War Against Syria: A Look Back

If history serves as precedent, Obama could use the long news blackout of the Labor Day weekend to launch an air war against Syria. Seems like a good time to look back at some cartoons that anticipated this moment – work about American intentions to attack Syria, and about militarism in general.

The U.S. is supporting Islamist rebels in Syria who are terribly reminiscent of the mujahedeen in Afghanistan:

 

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As in the 1980s, we support them enough to win, not enough to make them like us:

 

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Bush wanted to attack Syria in 2003:

 

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And of course, there’s the bigger issue:

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