I find this cartoon to be both very interesting and also telling of peoples reactions when it came to the use of Chemical Weapons. This cartoon is trying to depict the fact that many people ignored what was going on in Syria leading up to these attacks. Once the term chemical weapons was used the issues in Syria gained a lot more awareness that they didnt previously have. I think this goes for many events that happen in the world. There are often many things that lead up to these big attacks and these things are the things that often go unnoticed. This political cartoon was posted on the website oatmeal.Com which post a number of political cartoons. This political cartoon was also found on a blog which included the reactions of many people. I believe this cartoon was drawn towards the western world to show how they react to middle eastern events. Do you think that Americans react this way when it come chemical weapons and other extreme weapon use?
This is great for the blog, it shows perfectly that the U.S. population will not really react until they hear that something very very bad has happened like the use of chemical weapons. We will listen to the things but not really think about them unit something that we know to be inhuman and inhumane such as using chemical weapons on people. Extremes have a way of making most of the population stop their own life for a minute and think about what is happening in someones else's life/country.
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