Confessions of a lazy anti-warrior.

• Author: Bagge, Peter
• Position: Comic

18 MONTHS AGO EVERY BONE IN MY BODY WAS TELLING ME THAT A WAR IN IRAQ WOULD BE EVERY BIT THE UNMITIGATED DISASTER THAT I THINK IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE ...

WAGING AN UNPROVOKED WAR ON IRAQ WOULD BE THE SMARTEST THING WE'VE EVER DONE!

DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS WILL BLOOM LIKE DAISIES ACROSS THAT LONG-SUFFERING LAND!

THE IRAQIS WILL LOVE US FOR IT!

THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL COMPLETELY OUT OF THEIR MINDS.

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YET RATHER THAN BOASTING "I TOLD YOU SO," I FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF SHAME FOR NOT DOING MORE TO HELP PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING ...

I SHOULD WRITE TO MY CONGRESSMAN TO EXPRESS MY OUTRAGE ...

WAIT, HE'S ALREADY OPPOSED TO THE WAR ...

GUESS I'LL WATCH THIS SIX-HOUR "LAW + ORDER" MARATHON INSTEAD ...

SIGH

DOINK! DOINK!

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MY ONE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANTI-WAR EFFORT WAS A FEATURE FOR THIS VERY MAGAZINE, IN WHICH I MAINLY MADE FUN OF OTHER WAR PROTESTERS!

WAR IS THE NATURAL BY-PRODUCT OF CAPITALISM!

NO IT ISN'T

THINK OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN!

WHY? ARE THE MEN ALL EXPENDABLE?

LET'S HOLD A SILENT VIGIL ...

LET'S NOT!

I KNEW AT THE TIME THAT I WAS BEING COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, BUT I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF. I COULDN'T STAND THOSE PEOPLE!

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OPERATING ON A PERSONAL LEVEL ALSO SERVED LITTLE PURPOSE, SINCE BEING AN ARTIST (OF SORTS) LIVING IN A LIBERAL CITY USUALLY MEANT PREACHING TO THE CHOIR ...

FOR ALL WE KNOW SOMEONE WORSE THAN SADDAM MIGHT TAKE OVER.!.

TRUE.

AND WHAT IF WE NEVER FIND ANY W.M.D.S?

I KNOW.

NOW THE WHOLE WORLD WILL HAVE GOOD REASON TO HATE US!

Y'KNOW THE MARINERS LOOK PRETTY GOOD THIS YEAR ...

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MEANWHILE, TALKING TO WAR SUPPORTERS AT THAT TIME WAS LIKE TALKING TO A PRE-PROGRAMMED AUTOMATION ...

THIS WAR IS TOTALLY...