BUSH’S PLAN FOR IRAQ SURGE (cartoon)

Quote:
This is a cartoon which is signed Larson -- looks like the signature of Gary Larson, who did The Far Side. I saw it on Uruknet, in the 01/27/07 GI special http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m30101&hd=&size=1&l=e GI SPECIAL 5A26: Link to cartoon is, titled Bush's Plan for Iraq Surge http://www.uruknet.de/uruknet-images/5a26-image001.jpg But since Uruknet get's hacked, I also put a copy up on photobucket http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/bluepilgrim/?action=view¤t=uruknet012707gispecial5a26-image001.jpg

Reason for Nomination:
This is an older cartoon which the author of the GI special blog picked up and adapted -- Larson is reported to be retired at Wikipedia -- in which case Thomas F. Barton must be given credit for seeing the application.

This is very funny, but cuts to the heart of the fallacy of the "surge" -- that going into an urban setting is the worst possble place to be. It also expresses that Iraq is a trap, and we should be trying to get out. It refers to the primitiveness and stupidity of the administration. All this in just a few elegant lines. Pure genius! (even if it is the result of an adaptation, and "reframing" of the cartoon to refer to the current situation.)