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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 OP
He oversimplifies a bit by dating the problems from the 1980s... malthaussen Jun 2015 #1
STILL more educating than teevee gnewz. pansypoo53219 Jun 2015 #2
He could have taken it back to the CIA overthrowing zeemike Jun 2015 #4
He could take it back farther than that. malthaussen Jun 2015 #5
The CIA serves one purpose. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #8
K&FuckingR...... daleanime Jun 2015 #3
Let's not miss the point SCVDem Jun 2015 #6
K&R! This film should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #7
Loved it. applegrove Jun 2015 #9

malthaussen

(17,204 posts)
1. He oversimplifies a bit by dating the problems from the 1980s...
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 11:07 AM
Jun 2015

... 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

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
4. He could have taken it back to the CIA overthrowing
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 12:04 PM
Jun 2015

The democratically elected government in Iran and installing the Shaw, but that is too much history for a short time.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
6. Let's not miss the point
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 01:48 PM
Jun 2015

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.

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