(Anti) American Grafitti

It's unusual to see any grafitti other than tags scarred into the landscape these days: the occasional mural although most of those seem to be sponsored by some desperate local council or multinational attempting a limp reach out to the kids and to stem the tide of freelance etchings and taggings.

Political graffiti is fairly rare though: ironic since graffiti's main role throughout the world has been for freedom of expression and covert denouncements of totallitarian regimes rather than to massage over-inflated egos in their over-inflated puffa jackets. It's sort of akin to the sad IT consultant types doing paintballing on a Sunday to latch onto a feel of combat on our (largely) war-free streets.

Anyhow, came across this on the train the other night; whatever your views of US & UK presence in Iraq I couldn't help a wry smile.