“The Republicans are calling the Democrats' plan to have a deadline for US troop withdrawal from Iraq an 'admission of failure', as opposed to the Republican plan which is 'failure without admission'.” PlansCallingRepublicanDemocratIraqDeadlineAdmissionWithdrawal Author:Jon Stewart
“Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was all smiles, well smirks, after picking up the endorsement of former Vice President Al Gore at a rally in Harlem ... Gore went on to praise Dean for taking a tough anti-war stance before the invasion of Iraq and he praised Dean supporters in hopes that will ease his concerns over lack of foreign policy experience, and his lack of support among blacks and Latinos, and his hot temperament, and perceived arrogance, and policy flip-flops, and campaign glitches. Well, there's a lot going on here.” WellsWarPresidentSupportPolicyToughConcernPraiseHotIraqVicesCampaignsFormerEaseArroganceAlsAnti WarForeign PolicyGovernorsSupporterTemperamentInvasionLatinoGoreFlipDeanVice PresidentStanceHarlemEndorsementsVermontFlip FlopsSmirkAll SmilesGlitchesLack Of Support Author:Jon Stewart
“In what is perhaps the strangest turn in the President's efforts to rally support, he agreed that Iraq is just like Vietnam, but in a good way.” WayTurnsPresidentEffortSupportIraqVietnamGood Way Author:Jon Stewart
“[If President Bush is right about democracy in Iraq] I may, and I don't know if I can physically do this, implode.” IfsKnowsMayI CanPresidentDemocracyIraqPresident Bush Author:Jon Stewart
“Give me back the $800 billion for the Iraq war and children's television PBS is on the house.” GivingChildrenWarHouseTelevisionGive MeIraqBillionsIraq WarPbs Author:Jon Stewart
“The American people, or at least the ones that I get on the subway with - they know there's a real threat out there. They felt like Iraq lessened our ability to fight that threat.” PeopleKnowsRealFightingFeltAbilityThreatIraqSubway Author:Jon Stewart
“Bill Russell, a famous philosopher from Boston Celtics once "When things go bad, things go bad." The [Iraq] war was terribly mismanaged-it was terribly mismanaged.” WarBillsIraqPhilosopherBad ThingsBostonIraq WarBoston Celtics Author:Jon Stewart
“In my head, thought, I would love to do an interview where it's just sort of de-constructed - the talking points of Iraq - sort of the idea of, is this really the conversation we're having about this war? That if we don't defeat Al Qaeda in Iraq, they'll follow us home? That to support the troops means not to question that the surge could work. That, what we're really seeing in Iraq is not a terrible war, but in fact, just the media's portrayal of it.” IfsMeanIdeasWarFactsHomeTalkingSupportSeeingMediaTerribleConversationDefeatIraqInterviewsAlsTroopsAl QaedaPortrayalSupport The Troops Author:Jon Stewart
“That, what we're really seeing in Iraq is not a terrible war, but in fact, just the media's portrayal of it.” WarFactsSeeingMediaTerribleIraqPortrayal Author:Jon Stewart
“I think that's why they're so really - here's the disconnect. It's sort of this odd and I've always had this problem with the rationality of it. That the President [George W.Bush] says, "We are in the fight for a way of life. This is the greatest battle of our generation, and of the generations to come. "And, so what I'm going to do is you know, Iraq has to be won, or our way of life ends, and our children and our children's children all suffer. So, what I'm gonna do is send 10,000 more troops to Baghdad."” ThinkingKnowsWayChildrenEndsProblemSufferingFightingPresidentGenerationsBattleOur ChildrenIraqOddTroopsRationalityOur GenerationBaghdadPresident George W Bush Author:Jon Stewart
“There's a disconnect there between - you're telling me this [war in Iraq] is fight of our generation, and you're going to increase troops by 10 percent. And that's gonna do it. I'm sure what [George W.Bush] would like to do is send 400,000 more troops there, but he can't, because he doesn't have them.” WarFightingGenerationsPercentIncreaseIraqTroopsOur Generation Author:Jon Stewart
“I'm also interviewing a guy who's just written a book about his experience living in Iraq, faced with the type of violence as he said, an unimaginable scale. And I think that the combination of that is very hard to shake.” ThinkingSaidBookHardGuyViolenceWrittenTypeIraqScalesCombinationShakesUnimaginable Author:Jon Stewart
“We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea.” Has BeensProblemFunnyWeaponsMassGunEvidenceDestructionIraqJust OneSmokingKoreaNorth KoreaWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionPretextInvadingInvading Iraq Author:Jon Stewart
“Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I figured this out. I know what's wrong with what we've done in Iraq. We've been following time as it goes forward. What a classic mistake. Linear time is so pre-9-11.” KnowsDoneWaitingMistakeMinutesIraqFollowingClassicLinearLinear Time Author:Jon Stewart
“Here’s how bizarre the war is that we’re in Iraq, and we should have known this right from the get-go: When we first went into Iraq, Germany didn’t want to go. Germany. The Michael Jordan of war took a pass.” WantShouldFirstsWarFunnyKnownShould HaveIraqGermanyBizarreJordanShould Have Known Author:Jon Stewart
“To the people who are upset about their hard-earned tax money going to things they don’t like: welcome to the f*cking club. Reimburse me for the Iraq war and oil subsidies, and diaphragms are on me!” PeopleWarHardTaxesIraqClubsOilWelcomeUpsetIraq WarSubsidies Author:Jon Stewart
“Spain's new Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced he will soon call back Spain's 1300 troops from Iraq - meaning the coalition of the willing is fast turning into a duet of the stubborn.” WillingIraqMinistersPrimeTroopsStubbornPrime MinisterSpainCoalitionsDuets Author:Jon Stewart
“With the situation in Iraq growing ever more dangerous, the 34-member Coalition of The Willing are, one by one, dropping out to join the other coalition known as Most of The Rest of The World.” WorldSituationKnownGrowingDangerousWillingMembersIraqDroppingCoalitionsDropping Out Author:Jon Stewart
“In Iraq, the U.S. military's whack-a-mole approach to killing Saddam Hussein may have finally paid off. The bombs destroyed the area and left behind a 60-foot crater, or as coalition forces prefer to call it: a freedom hole.” MayLeftForceBehindsFeetMilitaryApproachAreasPaidKillingIraqHolesDestroyedBombsSaddamHusseinLeft BehindCoalitionsMolesPaid OffCraters Author:Jon Stewart
“The United States Central Command of the Armed Forces has asked Geraldo Rivera to leave Iraq. It should also be noted that the only three other people that the U.S. military has asked to leave Iraq are Saddam Hussein and his two sons.” PeopleShouldTwoStatesThreeForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitarySonIraqCommandSaddamHusseinArmed Forces Author:Jon Stewart
