question_answer 9)

This cartoon is about the Iraqi election held after Saddam Hussein's regime was overthrown. He is shown behind the bars.   (i) What is the cartoonist saying here?   (ii) Compare the message of this cartoon with the first cartoon in  this chapter.  

Answer:

(i) In one of the quotation of the cartoon, the cartoonist tells us about the equality of the right to vote and equal value of each man's vote. In another quotation, he says that the dictatop, mostly prefers the situation when he is the only man to decide any matter by his only vote. (ii) The first cartoon shown in two chapters suggests that the US army personnel are elevating the process to form a democracy in Iraq. But in this cartoon the message is that the democracy is already established.