Ted Rall for July 22, 2002
Transcript:
Kabul, Afghanistan. Man: Mr. Bush! It's a pleasure to thank you for liberating my country! On behalf of all Afghans, I- George Bush: Cut the crap, Karzai. We put you in charge of this dump in exchange for an oil pipeline, but the deal you signed on March 7th in Islamabad doesn't specify who gets what percent of the profits. Pay up now, or we'll pull out and let Mullah Omar deal with your decapitated ass! Man: Don't be absurd- we owe everything to Unocal oil and the U.S. military! Besides, the pipeline will generate huge revenues, which will allow us to rebuild our nation and create jobs to- George Bush: 8% you guys get 8% of the profits. Man: No wonder everyone hates America. George Bush: it's 7% more than my sucker dead soldiers got.