Jon Stewart Makes A Triumphant Return To 'The Daily Show,' And Shreds Obama On Syria

[FarCenter]

It felt like he never left, he said.

"Wow! America taking military action against a Middle East regime? It's like I never left!" Stewart said, then launching into clips of recent presidents before their invasions against Middle East countries.

He cast President Barack Obama in much of the same light as those other U.S. presidents — saying the argument put forth by Obama and others that the U.S. should carry out limited military action in Syria for the purpose of not looking "weak" on previous statements as akin to a "seventh grade" argument.

He also referred to Obama's repeated attempts to differentiate the Syria mission from Iraq and Afghanistan as "Operation Just The Tip."

And he did not welcome the addition of Iraq War-era talking heads Bill Kristol and Donald Rumsfeld — he said the "idiot parade" was back in town.


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[jsr]

1. Awesome show.

[joeybee12]

2. "Operation Just the Tip"

[Avalux]

3. I loved his response to the 'experts' touting an attack on Syria.

"Shut the fuck up"!!!!

So good to have him back!

[toby jo]

4. Saw Rummy this morning - was saying that 'we need to attack because if we don't they'll

think we approve of what they're doing'.

Those are his 2 options of thought - attack to prove we hate it, or don't attack, thereby approving their actions.

In this guy's head it's all america all the time over every (oil) situation. Maybe, Rummy, they don't give a shit about us, or what we think? Hey, maybe they're powerful human beings in their own right? Maybe they aren't predicating their behavior off of what we think?

Maybe the little box is around your head, and not theirs?

[BuelahWitch]

5. Go Jon!

[heaven05]

6. funny guy

right on the mark.

[another_liberal]

7. That took real courage.

We all own Jon Stewart a debt of gratitude for having the guts to once again, "Tell truth to power!"

[MisterP]

8. "He cast President Barack Obama in much of the same light as those other U.S. presidents"

that's the key: he's not some guy trying his hardest (TM) to change everything, not something completely novel: he's part of a class and shares their interest, ideology, and infrastructure

if you could make a god bleed, people would cease to believe in him