Editorial Cartooning 2006

The editorial cartooning winner of 2006, Mike Luckovich, creates a statement through his cartoon (which ironically, is not funny). His argument contends that the 2,000 soldiers who had lost their lives had died for no proper cause. His cartoon appeals emotionally towards the audience to gain sympathetic favor. The cartoon derives the main ideals of the Democratic Party which deal heavily upon the hardships and misgivings of war. The conclusion that Luckovich creates is that the soldiers should be extracted from Iraq to prevent further bloodshed and loss.