May 12th at 11:50PM
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: You Probably Don't Understand the Iraq War
Former Bush Administration Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight to set the record straight on the Iraq war. Apparently we were not mislead misled into war. I believe him. Unless he's misleading me now...
Anyway, Jon started summer early by firing up the grill and sticking Feith on it. Listen to the defense of a man who was in the room when all the planning went down and decide if it flips your script.
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After all the accusations from all Feiths of aiding the terrorists or we didn't know what they knew at the time, now it has come down to 'we didn't explain it well enough'? Are we hearing the protestations of an Administration in its last throes? Jon, what did you expect an alleged war criminal to say. "Please forgive my colluding to wage an aggressive war .... Furthermore please forgive my participation in the conspiracy to cover up all of this criminal activity." He was lying at the very beginning what about the memo written in 1995?
I enjoyed the uncut interview and Jon's efforts as always, but I'm disappointed that the network news media has become so lazy. They let us down leading up to and in the early days of the Iraq War and they still give this miserable administration a pass on every issue. Remove those lapel pins . . .they contain some sort of mental blocking signal . . .and really support America by asking the hard questions and demanding answers. That's the job of the news media, Jon's job is to entertain us, not the other way around. In the meantime I'll keep watching Jon Stewart to get my news. Thank you.
"...you're looking at it from the perspective that the administration was hell-bent on going to war..."
"...it wasn't that the administration built the case, it's that the administration, seriously considering...became persuaded by the facts..."
John, I can't believe you let him get away with this. There are indications that Iraqi war plans were drafted from the start of the administration, and even if it were explained away as reasonable defense precaution, it still appears questionable in light of facts that conveniently fell into place to justify it. These 'facts' were so tenuous that it embarrassed Powell to present to the world. And even then the facts weren't convenient enough, and so the administration generated public hysteria over this deception, so they were accepted with even less scrutiny. Didn't we bring down regimes that operated that way?
Brilliance! True brilliance. Jon's ability to sit and argue his points so clearly and calmly is amazing. When I try to do it it just comes out "STOP LYING YOU BASTARD!"
If only the 'real' journalists/media would act the same they might have some credibility.
Congratulations Jon! Feith was F**ked! I actually felt sorry for him.
According to the Jon stewart paradox fake news become real and real news become story stelling
I believe Jon did very well. He kept the critisms respectful and well thought out. towards the end you can actually see Feith getting frustrated, because Jon's comments were right and portray the publics beliefs very accureatly. I just cant wait until someone can actually say what is going on in Iraq now. I am currently am always following both sides of the conversations. It's funny how when an official talks about what is currently going on they always say "GEN so-and-so says this" and when GEN so-and-so talks they say "the reports I recieve show this"....I have been over many of the documents, spoken with soldiers, been there, and watched most of the speaches and they all point to eachother.
This interview was much like the conversations about Iraq today. When Jon said that Iraq just rided Afganistans war, all Feith had to say was that the cabinet did not properly communicate to the public about the situation. Which is what is still happening today, the cabinet is poorly communicating with eachother and with the public. Vote Jon for PRESIDENT!
Feith seems so DESPERATE to reconcile his part and the administration's part in the whole deception of the lead up to the Iraq war. So much so, that he has convinced himself that if he can just put forth enough "facts" and correct the public's "faulty memory" of what happened, he will be exonerated. Why does he or anyone else in this administration have to work so hard to convince us, anyway? I am not alone in remembering my gut feeling at the time the build-up began: that this was false and I did not believe what the administration was saying. Control over people begins by undermining their belief in what they know to be true. Can you say 1984?
It sometimes frustrates me Jon Stewart is a comedian and not a journalist, because he's really the only mainstream media host that both asks real questions and is viewed as accessible by politicians. I think he did the right thing in the context of the interview by conceding that the administration had good intentions (even though they of course did not) because if he had called Feith's intentions into question he could pretend to get offended and shut up. It allowed Stewart to really drive the 'misleading' argument home. Doug Feith is a Nazi.
Thanks and keep up the great work, Jon. That interview etches one solid notch on the side of a truly free and critical press, intellectual discourse, and American democracy. It's too bad you guys are just a fake news program.
Jon did stand up to Feith, which I never doubted he would do. But given the excellent research team the Daily Show has, and that you had Feith's book in advance of the interview, I kept waiting for more of a point-by-point factual rebuttal tearing him to shreds. I think enough former administration members (Colin Powell, etc) have gone on record about what really happened, that I was waiting for more of a dissection & rebuttal of Feith's book, rather that analogies off the top of his head. Probably just that Jon & Stephen have me spoiled now.