Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 01, 2021

BD, make sure to tip him well.

A large Major, with a tear in his eye, Sir he said, I have your back, Sir. He wept Patriot Tears. YOU ARE THE TRUTH OF GOD, he said. Please, Sir — I can’t breathe.

He had a stint as UN ambassador, didn’t he? I remember that he commented that it seemed like a class system in the UN, with poorer nations in the back.

Kinda like immigrants from the former Soviet Union, where university professors became street sweepers.

I suddenly remembered Major Major Major Major from “Catch 22”.

No matter how cute and cuddly Phred is, when he talks about re-education he reminds me of the people who fled from it in terror. Remember the boat people?

Still a bit more civilized than some places. Death to the vanquished was a pretty common battle experience, or so I have heard.

I worked with a married couple from South Vietnam. The husband had been a helicopter pilot in the Air Force. He was in a re-education prison for six years. Very bad time for them.

Seems like there’s only one motto for wars – “Don’t Lose”.

who is the guy in the background in the fourth panel?

My freshman English instructor strongly recommended reading “Catch 22.”

“Re-educate him”———“NO!!”——-“C’mon,now,don’t be a baby”.