If America leads a blessed life, then why did God put all of our oil under people who hate us?

In this line, Stewart uses a mock-theological “why would God…” question to satirize American exceptionalism and the tendency to frame national fortune as providential. The joke pivots on a geopolitical reality: the United States’ heavy dependence on petroleum and the concentration of major oil reserves in regions where U.S. policy has often been unpopular. By casting the issue as a divine inconsistency—America is “blessed,” yet vital resources lie “under people who hate us”—he exposes the self-serving logic of providential narratives and highlights how resource dependence can entangle a nation in resentment, conflict, and moral compromise.