Category Archives: Military
Master and Commander on the Far Side
Well, when I drew this it looked like we had the drop on the pirates. Our pirate hostage hero, Master and Commander, Richard Phillips, jumped overboard and swam for the navy destroyer, USS Bainbridge. Information is sketchy but it seemed like a good opportunity for shooting pirates in a barrel. Instead the pirates recaptured the bold Commander. Safety seems to be the operative word here. A New York Times report says, “the captain was seen “safe and sound” back on board the lifeboat…” Doesn’t appear to be what the captain had in mind.
Will They Respect Us in the Morning?
The Russians celebrated Obama’s victory by announcing the deployment of short range missiles the day after the U.S. election. Putin later halted the deployment after Obama suggested he may stop an American missile shield based in Poland and the Czech republic. Here’s the story in the U.K. Times Online.
