Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 10, 1979

Transcript:

Voice: The Security Council is now in session! Does anyone have any business to bring before... Voices: Me, me! Me! Me! Man: Mr. Secretary, the sovereign state of Cambodia demands the condemnation of Vietnam by this council! The time has come to challenge the myth of Vietnam as a peace-loving socialist state teeming with freedom fighters! It is the Jane Fonda view of history, Mr. Secretary. The mindless belief that any people who have struggled against Western imperialism should be routinely canonized! Well, those same plucky little anti-imperialists are now sitting on half of Southeast Asia, having cynically annexed one country, and brutally invaded a second! Voice: Ambassador Phred? Does Vietnam have a reply? Phred: What can I say? We've got our act together. Voice: *sigh* Okay, let's break for lunch. Man: Well, you don't have to be so cavalier about it. Phred: Look, there's no point in being coy...