This cartoon by Kal from The Economist is a comment on the worsening military situation in Afghanistan, where the allied troops are facing growing problems.
The cartoon shows a group of NATO soldiers crossing a series of rope bridges strung between mountain tops as they head towards 'a stable Afghanistan'. One soldier, noticing that the rope is fraying, says to his colleague, 'What do our chances of success look like?' His colleague replies, 'A little ropey'.
EXPLANATION
The cartoonist plays on the similarity of the words 'rope' and 'ropey'. The bridges are made of rope; and if you describe something as 'ropey', you mean that it is poor in quality. So the soldier means their chances are not good. • Too much talking and a ropey performance got him booed by the audience.
ALSO SEE
• Afghanistan (The Economist)
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