Superbowl Cartoon

I was on theonion.com browsing through "articles" to find my inspiration for this blog, and I came across a single frame cartoon of the "the real superbowl." I thought it was surprisingly similar to what we have been discussing in class. It is a single football player, representing the USA, carrying a football labeled "freedom." He is running towards the endzone through mowed-down players, representing Iraquis. In the crowd are signs proclaiming "We're #1" and the like. I thought what was most interesting was that the USA player is saying "finally, a chance to go all the way." This is so similar to the David Rees cartoons in class, mostly because it satirizes American culture: our obsession with football, winning, etc. It depicts the US as taking advantage of Iraq while they are down, so to speak (hence the Iraqui players laying dead and bloody on the field). It's tune immediately struck a chord with me, and I was hoping other people could check it out. Also, the cartoon could be poking fun at how so many Americans tune into the Superbowl, and so readily forget about the war in Iraq. However, it is the Onion so it might not mean anything at all.
The link: http://www.theonion.com/content/cartoon/feb-07-2007