A smug, comfortable, well-off columnist

Bob Herbert, commenting from behind the protective screen of Times Select which keeps him preaching to the choir, says,

For the smug, comfortable, well-off Americans, it doesn't seem to matter how long the war in Iraq goes on — as long as the agony is endured by others.

That's all that I can read since I am not a subscriber, so here is my response to the smug, comfortable, well-off Mr. Bob Herbert:

The smug, comfortable, well-off Bob Herbert.

This American doesn't look so smug, comfortable nor well-off to me.

This American doesn't look too smug, comfortable nor well-off to me, either.

This American doesn't look too smug, comfortable nor well-off. He is bleeding.
And defiant.

How smug, comfortable and well-off does this American appear to be, Mr. Herbert?

Is this "other people's agony", Mr. Herbert?

How about this one, Mr. Herbert? Smug? Comfortable? Well-off?

Another smug, comfortable, well-off American. Must be a Raiders fan.

Here are 3 smug, comfortable and well-off Americans -- line dancing, I guess.

A smug, comfortable and well-off American with his own litter bearers.

Here are two smug, comfortable and well-off Americans. Right, Mr. Herbert?

Here's an American enjoying the agony endured by another.

Here's some Americans so smug, so comfortable and
so well-off that they're even holding hands. Right, Mr. Herbert?

And, finally, we have these Americans who certainly look comfortable.
Don't you agree, Mr. Herbert?

I could go on, but you get the idea. I don't think it appropriate for a smug, comfortable and well-off New York Times hack to bray about "other people's blood", do you?

I checked every biography that I could find on Mr. Herbert and none varied from his official New York Times biography. If Mr. Herbert was born in 1945 and took his first job in 1970, I am left wondering how Mr. Herbert filled the years between 1963, when he would have been 18 years of age and 1970, when he took his first job in "journalism". What became of those 7 missing years, Mr. Herbert?

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