Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 29, 1992
October 28, 1992
October 30, 1992
Transcript:
Rick: Sir, it's now becoming clear that the U.S. had a secret policy of building up Saddam Hussein prior to the Gulf War...why did you ignore repeated intelligence assessments that warned against helping Saddam develop his nuclear capability? George Bush: Well, we wanted to work with him, bring him into the family of nations. This was before he was in his brutal dictator mode. Rick: But he was gassing his own people. Bush: Sure, he went negative, but look. Iraq politicos are rough. Didn't approve, but hey.
