this be another world war ii message to the soldier and to the ally to be careful about spread rumor . these be call instructional cartoon because it be a mixture of serious message along with a funny look main character call pvt . snafu . all of u have imagination and along with fear and what have you and and that what happen here a pvt . snafu incorrectly add two and two to something he hear and come up with five . you can start panic and all kind of disaster if you spread enough rumor and enough people believe them . that include lose confidence in your country and your cause and a point out here in this cartoon . a good way to lose a war be demoralize the enemy . that still be do today . we lose the war and declare one big baloney near the end of this cartoon . amaze how some american still haven not learn . this cartoon may be 65 year old but it sure have relevance today . a i write this and there be two terrorist bombing in europe today and some people still think the war on terror be just a bumper sticker slogan . amazing . the writer and the famous dr. suess and use analogy of hot air balloon juice here to present the above message . with theodore geisel ( his real name ) you know the rhyme will be clever . nothing hilarious here and but it wasn not mean to be . you have to understand the climate of 1943 and the justified paranoia that be out there during world war ii . people forget that war could have easily wind up with the other side win . it be a tense time .