Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 19, 2011
Transcript:
Jeff: U.S.A.! U.S.A.! Voices: Shoot him! Shoot him! Stone him! Stone him! No one could possibly survive the conflagration... and yet someone did! Knifing into the icy waters of the mighty Trff river... the Rascal is swept downstream until reaching the safety of Afghanistan. Safety being a relative term.
rayannina over 13 years ago
Can’t wait to see how he gets out of THIS!
Francine Long over 13 years ago
Once they realize he is the Red Rascal they will carry him on their shoulders and make him the grand ruler of the land. Or not.
queertoons over 13 years ago
Love the border sign.
Donald Benson Premium Member over 13 years ago
And a certain helicopter mechanic may have another chance at … being disgusted.
cdward over 13 years ago
Well, I guess the idea of him leading Berzerkistan was a non-starter…
rmbdot over 13 years ago
Obviously, this is Jeff’s narrative of his escape.
An impartial portrayal would probably reveal that instead of “USA! USA!” he was actually yelling “Mommy!”
Kerovan over 13 years ago
Red Rascal meets Afgahanistani Down the mighty Trff to Afghanistan, ‘e swept and there he’ll try to live the life he writes about but soon he should begin to see
That his skin’s more important than his myth.
{To the tune of Constantinople by They Might Be Giants}
Sandfan over 13 years ago
Considering all the practice the Muslims have had at stoning people, Jeff is in more trouble now than when he was being shot at.
lewisbower over 13 years ago
I’m glad we finally got someone with a little imagination working on the Mid-East problem.
corzak over 13 years ago
I wasn’t sure what “stan” Berzerkistan represented, but I guess it’s Uzbekistan …
thirdguy over 13 years ago
I always thought that it was Pakistan.
CedarCircle over 13 years ago
I want to buy a vowel.
Dkram over 13 years ago
Oh man, can you stan it.
\\//_
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
Libya was coincidental, Chikuku. Most ‘toons have about a 3 week lead time, to give the paper’s lawyers time to figure out if they should sue.
jimpow over 13 years ago
“stan” at the end of a country’s name means “land of.”
diggitt over 13 years ago
At lest the sign doesn’t say “Welcome to Aghanistan.”
FriscoLou over 13 years ago
Lots of people get stoned in Afaganistan.
What language do the Berzerkis speak anyways?
Spyderred over 13 years ago
Could be worse. If he was a 12-year-old girl raped by a 42-year-old married man, he’d be sentenced under sharia to a whipping (80 lashes), then when the fun stopped because he’d passed out, he’d be left to a slow death of a week.
RinaFarina over 13 years ago
@FriscoLou, they speak B’Zerki, of course.
@spyderred, in the situation you describe, the girl would no doubt also be stoned to death for tempting the man…
Dragoncat over 13 years ago
@ Kerovan: LOVE THAT SONG!!!
Look on the bright side… Jeff is only being stoned.
Can you imagine what Zipper will have to face when Jeff’s parents ask him why their son isn’t back yet?
luckylouie over 13 years ago
^Dragoncat – They’ll probably shake his hand and thank him.
randgrithr over 13 years ago
Interesting. What’s going on now isn’t a Virginian-style fib. He actually successfully executed and survived a mission that his psychotic boss would have turned down.
On some level this will eventually hurt the psycho’s ego. (Not that it would be hard to do that.)
Sluffo Premium Member over 13 years ago
I mentioned the other night that Berzerkistan is really Turkmenistan because the chopper was returning to Herat, Afghanistan which is directly below T-stan. Look at a map. Also T-stan was ruled by a real life loony-toon until his sudden death about 5 years ago.