Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 30, 2006
Transcript:
Man: Our new battle cry is "remember the fall elections"? Second Man: Maybe they think the Saddam - 9/11 link is getting old. Man: Yeah, but what soldier fights to save GOP seats in Congress? Second Man: Maybe they just want to prevent Civil War. Man: Yes, that must be it. Civil War is bad for them politically, so our mission is to prevent it! Second Man: I'll pass the word. Voice: Attention! Stand by for a new mission statement! Soldier: Gotta be the elections. Second soldier: Ya think?
GT couldn’t know that, not that far in the future, there would be serious talk about the possibility of election results leading to civil war. In THIS country, not Iraq.