The White House has found a new recruit to sell the US war on Iran to an increasingly sceptical American public: SpongeBob SquarePants.
In a video posted by the White House on X, a clip of the cartoon character says, ‘do you want to see me do it again?’ as unclassified footage of US missiles blowing up Iranian jets and trucks appears. The caption reads: ‘Will not stop until the objectives are met. Unrelenting. Unapologetic.’
An unlikely warmonger, SpongeBob SquarePants is just one of the internet memes harnessed by US officials in a propaganda campaign that has drawn heavily on video games, action movies and cartoons to celebrate American military prowess in Iran, the FT’s Guy Chazan explains.
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