This is a bit of a departure for me–an all-digitally created cartoon, but I thought it had more impact this way than if I’d drawn it by hand. Obama’s speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize was both masterful and mystifying. I sincerely hope that he’s correct that the war he has chosen to take on as his own in Afghanistan is both justified and winnable. I have my doubts on both counts. While there is no question that the Taliban (unlike Saddam Hussein’s Iraq) represent a danger both to us and to the people of the region, the real question is whether continued engagement  in Afghanistan will have any meaningful impact. If not, then we risk the lives of our soldiers, not to mention a considerable chunk of our treasury, on another Quixotic adventure, one that makes us no safer.