"Whatever one thinks of Wolverine, you gotta admit he knows the harsh realities of fighting, as one of the earliest examples of the "crazy superhero" subgenre.

It still isn't clear what his political views really were back then - or whether he was just fighting because he liked to fight, which I think is the most likely. Not to mention that he was brainwashed on top of it.

He fought against the Germans in the Spanish Civil War, though, apparently by choice, which says something."

Um, guys this is getting WAY too close to a RedState paen to "Jack Bauer" and Protein Wisdoms use of Kaiser Sose (Usual Suspect) as a "authority" on bad-assitude.

Everything wolverine "says" is actually being said by Comic Book writers who mostly don't have a clue about how any of this works in the real world. His words are NOT coming from an experienced vet - they are coming from a guy who went to art school.

Posted at July 11, 2006 7:05 PM in response to The Green Lantern Theory of Geopolitics