Jon Stewart declared complete bafflement on Thursday night’s edition of “The Daily Show” as the U.S. entered into a bizarre entanglement in the Middle East that had him asking, “Whose side are we on again?”
Follow it if you can: On Wendesday, the U.S. provided air support against the Islamic State terror group in Tikrit, Iraq, in an offensive led by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Once again, it placed the U.S. on the same side as a longtime American rival.
“The Iran that we’re currently crippling with sanctions and periodically threatening to bomb is now our…I don’t wanna say ally,” Stewart said. “Battle buddy?”
At the same time, America supported a coalition led by Saudi Arabia striking Iranian-backed fighters in another Middle Eastern nation, Yemen.
“Holy shit!” Stewart said. “It took decades of destablizing conflict, but we finally figured out how to wage a proxy war against ourselves.”
“We cut out the middleman, and now we’re just punching ourselves in the dick.”
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
So Stewart, you’re suggesting that we don’t coordinate with Iran against ISIS?
And children, this is the end result of the Iraq war where we installed Iran’s allies in charge of the country creating space for the rise of ISIL. It is exactly why foreign policy shouldn’t be left in the hands of talk radio hosts and self assured idiots like Dick Cheney and George W.Bush.
Yeah, i don’t get it. And then we provide the OK and Intel to Saudi Arabia and others to pound Shiite rebels in Yemen. ISIS and Saudi Arabia = Sunnis. Iran and Iraqi militias = Shiite. What a clusterfuck of options and decisions.
Most of the time Stewart is one of the most insightful commentators out there (sad, I know). But when he is wrong, like here, man is he wrong.
With nothing but bad options to consider, your recommended action on how to handle this situation would be ______________?