Thu Mar 1, 2007 — by Mike Gold

Worm turns on Doonesbury

Trudeau accused of toeing neo-Con line

Some wag said 9/11 marked the death of irony. Well, that was certainly ironic.

Gwynne Dyer, writing for the London Independent, pointed out recent Doonesbury strips have been parroting the official Bush / Cheney line that the people to blame for our defeat in Iraq are "those brutal, stupid Iraqis."

Whereas the strip has never voiced support for the war – and, in fact, has been quite supportive of how our troops have been mistreated by our government – some recent strips have portrayed performance as, according to Dyer, "lazy, cowardly Iraquis shun(ning) their duty... It is a shameful, childish lie."

Personally, I didn't get quite the same drift, although I understand where Dyer is coming from. Garry Trudeau couldn't be reached for comment, being too busy removing the shoe from the other foot.

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