This political cartoon was found on
Daryl Cagle’s Political Cartoons. If was made by Olle Johansson from Sweden on September
30th 2013. So thinking about what Sweden’s view is on Syria having chemical
weapons one can look at this political cartoon and see they want them removed.
Due to its geographical location clearly they feel Syria having chemical
weapons as a threat to their country. I think it clever of the artist to design
the cartoon to look as though they are “plucking” the problem out of Syria;
like plucking a bad tooth from a mouth. This solution seems so simple, remove
the weapons and the problem is fixed. Through research this simple analogy is
not very simple after all. After removal another problematic question arises;
how to dispose of the chemical weapons? Who should remove them? Where should
they depose of the weapons?
This political cartoon is telling us exactly what you said, it is telling us that Sweden does not believe that Syria should have chemical weapons and wants them to be stopped. The picture makes it looks easy but it is not that simple to just "pluck" the problem. It needs to be done carefully, these Chemicals are serious toxins and need to be disposed off carefully and correctly with the right materials and equipment.
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