Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 15, 2005
Transcript:
Seargant Truman: The point is, sir, we're in a far less aggressive posture in Iraq now. Our main mission is force protection. Mike: What's force protection? Truman: Basically, it's preventing the bad guys from killing our troops. Mike: Let me get this straight. We've got 150,000 troops in Iraq whose main mission is to not get killed? Truman: Right. Mike: Can't they not get killed at home? Truman: No. We need them to not get killed there so we don't get killed here.