Fiore Cartoon: Ugly Democracy

Thu Nov. 5, 2009 11:17 AM PST

America is known for doing undemocratic things in the name of democracy. Recent example: Afghanistan.

Watch Mark Fiore's cartoon below, as he muses: Democracy isn't always pretty. But shouldn't it at least be kind of attractive? 

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