Troubletown.

• Author: Dangle, Lloyd
• Position: Editorial

PRE-EMPTIVE ATTACK IS SUPPOSEDLY A BRAND NEW STRATEGY MADE NECESSARY BY TERRORISM ...

WE MUSTN'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER 9-11! WE MUST ACT FIRST!

AND GRAB THE OIL.

AND DOMINATE THE GLOBE.

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BUT ACTUALLY, DICK CHENEY AND PAUL WOLFOWITZ CAME UP WITH THE IDEA WAY BACK IN 1989!

WE MUSTN'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER SOVIET UNION TO FORM ...

OIL!

GLOBAL DOMINATION.

THAT'S SOME HEAVY DOO-DOO!

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COLLIN POWELL PITCHED IN TOO.

NOW THAT THERE IS NO SOVIET THREAT, WE MUST BE PREPARED TO FIGHT TWO WARS SIMULTANEOUSLY!

AND STRIKE FIRST.

AND OIL.

AND GLOBAL DOMINATION.

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THEN THERE WAS AN EIGHT YEAR BREAK.

CLINTON'S AND IDIOT! TWO WARS SIMULTANEOUSLY!

ATTACK FIRST!

GLOBAL DOM!

OIL!

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BUT WHEN DUBYA WAS MADE PRESIDENT, POWELL, CHENEY, AND WOLFOWITZ GOT ANOTHER CHANCE!

WAR?!

ATTK 4 OIL!

GLOB DOM!

THIS PLAN IS OLD AND MESSY. UNACCEPTABLE!

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SO, JUST WHEN IT APPEARED THAT THE...