2020 has started in rather dramatic fashion. The United States conducted an airstrike that killed Iran’s top most military commander Qasem Soleimani on Thursday, in what they claimed to be retaliation after an attack on US embassy in Iraq.
Trump has throughout his presidency picked fights with Iran after revoking a nuclear agreement signed by his predecessor Barack Obama. Last year, tensions escalated between the two countries with signs that the US would get itself into another war.
Things cooled off towards the end of the year, but that was short lived.
Following the assassination of the second most powerful man in the country, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has vowed retaliation.
An Iranian retaliation would likely not be directly against the US, but rather Israel. War between Iran and Israel would possibly bring the whole Middle East into conflict, and eventually Europe and the US.
That has sparked fears of anther Gulf War, or to the extreme, World War 3.
Despite the seriousness of this matter, Twitter has found a way to make fun of it. Here are some of the trending memes.
U.S. Military: We’re drafting people for World War 3. Are you a citizen?
My immigrant ass: pic.twitter.com/ecJyp6PgE0
— Angie (@ItsAngie4015) January 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/aphro06/status/1213001795565424640
https://twitter.com/kissmybawls/status/1213006613969195008
Me taking the World War 3 military aptitude test pic.twitter.com/UGDBYClk4q
— 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝 (@BrettsWRLD) January 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/sirquariusball1/status/1213001751672107008
https://twitter.com/15boluwa/status/1213002089976205312
https://twitter.com/IAmSTES/status/1213006042046586880
me performing at coachella 2030 after world war 3 wiped out 99% of the population pic.twitter.com/fuEcUI4wFA
— marcus (@macmontez) January 3, 2020
Nigeria Army supporting US Army on the battlefield during World war 3 pic.twitter.com/eJIgwIwF3t
— BASH-AAR 🔞 (@FaruqBashar) January 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/El_Ismael701/status/1213005462288916480
https://twitter.com/Leee_Yuhhh35/status/1213004068374941701
the government: you need proof of mental illness in order to be pardoned from world war 3
me: pic.twitter.com/j9mR6Dem7J
— jd 🇵🇸 (@willowkill) January 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/itschigbo/status/1213010638819266560
https://twitter.com/Poradon/status/1213002692416753664
Americans joking about getting drafted in World War 3 is the peak of Privilege
Iraq WAS NO JOKE
Libya WAS NO JOKE
Syria WAS NO JOKE
Afghanistan WAS NO JOKEInvasions. Millions of civilian death, & displacement. Regions destabilized, destroyed. & occupied.
I am missing the joke
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) January 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/abod_alnasr/status/1213005781366452224
Me on my first mission at World War 3 #WWIII Iran pic.twitter.com/zlskF6uFDA
— Brian 🇰🇪 (@odidoowen) January 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/oscar63k/status/1213017889705484289
https://twitter.com/uliTooShort/status/1213011373405294593
