Subtle political humor from the Arab world.
Notice that Bush is barefoot, but wearing gloves -- the cartoonist may be expressing symbolism that is lost on me.
Cartoon source: Arabic Media Internet Network
At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe.
We are in a new phase of a very old war.
2 comments:
Sounds good to me.
Actually, I was wondering if it had something to do with the fact that Arabs consider feet and shoes to be great insults under certain circumstances -- remember when Saddam's statue got smacked with shoes? Maybe there's an insult hidden in this...
Are you implying that President Bush has converted to Islam? Maybe he attends the same mosque as Bill Gates...
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