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Did the oil derrick really need to be labeled?
It could be ambiguous to a general audience. A Chevron logo would've been more elegant
Without knowing the context of what's happening in Venezuela I'd probably think that's a radio/cell tower without the label and wonder what the army has to do with 5G in South America
I knew what it was, but not that it's called an oil derrick. So maybe.
It's not a political cartoon if there's not a label on every relevant detail.
Today? Probably not.
More than 2 weeks ago, when this was published? In that context, based on what was common knowledge among the public then, I understand why he erred on the side of overexplaining that the U.S. military was on the cusp of escalating to an invasion.
But the context of Venezuela having the most oil of any nation didn't change in those two weeks.