This is a great example of a propaganda piece that illustrates beautiful people and uses a catchy slogan. The attractive african american lady shows her classy and beautiful side with her jewelry and her nicely done makeup. "Black is Beautiful" is a slogan that tries to change people's minds who once believed that only white people are beautiful.
This war propaganda is somewhat confusing and inaccurate because its promoting a war against Iraq by using an image of Osama Bin Laden. Regardless, they used the famous "I Want You" slogan used throughout the 20th century. The slogan is very well known not just in the United States but also worldwide. What makes this propaganda piece unique is the face of Bin Laden swapped into Uncle Sam's body. Bin Laden is used as a scapegoat because in the early 2000s, the United States were still paranoid and devastated from the 2001 September 11 attacks and they were convinced Bin Laden was the main responsible.
I think the Bin Laden ad is a political cartoon saying that Bin Laden wanted the U.S. to invade Iraq because it actually took the heat off him as he was not associated with Iraq or Saddam Hussein.
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