Not Even Kidding: The Onion Predicted All of This Back in 2003

“'George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more,' read a 2003 article on The Onion a week after then-President George Bush launched the Iraq War. While a wide variety of organizations and individuals also rebuked that invasion, the satirical newspaper offered one of the most accurate assessments to date. So accurate, in fact, it all but predicted the rise of the Islamic State.