The poster of Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer  was originally used back in the 1940's to recruit men for US Army and the words then read, "I want you for the Army."  Many other artists have used this format to further their own causes, including myself when I tried to motivate patients in my clinic to lose weight. 

In this article, I superimpose the heads of other "Uncles" and discuss how the poster can work.

Uncle Ben

First is Uncle Ben Ladin.  Whenever a suicide bomber kills innocent people, there are more demonstrations against the war.  This only encourages terrorists to produce more suicide bombers, leading to more demonstrations..... and the vicious cycle gets worse and worse.  It is tragic how anti-war demonstrators are encouraging the very killings they so passionately abhor.   

Uncle Ho

How about Ho Chi Minh dressed up like Uncle Sam?  During the Vietnam War, it was as if thousands of young Americans were obeying him to demonstrate against their own government.  "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Cong is going to win!" they chanted as they waved Viet Cong flags in campuses across America.  Such large-scale demonstrations led to defeat in Vietnam.

Uncle Than Shwe

How about in Burma?  Recently, on 1 February 2007, there was a small demonstration  in front of the US Embassy in Rangoon that lasted only 10 min.  The secret police tipped off the reporters and then at the appointed time, demonstrators from Union Solidarity & Development Association (USDA) alias Kyant Phut appeared; the police then kept the traffic lights  red  while the reporters took pictures.  Groups of security men were ready nearby, and so were plainclothesmen, some of them sitting by at the local cafes.  It appeared that they were prepared to take control in case the demonstration got out of hand.  Its purpose was to condemn the US for trying to put Burma on the UN Security Council's agenda (but opposed by Russia, China, and S. Africa.)  Apparently, SPDC was afraid that ordinary people might join in and turn the demonstration around to condemn the Burmese government instead, for so great is the national anger. Political commentators said that the demo had to have been orchestrated by the government itself because of the involvement of all their men, and also because no demo could have taken place without their permission.  (This fact is only too well-known by the people.)