Joint Chiefs Fire at Post Cartoon

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COMMENTLINE
I guess Cindy Sheehan and the folks who keep printing those Muhammad cartoons are not the only ones in the news with poor judgment when it comes to having good taste.

NEWSLINE
"We believe you and Mr. Toles have done a disservice to your readers and your paper's reputation by using such a callous depiction of those who have volunteered to defend this nation, and as a result, have suffered traumatic and life-altering wounds"

NEWSBYTE
Joint Chiefs Fire At Toles Cartoon On Strained Army
(washingtonpost.com) -- In a protest with an unusual number of high-level signatures, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and each of its five members have fired off a letter assailing a Washington Post cartoon as "beyond tasteless."

The Tom Toles cartoon, published Sunday, depicts a heavily bandaged soldier in a hospital bed as having lost his arms and legs, while Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, in the guise of a doctor, says: "I'm listing your condition as 'battle hardened.' " Toles said he meant no offense toward American soldiers. Read full story.

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