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  1. nomad2112

    nomad2112 said, 5 months ago

    The face of change in Iran.

  2. akibono

    akibono said, 5 months ago

    I never thought I’d say this, but here goes…

    The French have become the leaders of the free world.

  3. churchillwasright

    churchillwasright said, 5 months ago

    SATIPERA: In case you haven’t noticed, nobody looks to the President of France to be the leader of the free world.

  4. DrCanuck

    DrCanuck said, 5 months ago

    churchillwasright said: “In case you haven’t noticed, nobody looks to the President of France to be the leader of the free world.”

    DrCanuck answers: Nobody but the French.

    But then, no one sees POTUS as the leader of the free world either, other than Americans.

  5. 4uk4ata

    4uk4ata said, 5 months ago

    Am I the only one who appreciates a leader with capacity for restraint and judgement? There are times for decisive action, but there are times for caution.

    Plus, Sarkozy may mouth off, but I doubt the Iranian authorities would crack on the opposition leaders for being French agents or would rail about the way the 24th biggest devil tries to interfere in their affairs. The US has a somewhat different position in this crisis, and the more aware U.S. politicians are for it, the better they can act.

  6. fennec

    fennec said, 5 months ago

    And am I the only one who finds the (several) ‘toonists who have used this image to be edging into an area of poor taste? To me this is much to serious for local parochial use.

  7. rickhutchinchina

    rickhutchinchinaGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    It is a sad image, and one not to be taken lightly as a cartoon. It should remind us of the freedoms we do have, though, in France AND U.S.!

  8. charliekane

    charliekane said, 5 months ago

    It belongs right up there with Kent State photos.

    Made me think of the one titled “the girl with the Delacroix face”.

    Also reminiscent of the CSN line in “Ohio”:

    “What if you knew her, and found her dead on the ground?
    How can you run when you know?”

  9. dtroutma

    dtroutma said, 5 months ago

    First she was 16 to pull at our heart strings, turns out she’s 27, and still a tragedy, but I have personally been in this picture, in the U.S.- Watts, and even Yosemite Valley in 1970. I was a “civilian” checking on my great uncle at the first Watts riots, patrolled post-King assassination riots with the Army, and was a Ranger in Yosemite. (Though there were thankfully no fatalities in Yosemite, the police who came in after the “riot” were totally out of control, and there were injuries. I personally stopped one dude from firing a tear gas round into the crowd, that was intended to penetrate cinder block walls, and WOULD probably have killed someone.)

    Indications are change may indeed be coming to Iran, we can hope so, and we should support that, but taking pot shots as to “others” actions is total hypocrisy- sorry ‘bout that- it’s just a fact.

  10. cdward

    cdward said, 5 months ago

    Ordinarily, I would want to avoid using the image of Neda for any agenda. But there’s something haunting about this one. I’m not actually a Deering fan, but the image just seems like something that had to be drawn. I like the fact that there’s no text (other than “Iran”).

    Having said that, I appreciate Obama’s restraint.

  11. ChuckTrent64

    ChuckTrent64Genius_badge said, 5 months ago

    cdward, you are so correct. Any cartoon that doesn’t need words is great regardless of the point of view. I’m sorry I don’t see the French Connection here but a newspaper any newspaper can be a lot more reckless than any head of state. Anyway a head of state should be less reckless than a cartoonist.

  12. DrCanuck

    DrCanuck said, 5 months ago

    POTUS = President Of The United States

  13. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    Also spelled by some in this forum BoZOTUS.

  14. cdward

    cdward said, 5 months ago

    oldlegodad, those who use that form, however, have no respect for the office. We all learned in 3rd grade to call the President by his name or “Mr. President.” Geez.

  15. fennec

    fennec said, 4 months ago

    But Oldie is not an ANandy fan, so I think we have some more sarcasm here.

  16. motivemagus

    motivemagus said, 4 months ago

    I find both POTUS and SCOTUS to be more than a little silly.

  17. Gladius

    Gladius said, 4 months ago

    I agree with cdward that there should be respect for the office. I attempt to avoid contemptuous nicknames for the President. However, I have to admit that I get a bit irked by the hypocrysy of people who take offence at disrespect for O’bama yet drove around with not MY President bumber stickers during the Bush administration.

  18. parkersinthehouse

    parkersinthehouse said, 4 months ago

    waaiiiitaminit
    scotus?

  19. cdward

    cdward said, 4 months ago

    SCOTUS = Supreme Court of the United States

    Gladius, bad manners knows no political party.

  20. parkersinthehouse

    parkersinthehouse said, 4 months ago

    thank you so much 4. restraint in the troubled international arena - something we haven’t seen in years.

    further, support for restraint in the troubled international arena - pretty rare.

    about deering’s powerful political editorial - i see it as a powerful political editorial.

    (tks cd, i can always count on a concise no frills answer from you)

  21. Magnaut

    MagnautGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    I RAN isn’t that a description of B Hussein’s approach?