Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 21, 1977

Transcript:

Henry Kissinger: ... and under the final Vietnam settlement, we promised withdrawal of troops, equal role for the Vietcong, and a commitment to postwar reconstruction aid! Barney: Sir, could you explain to me why you couldn't have gotten the same terms in 1969, thus avoiding the carnage etc. of the next four years? Kissinger: Because until 1973, Hanoi insisted on sharing power! What a totally uneducated question! Young man, where do you get these ideas?! Barney: Um... books, mostly. Man: Who gave them to you? Who? Out with it! Kissinger: I'll handle this, Mr. Weinburger...