More 'Toon Foolery

Mark Steyn notes the return of Thomas L. Friedman's oft-employed (too oft) but perpetually ludicrous Jetsons v. Flintstones shtick.

Way past time to retire that one, no?

And if we have to dip into the 'toon vault, I prefer the Popeye v. Mr. Magoo pairing: When threatened by Bluto/Brutus, a hot-headed bully, Popeye doesn't send in Euroweenies and UN "inspectors" to "reason" with him. He eats his spinach, gathers his strength, and does what needs to be done. Mr. Magoo, on the other hand, is almost completely blind, and thus blind to the threats right in front of him, but is determined to proceed as if fully-sighted--and is therefore always weak and at risk of the catastrophic.

Israel is like Popeye. Obama is like Mr. Magoo.