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After six years of commenting on the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, cartoonists in 2007 revisited the underlying reasons for the war. Australia's close alliance with the United States and search for an exit strategy attracted attention.

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I thought you brought the parachutes!

Alan Moir — Sydney Morning Herald, 2007

Cartoon showing John Howard and George Bush in army fatigues on a burning 'Iraq' plane. Howard says to Bush: 'Parachutes?! I thought you brought the parachutes'.