Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 21, 1982

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Person: Okay, if there's no further business... Person 2: Mr. Secretary! Mr. Secretary! Person: What is it, Aboul? Person 2: We forgot to condemn Israel today! Man: So how are things back home, Phred? Phred: Don't ask. Man: Still a little grim, huh? Phred: Are you kidding? It's turned into an Asian gulag! And not just for imperialist lackeys! I'm one of the few former Viet Cong with any authority left at all! I don't know how much longer I can continue represseting Vietnam in good conscience, keep this under your hat, Victor, but I'm thinking of applying for political asylum! Man: What? Asylum? You mean, here? Phred: Why not? Political refugees in this country make it made. Look at Baryshnikov - they made hiim a movie star and gave him his own dance company! And how about Solzhentsin? He's got a 60-acre private estate up in Vermont. He only emerges a few times a year to pick up honorary degrees and denounce American decadence! What a life, huh? Man: Um, but aren't there millions of others who. Phred: Anyway, I"m thinking of putting in for a condo in Palm Springs.