Here’s the original story by Peter Engel back in December 2009.

The NY TIMES just published the story today along with a photo of the ambassador, the secretary of defense and the general in charge of Afghanistan.  All three seemed to be smiling at the slide, or so the story insinuated.

I remember a Marine general once displayed a similar drawing, except his was drawn on a transparency and it didn’t require someone else sitting behind a computer drawing hazardous duty pay and drawing silly pictures like the one below.

Let’s get real and fight the good fight instead of giving our troops busy work.  If there’s no work to be done, send them home to their families.