Comic #2603: 2012-07-02

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Here’s the transcription of the text in the comic:

Panel 1:

• Character 1: "WHAT THE—"

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "EACH OF YOU KILLED THE OTHER AT THE SAME TIME. WHICH OF YOU WAS ON THE JUST SIDE OF THE WAR?"
• Character 1: "MY SIDE! WE WERE FIGHTING THEM BECAUSE THEIR FORM OF ECONOMY IS NOT AS MARKET-ORIENTED AS OURS, ACCORDING TO SOME METRICS."
• Character 2: "WE WERE FIGHTING THEM BECAUSE THE USE OF THEIR NAVY IN RELATIVE PROXIMITY TO OUR BORDERS WAS REVEALING A LARGER ALLY OF THEIRS WAS ESTABLISHING HEGEMONY OVER OUR OCTANT OF THE GLOBE."

Panel 3:

• Character 1: "YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"
• Character 2: "NEVER!"
• Character 3: "SO… FROM AN ETHICAL STANDPOINT— HIS MILITARY IS SABRE-RATTLING AS AN INDUCEMENT TO GLOBALIZATION AT AN ACCELERATED PACE."

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "HIS ELECTED GOVERNMENT IS TACTILY 'IGNORING CERTAIN PARAMETERS OF THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS.'"
• Character 2: "SO'S YOUR MOM!"

Panel 5:

• Caption: "LATER…"
• Character 4: "GOD? … IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A JUST WAR?"
• Character 5: "A WHAT WAR?"
• Character 6: (depiction of an egg)

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