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Sheer genius. Stewart that is, not the carpetbagger in the WH.

Brilliant.

Seemed to pass the crowd by, but I agree, a great skit. Peel away the skin of comedy and it is an indictment on the foreign policy practices of USA.

(disclaimer: i have not watched the clip, but that [hopefully] does not discount the following…)

our involvement in the ME goes back to 1776. it is a long, confusing and contradictory legacy. from anti-zionism to uber-zionism, from hands-off to hand-up-the-ass, and everything in between.

for a great study of this, might i suggest:

Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present
-by michael oren

(on top of the fascinating and important information contained, you get other little interestig tidbits. such as the fact that our statue of liberty was ACTUALLY first created for egypt. and that america’s civil war and cotton production had INTENSE implications on egypt and the relationship it had/has w/england)

It’s sad that a guy on a comedy station is the best anchor we have. Stewart for life

When Democrats are to the rescue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2218Btx3wY

When it’s booshco to the rescue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4H0eSJXmd4

This should be required viewing for all those who still support the Bush agenda. Of course, they will not comprehend it at all, and will stubbornly insist that whatever the U.S. does in the middle east is ordained by God, Almighty.

I’ve been waiting for you guys to post this today! Watching it last night, I said the exact same thing: THE most brilliant segment– perhaps of a comedic, political, and pointed nature– EVER. I know that this is one bit Fox News will NEVER talk about on air–they don’t want any Americans to ever know that the war-mongering, money-throwing, underhanded scheming that the Republican Party calls its “foreign agenda” can be as direct a cause of our own suffering (terrorism) as well as the REASON that the nations we go to war to “free” are in peril to begin with! Absolutely BRILLIANT.

This should be required viewing–what a funny way to look at such serious behavior.

So ON THE $ … War is for the War profiteers. Period.

Those of us who said five years ago what Stewart is saying today were called conspiracy theorists, if I remember correctly. I know I was.

One thing is certain. If the economy comes apart before Bush Co leaves office. And it’s looking pretty damn shaky. The jig is up for The Bush Cabal. The long Bush jig is up.

And people want to continue the “C” in B-C-B- ???

hareli @ 12:

Those of us who said five years ago what Stewart is saying today were called conspiracy theorists, if I remember correctly. I know I was.

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Your average ditto-head doesn’t want to hear history lessons. It’s easier just to say they hate us for our freedom. If you can figure out a way to condense decades of history into a catch phrase that fits on a bumper sticker, people might get it.

Best and most entertaining history lesson I have ever seen. Clean up a bit of the language and show it on regular tv.

Goddamn, that was awesome.

BlueKnuckle @ 16:

hareli @ 12:

Those of us who said five years ago what Stewart is saying today were called conspiracy theorists, if I remember correctly. I know I was.

Moi aussi

Exactly…and sooner or later I will be able to remove this hat of tinfoil regarding BushCo’s involvement with 9-11.

Fascinating…

look at the way the weapons merchants keep making thier cash… both coming and going… and who suffers? all the poor people caught in the crossfire…

sure wish there was some kind of international body… you know, representatives from all the different countries… that could promote peaceful discussion and settlements of centuries-old disputes… we could call it something like… I dunno… the united nations?… just a suggestion…

ROTFLMAO!!

That is too funny.

Watched it last night. F’ing amazing. It’s funny, profound, striking and exceptional all at the same time. It is by far one of their best reports. This is proof that the folks at The Daily show can mix in real world Foriegn Policy and comedy in one and come out with something that shadows actual journalism.

Space Coyote said” Your average ditto-head doesn’t want to hear history lessons. It’s easier just to say they hate us for our freedom. If you can figure out a way to condense decades of history into a catch phrase that fits on a bumper sticker, people might get it.”

What an inditement of the US population this is. True but sad commentary of a nation.

This was a great skit, and would even make for great comedy, if it weren’t so,sadly, true. American taxpayers have unknowingly financed this series of regimes to carry on these conflicts that we give lip service to ending. Our forefathers would be soooo proud.

I got goosebumps watching that last night. That clip alone should win an emmy.

JS is the best journalist we’ve got.

The MSM are unable and unwilling to put any perspective on anything because they try to maintain an aura of impartiality (except fox). As a result they never say anything.

They’re not even good at reporting facts. It’s pathetic.

As for the audience not getting it, I think it was more that they were in tears. Yes, the segment was funny, but ouch.

BlueKnuckle @ 16:

hareli @ 12:

Those of us who said five years ago what Stewart is saying today were called conspiracy theorists, if I remember correctly. I know I was.

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I think many here have been in the know for at least that long

I saw this; it was absolutely brilliant. Jon Stewart and TDS does it again! You’ll never hear the msm talk about the relationship between the American CIA and various ME dictators who hate us for our freedom

Someone could watch the evening news for a dozen years and not learn as much about the Middle East as they could from this two minute clip.

jones @ 28:

BlueKnuckle @ 16:

hareli @ 12:

Those of us who said five years ago what Stewart is saying today were called conspiracy theorists, if I remember correctly. I know I was.

Moi aussi

I think many here have been in the know for at least that long

It was pretty evident on 9/11 that some part of our foreign policy may not have been working properly.

might be the best daily show clip i’ve seen! He’s really getting it right here….

For decades American foreign policy has consisted of military bases around the world, “foreign aid” to prop up nasty dictators, and of course - assassinations, coups and wars…

It doesn’t work. period. We need to end this insane policy of being world police, before it ends us.

That’s my rant. Read on if you’d like:

“Can America Bring Peace to the World?”
http://www.populistamerica.com....._the_world

Brilliant!! Summing up our foreign policy in a couple minutes, now if we could just get Chomsky, Zinn, etc. to do the same maybe the corporate news would interview them for once….Ahhh wishful thinking…..

He forgot Iran. Yes their nuclear program was started by the the U.S.

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Love Jon Stewart.
Love Jon Stewart.
Love Jon Stewart.

I can’t say it enough. Does he write his own material? Does he put together these bits? He’s amazing. Why re these tings so clear to him and those who watch his program and not to MSM? Why do they just buy the bushco. crap?

Why? Why does the stupid sh*t get through to the knuckle-draggers, but the sensible stuff doesn’t?

Wake up, America!

“…comin’ again to save the mother f#*k’n day yeah!”

Not only did he forget to mention our support of Iran’s nuclear program, he forgot to mention specifically Iran-Contra, which for all you youngsters, was when we sold arms to Iran at the same time we were supporting Saddam in the ’80’s. And oh, yes, Dick Cheney’s Halliburton doing business with Iran right up to 1998 or 1999 or thereabouts.

Jon Stewart for pres…

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50 years of trying to achieve peace by brute force the lesson of history seems to be if at first you dont succeed use a bigger stick

I must admit I didn’t get the “midnight basketball” thing, but everything before it was brilliant!

Propacis,

And then we could go a little further back to the past in Iran — say 1953 — when the CIA helped to overthrow the democratically elected government of Iran. I don’t know about since 1776, but the U.S. has taken over from the British for quite a while now, screwing things up in the Middle East.

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hareli @ 12:

Those of us who said five years ago what Stewart is saying today were called conspiracy theorists, if I remember correctly. I know I was.

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Is that an Australian trying to talk French?

This dude is funny.I think when you can laugh at how absord these repubs are about ragen and bush it makes you want to just hit them with a history book.Why is there no one talking about when clinton was in office how the econmy was booming, war was almost no where around and overall the country was at a pretty good place.Sorry I forgot about the repub blowing up our kids and family in ok.

And he left out

• our engineering of the overthrow of Mossadegh that gave us the Shah in place of a secular left democratic government that wanted to nationalize the oil assets;
• our support for Saddam and the Baathists as a counterweight to more left parties in Iraq;
• our support for Iraq’s attack on Iran (mentioned in passing);
• our support for both Israel’s and Syria’s invasions of Lebanon;
• our support for just about anything that Labor or Likud or Kadima does vis-a-vis the Palestinians . . . .

This sort of brilliant statesmanship, in which the sure hands at State (and the CIA and the DOD) cleverly outwit those Middle Easterners, has been described, in a related context (Israel’s tacit support of Hamas as a counterweight to the PLO in the 1980’s), as “like a guy who sets fire to his hair and then tries to put it out by hitting it with a hammer.” — Larry Johnson, Deputy Director of the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism, 1989 - 1993, quoted at http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs....._yo_1.html

Covering those additional issues might take a little more time. Maybe Katie Couric will tackle it.

Just knew this would be on C&L. Seriously one of the best segments I’ve seen on The Daily Show.

whatsthe worry here ? 30 billion here 30 billion there, hey its only paper right? its not like thiers any gold backing it up,

Those of us who said five years ago what Stewart is saying today were called conspiracy theorists, if I remember correctly. I know I was.

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Exactly…and sooner or later I will be able to remove this hat of tinfoil regarding BushCo’s involvement with 9-11.

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Let’s hope it’s sooner…say,tomorrow.