Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 12, 2010
July 11, 2010
July 13, 2010
Transcript:
Soldier: Ready for the big handoff, Captain? Captain: My men are already at their new posts, Master Sergeant! It is a day they have all dreamed of - our flag replaces yours and the ISP officially takes over the camp! Noise: WHOOM! Soldier: You didn't secure the rear gate, did you? Captain: First day. You're going to have glitches. You just are.
How, exactly, did the Vietnam War stop anything? Didn’t the North do exactly what they set out to do, take over the South? Everything that we fought there to prevent came to pass, and as a result nearly 60,000 Americans and countless thousands of others died for nothing.
Sorry if you think you served your country, Lewreader, but this country was not served by anything that was done there, just like Iraq.