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The US military when they realize that there's oil in heaven

This is a satirical political meme that repurposes an official U.S. Army photograph of Muslim American soldiers praying during the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The joke plays on the common critique that the U.S. military has repeatedly intervened in Muslim-majority Middle Eastern countries to control oil reserves, framing the image of praying Muslim soldiers as the U.S. military looking for oil in heaven (the Islamic afterlife). It is an ironic joke criticizing U.S. resource-driven foreign intervention.
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The US military when they realize that there's oil in heaven

Overview

This is a satirical political meme that repurposes an official U.S. Army photograph of Muslim American soldiers praying during the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The joke plays on the common critique that the U.S. military has repeatedly intervened in Muslim-majority Middle Eastern countries to control oil reserves, framing the image of praying Muslim soldiers as the U.S. military looking for oil in heaven (the Islamic afterlife). It is an ironic joke criticizing U.S. resource-driven foreign intervention.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on Reddit as a political meme, as confirmed by the given source metadata. The base image is an official public graphic released by the U.S. Army to celebrate Eid al-Fitr for Muslim service members, which was repurposed with the satirical title to create this joke.

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