Jon Stewart Wonders ‘What The F*ck Is Going On’ In Iraq? (VIDEO)

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As militants advanced Thursday toward Iraq’s capitol of Baghdad, Jon Stewart opened “The Daily Show” wondering “what the f*ck is going on over there?”

Stewart brought his “Mess O’Potamia” chyron out of retirement to analyze this latest development. The militants, led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), are taking their marching orders from a man named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a professor who the talking heads claim is “more violent” and “more anti-American” than even Osama bin Laden.

“So you’re telling me if Baghdadi and bin Laden are having an argument about America, bin Laden is the one going, ‘Look, I hate them too,'” Stewart quipped. “I’m just saying, nobody does a theme park like the Americans.’”

The Iraqi government has also asked the U.S. to intervene in the conflict by sending surveillance drones and other assistance to fight back the insurgents.

“Yes! We did it!” Stewart cried. “We finally got it so that Iraq will now greet us as liberators! Way to go, everybody!”

Watch below, courtesy of Comedy Central:

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  1. And guess who thinks we need to get “a few troops” back to Iraq ASAP?

    I’ll give you a minute…

    Yup! John “Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Whatever” McCain!

    Shocking, I know! He is SUCH a pacifist…

  2. In Iraq, we must support the pro-Iranian dictator against the Al Qaeda guys, while, in Syria, we must support the Al Qaeda guys against the pro-Iranian dictator. It’s very confusing.

  3. Well hopefully McCain will be invited on one of the upcoming Sunday shows to explain it all. I mean, if his schedule allows, of course.

  4. I’ll tell you WTF is going on in Iraq. George Dumbass Bush and Dick Dickless Cheney and a few spare goons invaded them and turned not only Iraq but Syria and a good part of the Middle East into a cycular war zone with an abnormally developed hatred for America. They then proceeded to pussyfoot their way out of their desired quagmire and have been inflaming the whole goddamn thing from the sidelines ever since. The Bush administration is/was the core of the axis of evil.
    They also got the really nice ancillary effect of emboldening North Korea and pillaging America while gutting the world’s economy.

    Iraq, due to twelve years of war, hundreds of thousands dead and the fact that it was just a scam on us Americans is the focal point. But BushCo had numerous failures and real scandals that are effecting our everyday lives constantly.
    In a sickening sort of comedic way, Iraq is a distraction.

  5. But, but, but, . . . . Joe Biden said Iraq stability “among Obama’s great achievements.”

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