The Smiling American

My pal Aaron recently posted this queiry on his blog:

Random Liberal Thought
If a simple political cartoon can cause violence and unrest in the Middle East, can we draw a cartoon that will create peace?

To which many of his faithful readers replied with comments only the insane lament.
Well, I love effin' with Aaron, it's one of the small joys in my life, so I replied to his post with this comment:

"That would be a funny *** cartoon.
I can just picture it....
An American person would be face down in the sandy terrain of the Middle East, with his ARSE up in the air. You would know he was American because of his "I Love NY" T shirt. He would have Old Glory cluched in his cracker*** while a dark skined, strange looking man with a towel on his head anxiously attempted to clank two sand rocks together to light the fuse connected to the American Flag. Though scared at times, the American would sport a sinister smile out of the side of his face.Why would this be? Anyone? Anyone? Beuller?"

Besides the fact that Aaron said this was the first "on point" comment I've ever posted on his crusty blog, he then wanted to know why the American in the cartoon would be smiling.
I refused to answer based on the fact that most of his readers, I would think, would love the opportunity to improv their own ending to this mysterious, non-exhisting cartoon.
Why do you think the American is smiling????

Post your answers here so I can go over to Aaron's blog and show him how much smarter and wittier my readers are!
BTW If anyone would like to sketch up this cartoon idea that spawned in my little mind, I'll post it up here and of course, give you props!