, even mocking their efforts and resulting injuries.
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Well. . yeah, i suppose it would help morale to see that. Unfortunately, the troops didn't see that in this case. See, the cartoon was not mocking their efforts and resulting injuries. It was mocking Rumsfeld for expecting people to fall for his "the military is fine even though it's stretched beyond thin and we're not bothering to equip them properly" bullshit.
The cartoon is pointing out the fact that the military is being flagrantly abused. The cartoon is SUPPORTING the military because it's trying to change the fact that the military is being abused.