Why otherwise would the child in the sculpture be dressed as a stereotypical American a poster child from the 1950s, and not a stereotypical Iraqi child with head scarf and sandals? The crudely executed child throws the whole thing horribly off.
Sorry, there is NO statement of Iraq's gratitude, here, it was a cheap export item from the start, bland and poorly executed.
All this tearful hyperemotional praise towards this tribesman is totally out of place at a time when others of his tribe cheer as they drag the charred corpses of Americans through the streets. Iraqis won't police themselves, they won't cooperate in their own liberation, they seem rather pleased when Americans continue to die.
What use is this so called artist's crappy exported propaganda art now? Unless he starts producing some pro-American propaganda for domestic Iraqi production, screw him very much