A graphic-novel style illustration depicts historian Timothy Snyder, based on his likeness, seated at a desk with a serious and grave expression, his hand raised as if making a point, in a somber and desaturated color palette of dark blues, grays, and smoky amber. Bold banner text at the top reads: “TIMOTHY SNYDER ON OUR ILLEGAL WAR ON IRAN.” Floating near him are two minimal speech bubbles reading: “WAR IS WHEN QUESTIONS MUST BE ASKED.” and “WAR DOES NOT CREATE A CLEAN SLATE.” In the background, a dark, stormy sky is visible with faint silhouettes of fighter jets and distant smoke on the horizon. The foreground features minimal symbolic imagery, including a broken scale of justice and a question mark carved in stone. The entire composition, in a square 1:1 format, evokes a sense of somber and serious civic alarm and thoughtful warning about authoritarianism.
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"Interrogate War Propaganda"
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