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Jon Stewart criticized ongoing missile attacks on Iran coordinated by Israel and the US and killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei over the weekend. The late-night host joked that he had to unwind a “20-year-long segment” called “Mess O’Potamia.”
“America apparently had to start an entire war to kill an 86-year-old man in failing health – rather than just, I don’t know, wait three weeks and let the saturated fat do its job,” Stewart joked.
Stewart explained how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was excited about a war with Iran – a sentiment shared by Donald Trump. He played a clip in which Trump wore a USA cap and announced operations against Iran.
Trump’s appearance in the basement
“So that’s how we do it?” Stewart asked. “2 a.m., Mar-a-Lago basement, no lights? You don’t even have an influencer ring light? And that’s our outfit? Blazer, no tie, shirt unbuttoned? Looks more like the father of the bride settling accounts with the caterer. That’s our announcement? And not to be petty, but baseball cap? We’ll take a baseball cap for a war of choice?”
He added: “You could have done it at the White House in a suit and tie in the ‘I killed Bin Laden’ hallway. But no. You went for vacation home, trucker hat, guy-about-to-make-an-announcement-at-his-club’s-members-tournament. Very classy.”
Stewart then commented on Trump’s name for the operation against Iran: “Operation Epic Fury.” “Is this a war or have the Paul brothers launched another energy drink?” he said. “Stop letting Millennials name shit.”
Iran’s response to everyone
Since then, Iran has attacked several bases in various locations, including Iraq and Kuwait.
“America and Israel are attacking Iran,” Stewart responded. “And Iran’s response is to just fucking attack everyone. I’ve been through a bar fight or two in my life – and I’m pretty sure the worst thing you can do in a two-on-one brawl is hit everyone else too.”
Stewart brought in Jordan Klepper, who was reporting “live from Istanbul,” to learn more about the situation. “Feels so good to be back in the war!” reported Klepper. “These have been four weeks since Venezuela so boring. Dude, it was so boring that we pretended we cared about hockey. Dark times.”
Bombs smarter than the president
The host concluded his monologue by saying, “I can’t believe it. Our bombs are now smarter than our president…How quickly the right has moved from ‘peace through strength’ to ‘peace through war.’
