Offer he can't refuse

By BRUCE PLANTE - 10/21/2009





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Tulsa World Reader Comments
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Loki, Broken Arrow (10/21/2009 3:29:32 AM)
Especially keen is the microphone, representative of a country which barely has electricity and potable water. I know, let's add more military boots on the ground, try (again) to have an honest election, and while we're at it, try to invent an economy that does not rely on narcotics, and impose an uncorrupt central government which has never existed there. Mission Creep? This is mission dreaming.

Jules09A, Sapulpa (10/21/2009 4:24:38 AM)
I'm so glad our current administration has shifted its focus to a war on American businesses.

Daniel Day Simpson, Edmond (10/21/2009 7:13:52 AM)
You can vote for Karzai Red, or you can vote for Karzai Blue, at least they have democracy.

FromTheHeart, (10/21/2009 7:22:29 AM)
there was fraud in our system as well...people should not be allowed to vote from the grave.

ajohnb, Jenks (10/21/2009 7:42:27 AM)
Does anyone ever wonder about all the "voter fraud" that was going on in Afghanistan and then we find out that senator john kerry was over there during the election process? Bruce, you are World Class!!!

Daven, Tulsa (10/21/2009 7:43:58 AM)
lol!! I dont know what is funnier. His arm or the can with the string he is talking into!! lol!!

ajohnb, Jenks (10/21/2009 7:45:09 AM)
From the AP: "There were a lot of very deep feelings about Afghanistan's right to run its election, its competency in running it," Kerry said. So the democraps think that the Afghans are incompentent to run their own elections so they send kerry over to show them how????

Daniel Day Simpson, Edmond (10/21/2009 8:06:14 AM)
So then on a whim of inspiration Karzai all of the sudden jumps into a musical number, "Impossible Dream" from Man from La Mancha.

Matt in BA, Broken Arrow (10/21/2009 8:08:25 AM)
Bruce, a really good one today, I too like the twisted arm and that can microphone. I think all that is missing might be some Afgan acorns, but they are probably out doing the votering thing again.

Cooldaddy, Broken Arrow (10/21/2009 8:31:06 AM)
That's exactly right Plante, it's one BIG joke.

Drachir555, Broken Arrow (10/21/2009 8:43:34 AM)
Democracy in the middle east is a big joke indeed. GWB was a confounded idiot to think that he could change the way those tribal people run a government. You can't change the way those people think. I just can't wait until Bin Laden is dead, Obama pulls out ALL the troops, and then both Iraq and Afghanistan revert back to the only corrupted, terroristic, and ironically religious dictatorships they understand.

mr.peabody, country side oklahoma (10/21/2009 8:59:48 AM)
President Obama told Malachi that we would remove our troops from Iraq by next year. Presumably he believes we have accomplished our goal of a stable government and a reliable military. Afhganistan supplies a whole bunch of herion to the world, to say they have no ecomomy is not exactly the truth. Good luck changing this inexorable reality. New elections, just buying time....

kenster, chattanooga (10/21/2009 9:24:02 AM)
OUCH! You are so mean.

just passing through, (10/21/2009 10:06:32 AM)
Mr. Peabody... Obama did not tell the Iraqies he would pull the troops out in 2010. Bush did. Now the current President is struggling to make that happen. Everybody else.... Afganistan was once a modern functioning country. What happend, you might ask? The Russians invaded and destroyed the place. During the 1970's the Afganies had tribal regions, but they also had real cities, real airports and real industry. Do you think the Russians would have wanted to move into a country that was as messed up as Afganistan is now? In the 1950's Afganistan was the #1 supplier of Herion in the world. By 1965 production had shifted to Iran where the Shah destroyed the poppy fields. If the Afganies can wipe out poppy production in the 1950's then it seems that if they ever get a real government in there they could do it again. Please don't trust me on this. I am sure the history of this can be found online somewhere.

Reggie Thug'nsworth, Tulsa (10/21/2009 11:40:56 AM)
It would have been funnier if he had said "erection" rather than "election". ...just my two cents.

sr71v3, (10/21/2009 11:53:00 AM)
ajohnb - "Does anyone ever wonder about all the "voter fraud" that was going on in Afghanistan and then we find out that senator john kerry was over there during the election process?" Not to worry. I'm sure Kerry took along some top-notch ACORN workers to be sure everything stayed on the up-and-up.

Worried about the system, Tulsa (10/21/2009 1:43:40 PM)
The microphone is Can O' Beans from "Skinny Legs and All" right?! Anybody else read it? Fantastic book. Great cartoon, Bruce.

WhoseLeft, Tulsa (10/21/2009 2:44:28 PM)
Karzai was an executive at Unocol. That's why BII wanted him in charge. Election fraud? Wasn't that a BII specialty? Once in Florida and once in Ohio.

WhoseLeft, Tulsa (10/21/2009 2:45:12 PM)
Bruce, the twisted arm is a nice detail!

52favoriteteacher, ex--Broken Arrow Tiger (10/21/2009 3:45:42 PM)
Bruce Good job as usual...

Thunder196, Tulsa (10/21/2009 6:19:06 PM)
Good one Bruce. I agree the twisted arm seems to say it all.

Mich098, Tulsa (10/21/2009 8:35:00 PM)
Hopefully, the Afgan people will get an opportunity to have their voice heard this time. Many an American young man or woman has given their lives so that this country can succeed in order that we can prevent Al Quida from coming back to strike us and eventually defeat them.

FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (10/21/2009 8:46:01 PM)
Let's just hope his arm doesn't unwind to fast. Good effect Bruce.

owl, Tulsa (10/21/2009 10:12:35 PM)
LOL ... excellent in every detail, Bruce.

okie ridgerunner, Small Country Town State Line (10/21/2009 11:41:39 PM)
Ha, Ha, Ha,Good one.


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