Jon Stewart pretty convincingly compares the ISIS airstrikes in Syria to the iPhone 6

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last updated 8 January 2015

On Monday night, the U.S. launched airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria for the first time. On Tuesday night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart was slightly skeptical of the expanded endeavor. He welcomed the involvement of five Arab allies, but questioned how much they contributed. And with correspondent Jessica Williams, he made light of the new (to most of us) al Qaeda offshoot, the Khorasan group, that the U.S. also bombed in Syria. Just say "al Kil Yahal" out loud and you'll get a sense of the joke.

Stewart also poked fun at the French — well, he didn't have to do much, just note that an ISIS spokesman singled out the "spiteful and filthy French" for murder — and John Kerry. But his most trenchant critique was when he called the new attack on Syria the "iPhone 6 of wars":

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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