A look at Der Spiegel’s “Bush Warriors” six years later

When George W. Bush ran for president as a uniter, not a divider, who’d have thought he was referring to Germany? This summer Der Spiegel wrote that Bush’s presidency brought together Germans in unexpected ways — and gave editorial cartoonists rich material for two full terms — lamenting that the “German media’s greatest foil is riding into the sunset.”

Today, the publication unveiled its newest issue, featuring a revisited version of one of its most iconic covers — the “Bush Warriors” image of Feb. 2002, with its cast of formerly bold neo-con Rambos transformed into a depleted and beaten lot. Compare the two after the jump.