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CNN 国际新闻
📌 标题：VFW cartoon showing veterans facing a firing squad sparks calls for an investigation
📅 发布时间：Updated Jul 13, 2026, 6:30 AM ET
📝 英文原文：
A cartoon depicting a firing squad of bureaucrats and media with rifles aimed at US veterans has prompted a powerful congressman to call for an investigation into one of America’s oldest veterans advocacy groups, stoking a debate over free speech for political satire.Rep. Mike Bost, the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, has asked VA Secretary Doug Collins to investigate the Veterans of Foreign Wars after the satirical cartoon meant to protest cuts to veterans benefits appeared on T-shirts being sold on behalf of the group, which has about 1.3 million members.The VFW, which was founded in 1899, says it has used the cartoon in different variations since the 1930s to protest efforts to cut veterans benefits. The most recent version features a pair of men in business suits, labeled “bureaucrats” and “media,” pointing rifles at two veterans in military fatigues, with the the phrase “Honor the Contract” printed below. The phrases “Punishing Service,” “Removing Benefits” and “Waste and Fraud” are included in the image.The VFW says it rolled the T-shirts on June 30, with theGrunt Stylemilitary apparel company handling the sale and proceeds meant to fund veterans mental health and suicide prevention initiatives. The following day, Bost, an Illinois Republican, wrote to Collins and issued a news release criticizing the image.In the letter, which was obtained by CNN, Bost and Rep. Jack Bergman, a Michigan Republican, wrote: “VFW has repeatedly authorized the use of its name, trademarks, and likeness on commercial merchandise depicting graphic, inflammatory, politically charged imagery surrounding pending veterans’ legislation.”Bost and Bergman say the imagery “can reasonably be interpreted as glorifying or normalizing political violence,” and that “regardless of intent, such messaging risks inflaming public anger toward public officials” at a time when threats against public officials and journalists “are at an all-time high.”Bost and Bergman also ask the VA to
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🇨🇳 中文翻译：
一幅描绘官僚和媒体行刑队拿着步枪瞄准美国退伍军人的漫画促使一位有权势的国会议员呼吁对美国最古老的退伍军人权益团体之一进行调查，引发了一场关于政治讽刺言论自由的辩论。众议院退伍军人事务委员会主席迈克·博斯特 (Mike Bost) 要求退伍军人事务部部长道格·柯林斯 (Doug Collins) 调查在国外战争中退伍军人的情况，此前旨在抗议削减退伍军人福利的讽刺漫画出现在
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