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Related: About this forumJon Stewart Slams The Chickenhawks On Foreign Policy: 'Learning Curves Are For P*ssies' 6/2/15
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Jon Stewart Slams The Chickenhawks On Foreign Policy: 'Learning Curves Are For P*ssies' 6/2/15 (Original Post)
sinkingfeeling
Jun 2015
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malthaussen
(17,204 posts)1. He oversimplifies a bit by dating the problems from the 1980s...
... the Middle East complexities go back a lot farther than that. Of course, he knows this, but he keeps it simple for the audience.
-- Mal
pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)2. STILL more educating than teevee gnewz.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)4. He could have taken it back to the CIA overthrowing
The democratically elected government in Iran and installing the Shaw, but that is too much history for a short time.
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)5. He could take it back farther than that.
As I said, simplified for the show.
-- Mal
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)8. The CIA serves one purpose.
They fuck up exceptionally well.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)3. K&FuckingR......
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)6. Let's not miss the point
While we could take this problem back many years, let's stick with living people telling bullshit, revisionist history on television in order to get the party of war elected.
They lie and I was HAPPY to see Jon call them on it.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)7. K&R! This film should have hundreds of recommendations!
Way to go, John!
applegrove
(118,696 posts)9. Loved it.