Jon Stewart
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Breaking news.
What?
What a dick.
Was it scheduled maintenance?
Oh, oh, wait.
Is this because of the incessant bombing?
Ooh, we're gonna play the one card we have to stop you from collapsing all of our infrastructure.
Real mature.
Well, you know what?
Close it.
See if we care.
Gas prices up, diesel prices up, jet fuel prices up.
And in some quarters, you're beginning to hear whispers of concerns over the R word, recession.
How dare Iran and their existential fight for existence inconvenience our commute.
And by the way, the R word?
Oh, this whole thing is the R word, all right.
That's not the R word I would use for the decision to attack Iran.
But Iran has now closed the Strait of Hormuz, leading to surging gas prices and risking the global economy.
Of course, there was no way to know that that was going to happen.
General Dan Cain, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned President Trump that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz.