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Commentators mock Iraq war WMD justifications with oil joke
Original: "So long and thanks for all the oil" https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=PO13BOfPvwY # NoIraqDidNotHaveWeaponsOfMassDestruc
Social media users are sharing a satirical take on the Iraq war, riffing on the Hitchhiker's Guide phrase 'so long and thanks for all the fish' to suggest oil, not weapons of mass destruction, motivated the 2003 US invasion. Posts pair the joke with hashtags insisting Iraq had no WMD and drawing parallels to current claims about Iran, framing both as false pretexts for war.
Why now: Ongoing US-Iran tensions have revived debate over whether invasion justifications echo the false WMD claims used before the Iraq war
Evidence
- "So long and thanks for all the oil" https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=PO13BOfPvwY # NoIraqDidNotHaveWeaponsOfMassDestruction # JustLikeIranDont # USDictatorship # News # USPol # FalsePremisesToCoverInvasions · CanvasesByPeter@mementomori.social · 2
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