The title of this political cartoon "No-fly Zone" is a double play on words. In the picture there are flies but it also mean that there are no flying allowed thus, president Obama is riding on a whale. There are many small symbols that makes up this cartoon, one of the biggest being the whale. Which represents Middle East policy. The whale is dying, because it is on very dry and hot land, therefore it means that Middle East Policies is endanger of failing. The action that are taking place in the cartoon is that Obama is riding a whale out in the desert swatting down flies whom is harassing the whale a.k.a Middle East Policy. This cartoon is based on the perspective of a liberal, this message says that his middle policy right now is not as strong as it could be, also that it not very effective since there are no support(water) for the whale to swim in, instead it is getting harassed by the flies(critcsized). It is ironic that Obama is trying to create a "No-fly Zone" when his vehicle is not doing so well.
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