This series is a continuation of the first “got war?” campaign created immediately after the initial bombings of Iraq. The images in this series focus on the after-effects of the war on the Iraqi people. While most American news services showed only the same clip of Iraqis cheering American troops as they drove through the streets, the American public never got to see the effects of the war; as far as everyone knew, no civilians were killed or even harmed and our “smart bombs” only decimated the Baathist strongholds. These images show only a fraction of the destruction we unleashed on the country, and only now are we realizing how hard it is to put it all back together again.

Once again, I decided to use a sarcastic tone in the text of these posters. Since the American opinion was one of “look at the great thing we just did bringing liberty and freedom to the Iraqi people,” then the text needed to reflect that attitude, while remaining oblivious to the carnage in the photos. Also, the images are not in color, but black and white to represent the sense of hopelessness that the Iraqi people still feel after Saddam’s demise.

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