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Will Caron: General Disdain

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

By Will Caron

May 25, 2025 · 1 min read

Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025

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Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

(Will Caron/Civil Beat/2025)

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About the Author

Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

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Will, you should go visit PTA. Talk to their conservation teams and speak to those with direct experience. You're straw-manning the argument and not helping this difficult conversation.

MoButtahMoBettah · 1 year ago

"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives." General Smedley ButlerOn Memorial Day weekend, this quote is an appropriate reminder of the timeless realities of war.

Joseppi · 1 year ago

I think it would be great if our kids served a year in the military training. (similar to Israel and a couple of other places) They would learn so much about following rules and maybe turn out to be great on a police force. They could also earn an education.

Concernedtaxpayer · 1 year ago

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