1.) Bob Englehart drew this political cartoon
2.) It was published on December 12, 2009 in the Hartford Courant.
3.) This cartoons discusses both Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize and his recent decision to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan.
4.) The cartoon shows Obama receiving his Nobel Prize, but he is wearing an army helmet and shooting it with a gun. It's kind of ironic the Obama was given an award that honors those who promote global peace, and yet he has escalated the war in Afghanistan.
5.) I agree with the artist of this cartoon. I too think it's unfitting for Obama to receive a "peace award" and then choose to endanger lives of soldiers and increase the conflict in Afghanistan.
I agree this situation is quite ironic. Global peace and sending more troops to Afghanistan just don't seem to match up to me. I think this just proves that Obama was given the prize prematurely.
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