Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 19, 2011
Transcript:
Overkill: You're kidding me, right, Duke? An executive extraction in the middle of a revolution? Duke: He's a head of state, Overkill - it's a prestige mission! Overkill: It's also a suicide mission... I might be able to find a pilot, but we don't have anyone dumb or insane enough to drop into a burning palace! Man: Yes, we do. Overkill: He's still on the payroll? Duke: Did I mention the $50 million advance?
^^who in their right mind would look at the situation in Iraq longingly?? They cannot form a coalition for all the bickering between the factions that have been at war for centuries, suicide bombings abound, and the electricity and water service is spotty.
If you want to apportion any credit for the current fight for democratic reform in the mideast, give it to Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit stand operator who set himself on fire…