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Since Sunday, April 29th night when President Barack Obama made that rather unexpected and dramatic address to announce the death of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, there have been close to 400 editorial cartoons published to date.
Given the Republican tendency not to give any credit for anything to this Democratic Administration, I wanted to largely focus in this diary on what the Bush Administration’s record was in pursuing Bin Laden for over almost 7 1/2 years from 2001-2008. I have also included a number of editorial cartoons gauging reaction by Middle Eastern cartoonists since the events of last weekend.
In Part II of this diary, which I hope to post my mid-week, I will address a number of other issues pertaining to Bin Laden’s death: the duplicitous role of the Government of Pakistan, what lies ahead for Al Qaeda, the future of American forces in Afghanistan, and new conspiracy theories arising out of this event.
(Bruce Plante, Tulsa World, Buy this cartoon)
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THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS
This weekly diary takes a look at the past week’s important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me.
When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions:
1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted?
2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality?
3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it?The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist’s message.
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INTRODUCTION
1. Change the be cartoon.
1. World Cup 1994. Being vs Doing. Home for thesis.
2. Death. Decisive.
3. GOP reaction.
4. Pakistan.
5. Future of forces in Afghanistan. More about Pakistan.
6. Arab reaction.
7. Pakistan media reaction.
8. Rob Tornoe – http://by157w.bay157.mail.live…
Wow, that didn’t take long. Conservative cartoonist Brian Fairrington has already decided to politicize the death of Osama Bin Laden with his political cartoon giving the majority of credit to George W. Bush
9. Stuart Carlson quote and cartoon.
Not gleeful, but gratified
http://www.carlsontoons.com/no…
1. Lowe.
2. NYRB.
3. New Yorker.
New Yorker Writers on Osama bin Laden
Posted by The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/onlin…
4. LRB.
Who told them where he was?
http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2011…
5. Democracy Now – Did Pakistani Gov’t Know Where Osama bin Laden Was Hiding?
http://www.democracynow.org/20…
Pakistan Ambassador
Charlie Rose Show – 5/3/11
6. DAWN. Other Newspapers.
7. Arab Cartoonists.
8. PEW Research
Osama bin Laden Largely Discredited Among Muslim Publics in Recent Years
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/19…
Public “Relieved” By bin Laden’s Death, Obama’s Job Approval Rises
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/19…
More Optimism about Afghanistan, But No Boost in Support for Troop Presence
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/19…
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Stein blog – http://edsteinink.com/2011/05/…
After almost ten years, the United States has tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the infamous 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I don’t enjoy celebrating the death of anyone, but I’ll make an exception in this case. Bin Laden, as President Obama reminded us late last night, was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of innocents in the name of an insane ideology, one that celebrates bloodshed on a grand scale as the means to the restoration of an imagined, idealized world that never existed and never will.
I wish that his death marked the end of the global terror network he helped found, but it doesn’t. Others, inflamed by the same murderous hatred, will try to avenge him, and some likely will succeed in killing more innocent people. Their day, despite whatever mayhem they might still create, is already over. History has passed them by. The Arab Spring we are witnessing in the Muslim world puts the lie to their claim that violent revolution in the name of rigid fundamental Islamism is the only alternative to the dictatorships so prevalent in the Arab world, and to the perceived decadence of the West. Still, his death brings a sense of closure to the survivors of bin Laden’s evil, and there is more than a little solace in knowing that our country never gave up in its pursuit of the face of terror for so many Americans and others around the world.
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1. Osama Bin Laden and the Bush Administration Through the Years in Editorial Cartoons: September 12, 2001 – April 28, 2011
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Cagle blog – http://blog.cagle.com/2011/05/…
By now, everyone knows that Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 tragedy, has been killed in Pakistan in an operation conducted by American military forces and the CIA. Cartoonists have been gunning for the reclusive terrorist for years, and have drawn many, many cartoons about him.
Check out some of the best cartoons drawn about [Bin Laden over the years ] with our Best of Osama Bin Laden cartoon collection.
1. The Torture Apologists – Published: May 4, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05…
2. J’accuse! – An Open Letter to the President of the United States
http://www.dailykos.com/story/…
Arcadio Esquivel, La Nacion (Costa Rica), Buy this cartoon
Man of the Year by Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com, Buy this cartoon
New Axis of Evil by Tab, Calgary Sun, Buy this cartoon
Osama Truce by Cam Cardow, Ottawa Citizen, Buy this cartoon
Have No Clue by Olle Johansson (Sweden), Buy this cartoon
Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com, Buy this cartoon
They Must Fit by Olle Johansson (Sweden), Buy this cartoon
Fox News by Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com, Buy this cartoon
9/11 by David Fitzsimmons, Arizona Star, Buy this cartoon
Al Qaida On The Run by John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Buy this cartoon
Al Qaeda Terror by Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com, Buy this cartoon
In the Cave by Cam Cardow, Ottawa Citizen, Buy this cartoon
Osama’s Head by J.D. Crowe, Mobile Register, Buy this cartoon
Osama Bin Lonely by John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Buy this cartoon
War on Terror Update by Mike Keefe, Denver Post, Buy this cartoon
Bush’s Afghanistan Souvenir by Christo Komarnitski (Bulgaria), Buy this cartoon
Bush Buys War on Credit by Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons
Bush Torture by Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune, Buy this cartoon
Nick Anderson, Comics.com (Houston Chronicle)
Mission Accomplished IV by RJ Matson, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Buy this cartoon
Bush Action Figure by Tab, Calgary Sun, Buy this cartoon
Falluja: Mission Accomplished by Patrick Chappatte, NZZ am Sonntag, Buy this cartoon
Six Years After 9/11 by Patrick Chappatte, Le Temps (Switzerland), Buy this cartoon
Bin Laden Tape by Christo Komarnitski (Bulgaria), Buy this cartoon
Bush’s 9-11 Speech by Bob Englehart, Hartford Courant, mBuy this cartoon
Bush the Deciderarian by Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune, Buy this cartoon
Bruce Beattie, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Buy this cartoon
Matt Bors, Idiot Box, Buy this cartoon
Rove Out Of Jeopardy by RJ Matson, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Buy this cartoon
How the World Views America by Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons, Buy this cartoon
Moving on After 9/11 by Nate Beeler, Washington Examiner, Buy this cartoon
Benazir Bhutto by Sandy Huffaker, Cagle Cartoons, Buy this cartoon
Bruce Plante, Chattanooga Times, Buy this cartoon
Al Qaeda Resurgence by Mike Keefe, Denver Post, Buy this cartoon
Jeff Parker, Florida Today, Buy this cartoon
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Buy this cartoon
Bush Legacy by Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com, Buy this cartoon
Bushit by Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune, Buy this cartoon
Bush Library by David Fitzsimmons, Arizona Star, Buy this cartoon
Bush Presidential Library by Jim Day, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Buy this cartoon
The Only Shovel-Ready Project In America by RJ Matson, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Buy this cartoon
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Note: The below editorial cartoons are from the post-Bush years.
Osama bin Laden’s Address by RJ Matson, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Buy this cartoon
Osama Bin Laden and Twitter by Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons, Buy this cartoon
Laughing Osama by Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons, Buy this cartoon
Osama and 9-11 Plan by Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com, Buy this cartoon
Osama Has the Egypt Blues by David Fitzsimmons, Arizona Star, Buy this cartoon
Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Buy this cartoon
Bin Laden vs Peaceful Revolts by Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com, Buy this cartoon
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2. Reaction to Bin Laden’s Death from Editorial Cartoonists in the Muslim World
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Omar Abdallat, Addustour (Jordan), Buy this cartoon
Fares Garabet (Syria), Buy this cartoon
Oguz Gurel (Istanbul, Turkey), Buy this cartoon
Sherif Arafa, Alittihad (Egypt), Buy this cartoon
Osama Hajjaj (Jordan), Buy this cartoon
Stavro Jabra, Ad-Dabbour (Beirut, Lebanon), Buy this cartoon
Hassan Bleibel, Al-Mustakbal (Beirut, Lebanon), Buy this cartoon
Osama Hajjaj (Jordan), Buy this cartoon
Stavro Jabra, Ad-Dabbour (Beirut, Lebanon), Buy this cartoon
Omar Abdallat, Addustour (Jordan), Buy this cartoon
Sepideh Anjomrooz (Tehran, Iran), Buy this cartoon
Hadi Heidari (Iran), Buy this cartoon
Hassan Bleibel, Al-Mustakbal (Beirut, Lebanon), Buy this cartoon
Khalil Rahman, Daily Samakal (Bangladesh), Buy this cartoon
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3. Osama bin Laden’s Death – Domestic Reaction
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Rogers blog – http://blogs.sites.post-gazett…
The Republicans in Washington have always painted the democrats as weak on defense, terror and homeland security. I think the killing of Osama bin Laden means the GOP just lost one of their reliable false mantras for the 2012 election.
Nick Anderson, Comics.com (Houston Chronicle), 2006 editorial cartoon
Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News
(click link to enlarge cartoon of May 5, 2011
in Peters’ archives)
Robert Ariail, Comics.com (formarly of The State, SC
The Bin Laden Photo by Peter Broelman (Australia), Buy this cartoon
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4. Mother’s Day
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5. Final Thoughts
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Finally, this cartoon by Andy Singer — as only he can portray it in his zany way of thinking — points to a number of areas where we, as a country, can definitely make some improvements.
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A Note About the Diary Poll
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At the heart of the Bush Administration’s so-called “War on Terror” (terror, by the way, is a tactic and not a well-equipped army) was the indiscriminate use of illegal torture methods to extract information from “detainees.” Contrary to the assertions made by many former Bush Administration officials over the past week, there is no tangible evidence that the use of torture directly led to Bid Laden’s death.
In coming days and months, what impact will this event have on relations between the United States and the Islamic world which, obviously, is not a monolith. Each muslim country has its own set of issues and circumstances differ greatly from such diverse countries like Jordan to Indonesia to Pakistan. Will relations improve or deteriorate or will Bin Laden’s death have no discernible effect?
Don’t forget to take the diary. Comments are highly encouraged.
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The Week in Editorial Cartoons
As detailed in Silly Rabbit‘s front page post, a number of Bushies are going to take to the airwaves on the Sunday talk shows. You can be sure that they will try to claim as much credit as possible about Osama Bin Laden’s death and assert that it all happened due to policies put in place by George W. Bush.
Don’t believe any of that revisionist nonsense for much of it will be plain lies as Condoleezza Rice pathetically tried to spin to Lawrence O’Donnell (must-see video here) earlier this week.
In this regard, I hope to post my weekly diary — The Week in Editorial Cartoons — by tomorrow afternoon.
The diary will take a look at the Bush Administration’s efforts to hunt down Osama Bin Laden over the years. I have dug up 30+ historical editorial cartoons from September 2001 to late April 2011 and they will give you a fairly good idea of how successful Bush and his team were perceived to be by the country’s editorial cartoonists.
I will also include dozens of additional cartoons and commentary on the various aspects of this story since Bin Laden’s death including perceptions of several cartoonists from the Arab world, Pakistan’s role, domestic reaction, and, as usual, the variety of conspiracies being cooked up by wingnuts, deathers, and other such morons.
Here’s a preview cartoon…
Bush Legacy by Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com, Buy this cartoon
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Donald Trump Met His Waterloo Last Weekend
Having been routed by the forces of the Duke of Wellington, Trump is, not unlike his hero Napoleon Bonaparte, being exiled to the Island of Saint Helena. Needing company to keep him amused, Trump will be joined by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC).
Obama Bashers in Distress by Chris Britt, see reader comments in
the State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL), Buy this cartoon
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Hi-Tech Hackery at its Best
E-mail Food Hackers by Andy Singer, Politicalcartoons.com
Buy this cartoon
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About Those 72 Virgins…
Bin Laden Gets His Reward by Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Buy this cartoon
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To Quote the Eagles
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!— Hotel California, The Eagles
Our oil addiction requires a serious look at our energy priorities. Are we as a nation capable of doing that?
Oil Trap by John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Buy this cartoon
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The People Didn’t Like Him, Either
Osama Has the Egypt Blues by David Fitzsimmons, Arizona Star
Buy this cartoon
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The Guy on the Right Must Be Nervous
He’s been a fugitive for a few years.
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How the Special Forces Nabbed Bin Laden
Rover Discovery by Cam Cardow, Ottawa Citizen, Buy this cartoon
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He Ain’t Winning This Award in 2011
This is an editorial cartoon from 2007.
Best Terrorist Award by Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons, Buy this cartoon