Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 06, 2011
July 05, 2011
July 07, 2011
Transcript:
Ray: Sorry I scared you, Sam... Sam: What're you doing here, Uncle Ray? Dad said you were in Afghanistan! Ray: They sent me back. My C.O. thought I'd had enough. Sam: That's good, right? Ray: Well, it's complicated. I miss my guys. Sam: Did you really think I was a kid in a suicide vest? Ray: Yes, I did. War can leave you with... Sam: I told Mom these jammies made me look fat!
How the hell is it that we as a species cannot ever remember, not once in human history, from one generation to the next that war is a terrible idea? Old men send eager young men off to die again and again.