Guns for Syria

Sometimes you just report what's happening and it's so insane it makes for a decent cartoon.

Syria, Lebanon, Iran (1988)

May 25, 1988

I drew today's cartoon twenty-five years ago this month. Wow!

Burning Question

Today's cartoon is about the Islamist-sponsored anti free speech riots we are now witnessing around the world.

Their History

Their blood-thirsty hatred of their brothers seems to rival their hatred of the rest of us.

Moslems Killing Moslems

Today's cartoon is not about Islam. It ia about Islamism, the international, antisemitic, anti-female, anti-freedom, anti-western, fascist movement that is now out of control and infecting Moslems around the world ...and inciting them to kill.

Islamism is the enemy that the world refuses to name.

Gaza Missiles

Today's cartoon is a "Middle East Quiz Show". Yes, Gazans are launching missiles at Israeli towns, cities, and villages. Because they can. * * * Meanwhile, just in from in another part of the Middle East, according to Reuters:

Iraqi Shi’ite militia stone youths to death for Western-style “emo” punk clothes

"At least 14 youths have been stoned to death in Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a campaign by Shi’ite militants against youths wearing Western-style “emo” clothes and haircuts, security and hospital sources say.

Militants in Shi’ite neighborhoods where the stonings have taken place circulated lists on Saturday naming more youths targeted to be killed if they do not change the way they dress."-more

Proliferation

To REALLY understand what's going on right now, you'd have to look at it from a distance, but the entire planet is in on this one, so there's no "distance". The only other way to look at it objectively is from the perspective of history, but we haven't lived through it yet.

Of course after we have lived through it, this period in human history will be easily explained, and it will have a name. If I had the time, I'd run a contest to guess what that name would be. If I DID run such a What-name-will-future-historians-give-to-this period?" contest, (which I'm not) what would your entry/suggestion be?

Hmmm?