Elmo's Jihadpalooza

Sesame Street's fuzzy red icon waxes rhapsodic about all the new "friends" he met during his recent visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. The TV appearance elicits this cheeky response:

Image by Ghenghis Gary

Also this one:

Update: Elmo sings one of his signature tunes:

Why are there so many songs about jihad

And what's up with Paradise?

Jihad's a journey, and also a promise

For which many pay a huge price.

So I've been told and I'm bound to believe it--

Their Caliphate dreams do inspire.

Someday they'll find it, the jihad connection,

The martyrs, the virgins, the fire...