As our attempt to “win” the occupation of Iraq is now being described as a game of Whack-a-Mole by the US ambassador to Iraq himself, one begins to wonder if our strategy is any more thought-out than the reactionary impulse of a child at Chuck E Cheese. If so, perhaps we ought to start sending our troops there to train on their simulators. Maybe they’ll even start giving out body armor as a top prize.

Stewart mulls over the various operation names we’ve used since our invasion of Iraq, which the Department of Defense has been using to divide casualties into smaller group totals. He then points out the unreasonable request America has for the administration to keep its promise, making it necessary for them to ignore the September deadline. Geez, they’re not mathemagicians folks.