Jon Stewart returns to "Mess O'Potamia" for Iran War

Here we go again. After kidnapping the president of Venezuela and unleashing the military in American streets, President Trump entered March like a cowardly lion and got back to what America does best: Destabilizing the Middle East through the murder of innocent civilians. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump joined Israel in an unprovoked military action against Iran, killing more than 200 people, including 165 people, mostly children, in the bombing of a primary school, per the BBC. The U.S. and Israel have injured 700 across the nation and killed the country’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as the three successors the U.S. lined up to replace him. 

In one of those “do not adjust your TV set” moments, which has become all too common in recent years, Jon Stewart found himself in a familiar position. Like in 2003, when he rose to prominence as one of television’s most influential satirists, Stewart dusted off the old “Mess O’Potamia” title card and returned to wondering, loudly and angrily, what exactly we’re doing here. Seeing as the Trump administration announced the war under the cover of night and would rather speak to statues about his gold drapes than explain to the American people why another indefinite armed conflict was necessary, it’s safe to assume this will go on for the foreseeable future without reason. They won’t even do us the dignity of lying to us about WMDs. Sadly, it was up to Stewart to clutch his support monkey and pine for the days when the president announced his useless, unnecessary war in primetime.