Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 25, 2011
Transcript:
Policeman: Why are the Americans gathering? Voices: Silent night... Holy night... Soldier: Well, I guess this is it, Captain. It's been an honor to work with you. If you and your team remember your training, you should be fine. I'm just sorry we're leaving you with such an unstable, violent, corrupt, broken country, that's regrettable. But we gave it our best... best... sorry about the grid, too. Policeman: Eight years! You had eight years!
Have the Iraqis had NO responsibility for maintaining or even improving the grid over those eight years? They couldn’t be diverted even that much from killing and maiming each other?