America-hating cartoonist Ted Rall has "retracted" one of his cartoons because he is a moron.

"I read a story that came off as possible, sourced it using previously reliable informants, and ended up doing a cartoon that I wouldn't have done had I known then what I know now. So this is a retraction of [the] cartoon. Did 9,000-plus soldiers get killed in Iraq? Maybe, maybe not. But as a cartoonist friend of mine points out: The relatives of those hidden 7,000 dead troops sure would be raising hell if the Pentagon were trying to hide them. ... The battery in my BS detector must have been running low last week."

Just a couple more notes for the record. First, no word yet from Rall on the progress in building that natural gas pipleline that was the sole reason for the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. Second, I have received no response from Rall regarding my offer to fight him in a Toughman bout.