5 dangerously funny cartoons about the US starting a war with Iran | The Week

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;We just went to war! Why? It&rsquo;s time to play America&rsquo;s favorite game show: What&rsquo;s the Reason Anyway?&rdquo; Pete Hegseth stands next to a large game-show style spinning wheel and says &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s spin it!&rdquo; The wheel has reasons for the war, including &ldquo;Oil, baby!&rdquo; &ldquo;Weapons of mass distraction&rdquo; &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t start the war we started&rdquo; &ldquo;I accidentally copied Iran on my signal chat&rdquo; &ldquo;Imminent threat&rdquo; &ldquo;Create a power vacuum&rdquo; &ldquo;Israel was going to attack Iran&rdquo; &ldquo;Epstein Distraction" &ldquo;Regime change&rdquo; &ldquo;We wanted Iran to bomb our bases now rather than later&rdquo; &ldquo;Daddy needs new ballroom drapes&rdquo; and &ldquo;We got Iran mixed up with Iraq again&hellip;&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts Donald Trump behind a podium labeled &ldquo;General Bonespur.&rdquo; Trump has a &ldquo;USA&rdquo; hat on and shouts, &ldquo;OFF TO WAR!&rdquo; Two men behind him say, &ldquo;Suppose the Dems subpoena Melania?&rdquo; and &ldquo;PPP Pedo Protection Program!&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts Donald Trump just as he enters a large, twisty, complicated maze filled with dead ends. He thinks to himself, &ldquo;So far, so good.&rdquo;

Donald Trump stands next to a big, World War II-style cannon labeled &ldquo;WAR.&rdquo; A scared-looking man with an American flag helmet is in the cannon, about to be shot out. Trump holds a string that will fire the cannon and says, &ldquo;America first.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts a caricature of Donald Trump at a podium with a headline of &ldquo;Breaking News: U.S. attacks Iran.&rdquo; Trump says, &ldquo;The bombings will continue until I get my Nobel Peace Prize.&rdquo;

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