Political Cartoon

In this political cartoon about World War I, President Wilson is seen steering a boat through rocks to on his way to a lighthouse at the end. The rocks are labeled as "war" and "intervention" and the lighthouse is shining off a light that reads "justice." On January 8, 1919, President Wilson introduced his points through a speech he gave to the American Congress. The goal he wanted to achieve through his Fourteen Points was peace, or as in this cartoon, justice. The artist of this cartoon was making the point that it was going to be a struggle to make it to justice; we still haven't achieved world peace today.

In the cartoon, the steering wheel is very large, showing that making it through war and intervention was going to be very difficult.

I like this comic because I think it's true. It's almost impossible to achieve world peace beacuse when conflicts arise, people believe that going to war will help stop things. Usually all that war does is negative things such as cause more problems and leave many people injured or dead.

President Wilson "Steering Clear of the Rocks"