Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 04, 2011
November 03, 2011
November 05, 2011
Transcript:
Professor: Because of his enormous credibility, Powell's 2003 address to the U.N. had a galvanizing effect... it certainly persuaded me that we had no other option but to remove Saddam from power... but by 2006, I'd come to see that invading Iraq was the worst foreign policy blunder in American history... B.D.: I told you he'd be a surrender monkey. Professor: ... a view shared by many in my command.
The original blunder was the Crusades. The rest is fallout and repeating the same kind of imperalist nonsense while expecting different results.