Tell Me, as One Soldier to Another, How Does it Feel to Run a Government? 1960

This ink drawing by Herbert Lawrence Block, titled "Tell Me, as One Soldier to Another, How Does it Feel to Run a Government?", pulls you right into the middle of a tense conversation. You can almost feel the scratch of the pen as Block lays down these lines, building up the forms of these two figures, the weight and texture of the suits they wear. Look at the zig-zag hatching and the way he uses line to describe volume, particularly in the figure on the right. His hand seems heavier, the mood darker. I can almost feel the artist's own skepticism coming through. What's going on between them? What's being said? It reminds me a little of Philip Guston's later figurative work. Like Guston, Block isn't afraid to let the lines get a little messy, a little raw. Maybe that's how he conveys the complexity and the messiness of politics. What do you think? What kind of conversation are these two old soldiers having?