I’m not one of those fucking nutjobs who thinks Jon Stewart should be president of the universe. I don’t get my news from the Daily Show and I certainly don’t repeat what I see on there as usable rhetoric in real political discussions. But every once in awhile, Jon Stewart will do something awesome, like that time he totally pwned Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala on Crossfire, or he’ll have a debate with a well-spoken guest that manages to be funny and satirical enough to work on the show, while simultaneously being level-headed and fair enough to both sides of a complicated issue. In these moments, the show is more than entertaining (but ultimately worthless) left-wing cheerleading, and actually something worth passing around to people on both sides.
In this case, Jon Stewart is talking with Doug Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for Bush (from 2001 to his resignation in 2005), one of the so-called ‘architects’ of the war, and author of War And Decision, a memoir of exactly what went on in the Pentagon as we got into this clusterfuck in Iraq. The big question: Was the public really consciously misled into the war? Both positions are well presented, and it’s an interesting discussion regardless of which side you’re on.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 12:36 PM
don’t watch this show or whatever, but it wasn’t such a bad topic between them. somewhat informative.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 PM
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May 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 PM
To hell with all that. It’s a damn good show.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:20 PM
i almost posted a follow-up editorial, but decided against it…
basically, here’s the conclusion to the debate:
War Intelligence: Errors, Or Lies? The Verdict Is In
A couple weeks ago, I posted an interesting discussion between Jon Stewart and Douglas Feith. The subject was the case for war in Iraq- how it was built, and whether the Bush administration fabricated stories and lied to sell the war, or if they were- as Feith implies in his new book- just passing along erroneous information that they truly believed to be factual.
Well, now we know. Two final sections of a long-delayed and much anticipated “Phase II” report on the Bush administration’s use of prewar intelligence were published today, and the Senate Intelligence Committee has gone on record to confirm that senior White House officials repeatedly misrepresented facts repeated erroneous information they believed to be true lied, outright.
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