Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 26, 1991
Transcript:
Military spokesman: Good morning. I'm still Major E. "Buzz" Fogg, until further notice. Today we're activating the press pool for sector J. The bus will be leaving out front at 1300 hours... Rick: Major, will we have access this time to actual casualties? Your people have really been hiding the body bags. Spokesman: Rick, the reason you can't eyeball body bags is that we no longer designate them as such. The term is inoperative. Rick: I see. Well, what do you call them now? Spokesman: Um...human remains pouches. Roland: Sugarcoating it, eh, Major? Don't you think that's insulting the public's intelligence?