Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 13, 1977

Transcript:

Man: "Kissinger seminar begins..." Hmm.. doesn't say how tough a grader he is. Henry Kissinger: Yes, Mr. Weinburger? Man: Hey, Doc, after you and the trickster secretly wasted Cambodia, you were quoted as saying you failed to see any moral issue involved. Weren't you forgetting the principles of Nuremberg? Kissinger: Good question, Mr. Weinburger! Let's expand upon it and put it to the whole class! Man: Okay! Kissinger: The Nuremberg trials after World War II sought to establish certain inviolate principles of moral coduct, and to establish that crimes against humanity would never again be tolerated by the world community! Nonetheless, 25 years later, an American President and his national security advisor order the decimation of an entire nation! Question: how do they justify it? Man: I know! I know! Kissinger: Mr. Phillips? Man: They don't have to! Neither of them is required to obey the law! Kissinger: Right! Man: Huh? Man: Good goin', man! Man: Well, it's right here in the course syllabus...