If only Cartoons were Drones and Laughs were Bullets...

The New York Times May 2 2011: President Obama said that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a firefight during a "targeted operation" Mr. Obama ordered in Pakistan.

Mike Luckovich has drawn most laughs out of me at the cost of Osama bin Laden. He takes the Mickey out of Mr. Laden just by the way he draws him.

[p.s. To "take the Mickey (out of someone)" means to take the fight, the vigor, the gravity, the self-importance out of them, by mocking them, usually in a very subtle way.]

I don't know if Mr. Laden followed Luckovich or had any sense of humour.

Here is a small selection.

Needless to say it's as much comment on Mr. Laden as it is on America.

caption: Laden : I brought chaos and destruction to New York's financial district...His lackey: I hear you get bonus for that...


caption: Laden: Here's my plan for destroying America: we sneak in and marry each other...



caption: Laden: I couldn't carry on my sports drink but this is one of those Dell notebooks with an exploding battery.