Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 18, 2001
November 17, 2001
November 19, 2001
Transcript:
George Bush Jr.: Karl, is it still unpatriotic to criticize me? Karl Rove: Yes, sir. George Bush Jr.: Cool! This is great... Karl Rove: Sir, you've been so busy this fall, we didn't have a chance to brief you on this...but it turned out that the missile defense program, and corporate tax cuts, and subsidies for the power industry, and oil drilling in Alaska...in fact, most of the items on our political agenda...are all justified by the war against terrorism! George Bush Jr.: Wow...what a coincidence! Thanks, evildoers! Karl Rove: They're such jerks - if they only knew...
Yngvar Følling about 6 years ago
Oh, they knew. In fact, that was the whole point. Provoke a massive retaliation, and hope that it would unite the Muslim world against the USA.
childe_of_pan over 4 years ago
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.” -Mark Twain