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Scarfe on Afghanistan « Previous | |Next »
July 12, 2009

This cartoon by Gerald Scarfe is one of the better cartoon's I've seen on the troubling war in Afghanistan. Most editorial cartoonists in Australia generally avoid it in favour of comment about the political events of the day.

ScarfAfghanistan.jpg Gerald Scarfe

Scarfe's work is visually strong, and a powerful image that critiques the war in Afghanistan. A visual politics about the strategy of "clear, hold, build" that represents the credo of General David Petraeus's counterinsurgency operations that include Australian troops.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 9:10 AM | | Comments (3)
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An excellent cartoon..paving the way to the things the British Empire always paved it's way to and continues to do so.

eag,
trouble is Australia continues to do what Australia always does --support the empire (whether British or American) whilst tapping the forelock.

Australian cartoonists do not seem as concerned as the UK ones.

Do you think that the president should have put in Petraeus. What will this do to the midterm election?