Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 28, 1981

Transcript:

Voice from television: Good evening. Today the identity of the 53rd hostage was made known. He is former U.S. Ambassador Duke. Zonker: I knew it! I knew it was Uncle Duke! Voice: At the Tehran airport this morning, he spoke with reporters. Mr. Duke, how does it feel to be free? Duke: Great. And I want to thank the thousands of people around the world who pressured Iran for my release. I'm certain that public outrage was the only thing that stood between me and a brutal death! Voice: Uh... but nobody knew you were a hostage, sir... Duke: Baloney. There was international pressure. I could feel it.