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White House has no comment on this either Great ad here for Risk, “the game of global domination,” from Saatchi & Saatchi in Singapore. Probably wouldn’t go over too well in the U.S. See a full-size version of this ad here on Flickr. And see two more executions at AdverBox. —Posted by Tim Nudd

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Having just read Orianna Fallaci's two volumes on the aggressiveness of Iskam, this scene seems more like a realistic prediction than a satirical snapshot.

Posted by: Tom Messner | Aug 29, 2006 10:24:47 AM

The telling comment here is that this ad "probably wouldn't go over well in the states." Why? Because we have become so damn politically correct we are blind to the threat that holds a razor-sharp simitar above our fleshy necks?

The Caliphate is a dream of millions and millions and millions of illiterate, pride-hungry, America-haters. We can't put our future in the hands of a smattering of Muslim moderates who promise to change the religion from within.

Posted by: rich Siegel | Aug 29, 2006 1:47:29 PM

Actually, the real reason this wouldn't go over in the States is that Parker Brothers isn't taking out full-color spread ads featuring elaborite set design and lavish photography budgets in national media to promote a board game.

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