Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 12, 2012

Transcript:

TV: ...and new atrocities outside Damascus were being reported today. Earl: Aw, man. Time to pull the plug... Pop, of all our Arab Spring clients, no one's tougher to rep than Assad! How are we supposed to spin 18,000 murders? It's game over, Pop. His brand is dead. But he refuses to believe it. If we could just get Trff to speak to him. You know, tyrant to tyrant... Trff's a peer pariah who's made a new life for himself. If anyone can persuade Assad to step down, it's the Butcher of Berzerkistan! Duke: Hmm... worth a shot. Let me feel him out. Can you wait a minute? Earl: Sure. Duke: What do you say, big guy? Trff: Oh, so now you need me!