War On Terror: Maple Leaf Edition

it’s boring. the subject is literally pointless, and the photographer reveals no insightful Point Of View. Why, the whole scene is a staged ‘photo opportunity’, yes? So then ~ this isn’t even photo journalism : it’s stenography of political theatre ~ broadcast from a proscenium stage set / Set-up between three blast walls within the greater, ‘lab-rat’s maze’ of walls that is The Story of “What’s Happening to the City?” that our military forces invaded and occupied.
“…and the good news from IRAQ is : Happiness is an Orange Gun.”
What the f*ck does that mean? And What are the side-effects (?) Will i still be able to drive, or operate heavy machinery after buying one? Will Chinese lead in the paint kill my kids? What’s the price on AMAZON? Does eBay have any, yet? How far does it squirt ?
Break the fourth wall of the political theatre. Shoot the orange gun shooting at the audience apparent = press assembly… Now that’s the bad news from the City that our forces invaded and occupied : they shoot real photographers, don’t they?
Now, what the f*ck does that mean?

“…and the good news from IRAQ is : Happiness is an Orange Gun.”
It looks like it’s also the good news from AFGHANISTAN, where the picture was actually taken.

yes, now that’s quite interesting, indeed… the message wasn’t for US : Rather, imagine that you are Canadian. Then the lack of body armour and impotent arms of the brown-skinned men surrounding us convey the sense that: “Our Boys are not In Harm’s Way.”
of course if you or i were conducting live fire training on a firing range, instead of served up on a proscenium stage ~ we (and they) would be wearing armour {grin} But here Our Boys’ vulnerability not is perhaps foremost The Message to we Canadians.
The illusion apparent (and conceit implicit) of Our (western, civilised) Boy communicating with the Tribal Man; oh, let’s reach wayback ~ does it resonate with French Canadian arming of North American Indians? By contrast, U.S. mythology is that only scoundrels traded guns with the Indians {grin} That is unless we were empowering our native tribe to attack them = French Canadians’ : proxy.
the propaganda of proxy : “Our Boys aren’t expendable, they are.”
Still, as Canadian propaganda or any other NATO don’t you think the image ego bravado barely masks an uneasy id of impotency : the ‘orange gun man’ is my weapon, but he does not know how, or what at, to shoot; When some one shoots at him, will he turn yellow?
How much green do we have to pay to them, so that the brown men remain true blue ?