Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 30, 2012
November 29, 2012
December 01, 2012
Transcript:
Professor: Because of his enormous credibility, Powell's 2003 address to the U.N. had a galvanizing effect... It certainly persuaded me that we had no other option but to remove Saddam from power... But by 2006, I'd come to see that invading Iraq was the worst foreign policy blunder in American history... B.D.: I told you he'd be a surrender monkey. Professor: ...a view shared by many in command.
The biggest foreign policy blunder in American history was allying ourselves with the Soviet Union in WWII. Hitler, Stalin, Hitler, Stalin…the only difference was that Stalin had the better mustache.