The Daily Show - Now That's What I Call Being Completely F**king Wrong About Iraq

ISIS sweeps through Iraq, undoing everything U.S. troops accomplished, while the old gang of warmongers gets back together to voice their opinions on the crisis.
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[@alec6092]

Just the “seed of democracy” joke alone makes this video legendary 😂

[@nyrplayer]

It left me laughing for the remainder of the video! Damn I miss Jon.

[@SovereignStatesman]

Yeah because it takes a real genius to mock the opposition like a clown.

[@LysanderSpooner-ie7gg]

I wonder how many kids had that joke said during their conception. 🤔🤔

[@vanyadolly]

"Let's say laser guided" 🤣

[@moogluva4061]

This is not as much "comedy" as it is "a teaching tool for future generations." Thank you Jon, we miss you.

[@anthonycampos8057]

amen

[@biglouch91]

"a teaching tool for future generations." Seems the "teaching tool" would need a tweek then. The Iraq liberation act passed in the 90s with wide bipartisan support. Democrats (Including then president Bill Clinton) filibustered and lectured for hours in support for US intervention in Iraq, made the same assertions that these Republicans Jon is poking fun of made and for the exact same reasons. Strangely, only Republican politicians and pundits are being crucified for it. Curious thing that.

[@-radioq2026]

+Magum Op that's because the democrats have admitted wrong judgement and stayed quiet while the republicans are saying/doing it over and over again and remind everyone they haven't learned sh*t. In fact they shift their blame to the president they passed down the mess to. Got it?

[@anthonycampos8057]

Magum Op yeah it is a curious thing that as you say republicans are being crucified for that, probably because here they are lecturing and criticizing Obama on how he needs to handle isis when they are the ones who screwed up Iraq in the first place so they need to shut up and stop talking

[@biglouch91]

Fetsum1 "that's because the Democrats have admitted wrong judgement and stayed quiet" Lol that's some pretty fancy revisionist history. It's more like Dems have taken note of the American discontent about the war and peddled the cut-and-run policy for political grist. The same policy that lead to the formation of the Islamic state. Dems NEVER "stayed quiet." Almost every attempt was made to capitalize on the Republican's mishandling of the war. "In fact they shift their blame to the president they passed down the mess to" Jesus Christ. What an amazing ahistorical fantasy. Firstly, COMPLETELY blaming Bush for the Iraq war is "shifting blame" because, as I stated, CLINTON passed the Iraq liberation act and the war had massive bipartisan support. Secondly, no one is blaming Obama for the war. He is receiving blame for mismanaging what little ground was made on that effort AND drastically escalating tensions in the region by disrupting the regime in Libya and Syria.

[@agogobell28]

I miss Jon Stewart so freaking much.

[@ahmadabdolsaheb]

wonder what he is doing these days

[@jojodelacroix]

ahmad abdolsaheb I think he is supposed to be working on some small web series side project style thing for HBO's HBO Go service, or something like that. I don't think he is supposed to star in it or anything, just sort of creating things on random topics that he chooses to. I'm not sure how well defined the project is currently. And he is of course working on his farm. :)

[@ahmadabdolsaheb]

: ) thanks john

[@jojodelacroix]

ahmad abdolsaheb No problem. XD

[@jpkjnn6733]

Yeah. It's like.. sigh.. there's this big hole in the media landscape where his perspective, wit, and intelligence was.

[@CateChapelle]

I love this guy. He literally treats his show like a war on bullshit.

[@noahfischer3789]

He has used that phrase before

[@9000yugioh]

TheCascadian he said The only defense against bullshit is vigilance so if you smell something, say something

[@daleludtke7803]

He fought against Bullshit Mountain for years.

[@tylerknight99]

Unfortunately, after years of valiant service, he succumbed to the endless onslaught of Bullshit

[@kosatochca]

@@tylerknight99 It's a telling fact, bullshit have wun

[@MadMackSkillz]

yo, let it be known the US actually beat Ghana 2-1 in that game...

[@UmarTahir]

Hm, interesting. Thanks for the info!

[@dosipov1]

One of the best USMNT games ever

[@stefanoraffo5096]

@@dosipov1 low bar

[@gardinerxerxes6718]

@dosipov1 dont forget we beat you the last time. Haha.

[@BradyPostma]

Thanks

[@mandajane1047]

Here in 2018, watching Lindsey Graham describe Obama as: "The stubborn-headed president we have, who thinks he knows better than everybody else...stubborn-headed delusional, detached President".....while we currently have President Trump.

[@tylerdowis7278]

Curse you lindsey graham!!!

[@robertpadillosandiego2821]

A better point is, both parties are full of shit, to act like Trump is the first president to get cussed out by the other side, well Lindsey Graham proves otherwise.

[@specialpatrolgroup92]

Exactly! (I'll admit I'm not American) but even for people who didn't like Obama, how can anyone say that Trump is BETTER?

[@karenkelly8578]

@soflo23 breath of polluted air

[@hazukichanx408]

+soflo23 - Speaking to the mirror again? Why don't you take the opportunity to practice that shitty meme you and your groupthink zombie pals brainstormed, while you're at it? Maybe one day it'll be funny, clever or convincing in some way! Or even slightly less hypocritical and consequently hilarious to anyone you try to use it on. XD

[@vermilionskin]

As an Iraqi I can assure you Saddam was not the ideal president but he certainly was not the worst around. Iraq was stable under his regime, Iraqis were more educated and secular, Christians and Yezidies were protected and he used to visit churches and temples himself to show his support. Saddam gave the kurds anonymity and helped them during the Kurds civil war (between Talebani and Berzani clans). He was secular and did not tolerate extremism from Sunnis and Shia, he knew what they are capable of. Also it does bother me when people say ''we gave you freedom'', No.... you cannot achieve freedom for OTHERS especially by attacking them, freedom could only be achieved by those who are suffering themselves (e.g. Iraqis) and have a burning desire for democracy, equality and ...... freedom.

[@amak3]

vermilionskin I agree.

[@wingsclippedwolf]

+balla saeed OP seems to forget Halabja, or finds it irrelevant. All together now repeat the mantra: "the greater good."

[@cristianproust]

+whatever04811 I supposose you are brave, arent`t you?. You know nothing of war; so shut up, BITCH.

[@whatever04811]

*****

[@stevegraham5124]

+Heywood Yabloome I think the lack of responses to your idiotic rant should speak for itself. As for my 67+ years on the planet, I've known more heroic and fearless Christians than I have not known to be all of that. As St. Paul declared in the New Testament, "What can man do to us?... to live is Christ and to die is gain!" Doesn't sound like a banner for cowards to follow, now does it, little guy? I care not when or where the battle shows up. I will be fully armed with the truth and ready to deliver it. I care not when or how the end comes for me. I will prove true to Christ's call. Show me the roll of all the valiant atheists, agnostic, valueless, radical, iconclastic idiots roaming this earth like it's theirs and I will overwhelm them with the heroic followers of Christ, who faced martyrs' deaths throughout history. Know-nothing punks like you will be found shaking in fear. And I'd say, 'good luck' at the Judgment, but luck will have nothing to do with it.

[@ulek_604]

That "wicked tongue" part was hilarious

[@gameofpwns1165]

I frigging love all of his Lindsey Graham impressions. You could never do that on TV today sadly

[@iiamcoughlin5346]

@@gameofpwns1165 ah yes it’s not like there’s a popular comedy skit show largely dedicated to impersonating political figures…

[@gameofpwns1165]

@@iiamcoughlin5346 I'm unsure if you're being facetious or not. Are you merely pointing out the lack of such a show? If so, agreed. If you're referring to SNL, then huh?? Ok for starters, SNL clearly couldn't do a Lindsey Graham impersonation like this---no one would get it without the clip for reference, which they wouldn't show. SNL is super limited as far as political comedy goes, and it's not really their fault tbf. Their format simply doesn't allow them to construct a narrative or provide any background to set up a decent bit. Consequently, they're stuck with the bare bones of whatever's big in the news at the moment so that everyone will understand right away. As such, their political sketches are always patently obvious, uninspired, "low-hanging fruit" type stuff. I frigging love SNL, but their political "comedy" is godawful and invariably drags down the show. Just not the right medium for it imo. Nothing like Stewart or Colbert. Maybe you weren't even talking about SNL tho lol

[@IrrelevantNewssss]

bro, this was classic

[@DonutHolestien]

Bro I know bro

[@reckless2830]

@@vanivari359 Yes but who asked?

[@mouath.s7821]

Indeed it is

[@trillpaint3001]

@@vanivari359 i didnt know who Graham was back then, but i guess he's always been a snake

[@Lon.BedStuyforLife]

@Def Noodles YES! I'm searching for Jon Stewart Comedy Central clips. And as I watch the clips, I just can't stop laughing!!!

[@memsterboy12]

The Daily Show actually seems like a better way to get the facts than the news these days. I would love Jon Stewart to become president ! He's a smart man, with a kind heart !

[@godblessamerica4025]

memsterboy12 Well said. Jon is a legend. And my theory is that people who are intelligent and more evolved get their news and facts from The Daily Show rather than from those other bs channels and shows they call "news".

[@jraelien5798]

You are beyond saving. Too stupid for words. Jon Stewart is a shill for leftist media moguls. His kind is covering up Islamic atrocities around the globe and mindless lapdogs like you keep licking his ass. Pathetic.

[@JShepLord]

Joshua Eckhardt That's why he shits on Demo's just as much as Republicans right?

[@jraelien5798]

RiotDragonX did you see Obama on his show? They manage to make fun of minor things so they seem critical, yet completely ignore huge problems. It is sick.

[@FIFAGamer1198]

Joshua Eckhardt THEY'RE ON COMEDY CENTRAL

[@dixiecronin7791]

Dude, Lindsey Graham literally described Trump... The hypocrisy is strong right now.

[@jollylanji2937]

Especially after January 6th

[@NFSF1McLaren]

@@jollylanji2937 and even probably after Jan 20.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Yes he did. A stubborn egotistical failed despot.

[@TheBluemindedGod]

@@ethanweeter2732 He hasn't totally failed until he's in prison.

[@KaoticReach1999]

Yet it was Obamas VP that completely botched the withdrawal, from leaving US citizens to *billions of dollars worth of military equipment* Maybe you shouldn't be talking yourself

[@panama2468]

I love how amazing that seed fertile crescent analogy was. Apparently Stewart recognizes that in the moment, and literally pays homage to the universe for a split second to thank it for giving him a once in a millenia comedy zinger

[@sage0x]

Thank you for all the democracy in the Middle East, America! //Europe

[@LD-oq9lx]

+shima Told you it was a bad idea... France

[@isprikitikburkabush6200]

+shima Lol they destroyed the entire Afghanistan and Iraq before putting Democracy there,

[@stevegraham5124]

+shima It's a shame how the American public has been coopted into the most diabolic machinery of little wars and atrocities the world over. What's the count now as to how many countries our nation is running their little black ops (jsoc, et al) the world over-- 130 countries? 140? It's about time we say ENOUGH!!!

[@halleck3]

+shima Thanks for the two world wars, Europe! //Rest of the world

[@enriqueescobarserrano5230]

+Steve Graham sure!! foreign policies are like a boomerang !! you receive what you sent !! i wish people will understand that and make the USA STOPS killing people

[@andrewdivans]

The starbucks joke means a lot more now.

[@andrewnibbi]

Adam Desautel lol I was just thinking that.

[@dominiclarratt9968]

What

[@chaitea5635]

Yeah tell us more

[@smvanderlouw]

What's a starbucks?

[@smvanderlouw]

@@chaitea5635 Thanks Obama?...

[@smitmahajani7663]

"My wicked tongue.. I'm soo baaadd..at foreign policy" 😂😂 One of my favourite bits now, on any media outlets 🤣🤣🤣 The way Jon says it😂😂

[@trumpstinyhands]

Jon Stewart's producers and researchers are unsung heros

[@Varatil]

I love Trevor, but Jon Stewart just feels like home to me.

[@Dzztzt]

We have to say this every few years.

[@brettf8133]

@@Dzztzt Trevor fucking sucks

[@Dzztzt]

@@brettf8133 not as much as you, Brett

[@Endless-River]

@@Dzztzt Gottem

[@liamhackston2507]

@@brettf8133 trevor used to be good before one of the jokes he told during a standup got considerable backlash, and since then he's just been MSNBC with some bad jokes

[@mjwgames9812]

god dammit. Jon impersonation of Lindsay Graham just kills me every time

[@Montesama314]

I wish folks would just be honest enough to say, "We want to spread the reach of our empire."

[@JuICyBLiinGeR]

So Americans wanna be .. British? Or did that conquering dna leave England on the same boats as Columbus.. and that’s why the entire native Indian population was massacred.. 🧐🤔

[@surft]

You can't force-feed the concept of Democracy into the Middle East. Their culture, which has worked for them throughout the centuries, and, is no way inferior to Western ideals calls for a leader, more-so (hopefully) a 'benevolent' dictator to take the reins of power, like the caliphs, and sultans of old. If they truly want democracy let them fight over it, let them shed blood among themselves with no interference from western (or even asian) powers. I believe if the people want to institute change then it will eventually come, but it must come from within and it must come gradually.

[@starmyk100]

idiot america needed any foreign help to impose their ideals? mr surftl is right if the people wanted democracy they would already have for an instance my country was ppart of a dictatorship our military forces revolted aqainst the opressor and repel them and we didnt any help let them work their differences you should only interfere when the losses are on your soil like 9/11 and that is sorted out the responsables were punished so turn your nose the other way around and stop killing your won troops

[@wobster109]

Unfortunately not all cultures are equal. Some cultures will marry off their children - both girls and boys - while they're too young to understand. In some cultures men can beat women. Some cultures don't have religious freedom. I make no claim to what the US should do or avoid. International politics are complicated. But I won't hesitate to call a culture of child marriages backwards. And I won't hesitate to call a culture without religious freedom inferior.

[@cohavideos]

wobster109 Go ahead and call their practices backwards. You have every right to do so. It might even help to bring awareness or bring light to that area and help to start a group in that area by online voicing of opinion - who knows. But to say that we should send troops to correct their practices is absolutely absurd. No matter how much wrong there is in the world, it is impossibly idealistic (and wrong) to try to be the world police. Not only is it self-righteous and impractical, it often ends up starting more conflicts than it resolves.

[@rspainter7426]

charlesbabbage1 As we all know, bombing, shooting, and torturing others is civilized....

[@LordConstipation]

similar to what Erasmus said about the Church 500 years ago. Amazing that that advice would still be so relevant, and beyond religion no less. It is just as true in politics, it seems. And yet our leaders still seem unable to grasp the idea.

[@jaimedelgado7529]

No hate on Trevor but he can never fill these shoes. Jon's a legend

[@rutwiksakhare7324]

He got different shoes.

[@adamfrbs9259]

Ya you're right. I remember Stewart from a MTV basically talk show in the 90s when I was a kid. He was well crafted with experience and perfect for this job. Watched him since 02.

[@Steven_Askin_1105]

Trevors an idiot too be honest. Jon was always much funnier and intelligent when it came to these things.

[@williamcondon7729]

Watch between the scenes, he is brilliant

[@Matty80822]

@@Steven_Askin_1105 you can call Trevor many things but idiot seems... well damn what does that make most people on average according to your highness

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Since McCain's death, there are so many articles praising his domestic policies that I almost forgot how his foreign policies helped to destabilize the Middle East and create the current wave of chaos. For all he stood up to Trump, it was the mess he helped to create that gave Trump a message. The same for Bush and all their team. It's important to remember this, there needs to be balance and accountability, those are key factors to make sure those in power think their decisions through. Although, to be fair, it's not my place to tell others how to live. After all, I don't have the biggest military force in history at my beckoning. Nor would I be willing to use it to attempt a political reform at a foreign country, much less top down reform with little planning. Edit: Apparently, in 2020 he and the Marines were all morons for joining the military, according to Agent Orange. Don't worry, though, there is another supporter of the wars running for president as Republican lite. You know, another old guard that will get praised just for not being Trump while getting scott free out of having caused millions of deaths worldwide.

[@filmliebhaber5283]

He did not stand up to Trump. He just did it once very publicly with Obama Care, so everybody loves him now and forgets that he voted for Trumps policies 86% of the time and gave the world Sahra Palin, the Trump Prototype.

[@lisavennefron9402]

Luiz Alex Phoenix Yeah, like when you’ve got ALS, leprosy doesn’t seem so bad.

[@sincerelyyours8354]

Filmliebhaber yeah he definitely just kept obamacare around to piss off trump cuz he slighted him with the war hero comment. rly good chance he was just caught up in his ego of killing iraqis.

[@professorshrimpling2979]

yeah but ukraine really did and still does need us troopers there, Russian armed rebels have started a civil war that has lasted 5 years

[@Ema-nt3gp]

Watch his video where he chants "bomb bomb bomb". Nauseating !

[@jaguarrose7022]

Remember when Jon Stewart made us care about stuff that actually mattered?

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Luckily we now have Jon Oliver.

[@bethstaley467]

Yes.

[@BeastNationXIV]

"Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" Well it looks like McCain just got his wish. Smh

[@StoicContrarian]

BeastNation2009 the one time Meghan Mcain won’t reference her father on the view.

[@starflame34]

One of the best things I miss about Jon is his impressions of other people. That George Bush impression always gets me.

[@arnewind]

Rewatching some classics since he is returning!

[@garmenlin5990]

And John McCain's words on Ukraine aged very well

[@sashmagosh]

politics just havent been the same since jon stewart left. he brought the life into politics.

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodh4700]

shadowofWolves I grew up with the guy, I come back and watch these out of pure nostalgia sometimes, visiting an old friend

[@sashmagosh]

Robo Batman​ same here an old reminisce of Good Times

[@BryanLVO]

McCain kind of looks like emperor Palpatine.

[@ZetaPrime9699]

If only I could come up with a suitable quote to answer that, my day would be made :)

[@FuckGoogle2]

Yeah, that paired with his comment when he visited Guantanamo it's almost uncanny; 'I find your lack of bamboo cages disturbing!'

[@maxwellius2785]

"On the subject of Osama bin Laden... we will track him down. We will capture him. We will bring him to justice, and I will follow him to the gates of hell." John McCain

[@TheYpurias]

maxrland "...with my fully operational Death Star!"

[@Valiordruid]

maxrland "Now witness the power of this fully armed and _operational_ Battle Station! FIRE AT WILL, COMMANDER ROMNEY!"

[@kadenmoss8904]

I honestly think this is one of his best monologues of his career. Especially being a kid who didn’t know much about Iraq at the time, I just keep coming back to this one. Potent, brilliant, and so goddamn funny

[@franckj.]

"For him you don't actually need to use the jedi mind trick. You just kinda... wave your hand and he does it."

[@HMZ89]

I miss this man so much. His subtle humor made me laugh out loud.

[@somethingclever4563]

"freedom rave" brilliant

[@mikehink4062]

Man, as bad as this makes him look - and all these years later - Lindsey Graham has somehow become even more despicable...

[@The00Lisa00]

I love it when he impersonates Lindsey Graham 😅. You can see it in his face when he's about to do it!🤣

[@futuregirl3]

! ! ! ! ! F**KING BRILLIANT ! ! ! ! ! Especially the part about "The Band" @ 4:30. JON STEWART IS THE MAN ! ! ! !

[@jebvoorhees125]

ol' johnny rotten.

[@futuregirl3]

Jeb Voorhees yeah, that was HILARIOUS ! ! !

[@milascave2]

Jeb Voorhees John Lydon does not like this.

[@upalmuntasir]

Man, Jon Stewart's Daily Show was the epitome of political comedy

[@f1statster457]

At 6:58, “And all we’d have to do to maintain the victory is stay there forever” - I know it’s about Iraq but that line fits so pertinently well regarding the recent events in Afghanistan

[@86zoran]

Why is this guy not running the country?

[@joma77]

***** better than telling lies

[@shihoblade]

***** True story if Bush can do it, I know I can. I say on that list Jon tops both me and senior dumbass.

[@86zoran]

well just because he is funny does not disqualify him to be a president. I have seen some debates with him on the subject of politics and he is quite good. Better than many people that run for president anyways..

[@shihoblade]

***** That wont even be an issue, no one becomes presdient alone. The leadership can provide the experienced people.

[@shihoblade]

***** Obviously its better to have experience. But no one would knowingly vote in an experienced idiot over an inexperienced smart person. Thats like tanking your country on purpose.

[@Token_Nerd]

7:53 I hate how McCain ended up being right about literally every one of those first 3 conflicts.

[@Bdmaurice]

A decade later and I still crack up! I love Jon Stewart!

[@chadwilliams9141]

This episode should be re released and put on a 12 hour loop

[@remy1728]

I love Trevor Noah, but there's something about Jon's righteous fury that's impossible to replace.

[@namastewellness]

Remy Pijuan It was his style. Very unique and we'll executed. Tom Green was really good at that too lol.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Trevor is a black south african, we all know the white moderate hates to see an angry black man. They hate whites or latinos as well, as they want everyone to caress their sense of self by saying that it's gonna be alright. But the white moderate loves that one MLK speech, everything else is seen as a threat. When people protest to see change, in comes the unmarked vans. So I think Trevor is too nice and calm compared to Jon, but I can see why he wouldn't get the same treatment.

[@b-b8704]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix dude, have you even seen Noah's stand up special? Its not about race, the guy is just not funny. He shouldn't be anywhere near a mic

[@lelandshennett]

Watching this during quarantine really makes me miss this man. He needs to come and take his show back

[@grimmerMD]

I was still in elementary school when I first heard that "Bomb Iran" song. And though I was quite the xenophobic bastard back then, and still am an interventionist to a degree, that song has always disturbed me. The joyful singing of killing the enemy by combatants in theatre is morbid, but natural and inevitable. But the spreading and targetting of a song to the civilian populace which so merrily lauds the dropping of high explosive devices on a nation, with intent to maim and kill as many combatants and support personnel as possible (civilian deaths and devastated families a certainty) always has and always will appall and disgust me. And there's a whacked out fundamentalist wingnut, at one point a presidential candidate for the nation with most powerful army and nuclear arsenal, singing this song like a Christmas carol. Republicans, you are fucked.

[@grimmerMD]

Avery Morrow Prick. Now I'll have that song stuck in my head the rest of the evening.

[@VioletTheGeek]

Avery Morrow Yeah, and someone did a parody of it called "Bomb Iran," way back in 1980. That is the song that McCain referred to, and that grimmerMD is referring to.

[@lindsncal]

666Nietzsche- More B S

[@666Nietzschie]

lindsncal Reality speaks for itself. You know what I say is true.

[@lutherheggs]

The voters took the T-Bird away

[@redfin382]

It's shocking how this is happening all over again and by THE SAME PEOPLE.

[@irishdanny23]

How bout we all just get really, REALLY high and stop killing eachother and just enjoy life together

[@Kareragirl]

I'd vote for you!

[@OmgItHasMyArm]

Now this is a campaign i'd support.

[@HectorTheGenuflector]

Wasn't that in the Onion Movie?

[@Obvioustroller]

But killing people is how i get high

[@urbman29]

People are afraid of the unknown.

[@gangsta9181]

"He's just here to use our bathroom." Wow, who saw the Starbucksgate coming, Jon Stewart!

[@aflockofbeagles8219]

In 2020, the pain from missing Jon Stewart is becoming unbearable 😞💔

[@celticquestful]

I know, right? The world is burning & it would be great to hear his take 5 nights a week!

[@cjhepburn7406]

Did he quit?

[@dakingk7813]

@@cjhepburn7406 he retired

[@HyperaeonWhiteKnight]

Jon Stewart is hands down my favourite human.

[@maxmarcuscomedy]

man, McCain talking about Ukraine sure aged weird

[@ashamancito4630]

I was wondering if this was still good after 6 years. Still absolute gold. I miss him so much ;(

[@JustinSIsTank]

I've been watching some of these old Jon Stewart-era "Daily Show" clips...due respect to Trevor Noah, who has done some great things during his tenure (the trip to his home & interview with his grandmother were fantastic), but we are missing having the Stewart Voice on a more regular basis in this political climate.

[@mariannecontrino6297]

Couldn't agree more. I know he won't come back, as he's busy writing, and directing films, but man, what a glorious thought. Could definitely use his take on things, right about now.

[@gracegupta]

5:02 'My wicked tongue' really got me

[@asturiametal]

I'ts amaizing watching jon's timing, he owns that crowd he's the greatest for this kind of show 👏🏼👏🏼

[@panama2468]

Literally his dna. This dude had enough talent to become a cult leader bc of how he directed and read the crowd. But he just opted to be the privileged elite that became a fighter and a voice for the little man, against the oppressive 1%, his class of peers... I am willing to bet that bc of this job, he was shut out of a LOT of social events that normally he would have access to, IF he hadn't done TDS.

[@amrs7890]

Who else wants Jon Stewart to become freaking president??? I love him

[@justbanter8727]

+amrs7890 it would make no difference, they're all just puppets of the elitist cabal

[@jackchorn]

Stewart/Frankin 2020

[@IslandBarbie420]

Why are we always “planting seeds of democracy “ that they CLEARLY don’t want over there?!?!? How about we focus on fixing ourselves FIRST before we decide to help others 🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️... lets make our country the envy of the world 🌎

[@tessie7e]

I love Trevor, but I still really miss Jon’s voice.

[@markUTview]

Listening to this 2023!

[@adama4482]

Thanks Jon it's 2024 and we still watch your show, a fan from Iraq

[@redfin382]

America needs Jon back. No other person does what he did. He brings people in his show and holds them accountable. I love watching old clips of Jon destroying people for their dishonesty.

[@biglunk5064]

I feel embarrassed that John McCain is the senator of my state.

[@01denese]

the amish tech support I'm embarrassed that he's from the USA.

[@austintf4393]

01denese i feel embarrassed that hes from the same planet

[@hudeyfaabdi610]

Austintf I feel embarrassed that he's in the same universe that I'm in

[@jriddleeleven]

I get embarassed on a regular basis at home here in AZ. My job forces me to interact with the general public.. Very nice people with swastika tatoos and dont tread on me flags on their trucks. Its frightening really. How so much ignorance can get condensed into such a small area.

[@sanderflop]

Looking at the tea party you could have a lot worse

[@calebbenton367]

Can we have him back? Trevor Noah is no where near as funny

[@Aldhardt]

No one will ever be as funny as Jon

[@Kakemonster1898]

Trevor is a good replacement though

[@MrConstantine02]

Not. At. All.

[@infernus42254]

Here's an idea. Stop watching The Daily Show. Thank me later.

[@littleblueclovers]

Trevor's young and new. It's hard to live up to impossible expectations like Jon Stewart

[@robbieclark7828]

Jon Stewart was just so effortlessly funny on this show. He ran that shit.

[@TheBatracho]

McCain’s comments on Ukraine hit different in 2023…

[@AthulRajagopal]

6 years later... You still can't touch this!

[@Theprofessorator]

The Daily Show and The Colbert Report were the golden age of Comedy Central.

[@glipk]

Man I miss The Colbert Report

[@Theprofessorator]

@@glipk right?! I still get excited when I hear that intro.

[@hansrabarbar-rabarbar4196]

Just when i thought Trevor Noah got a bit better at this, all it takes i one old clip and i miss Jon Steward again.

[@anniemihn]

Why are you leaving Jon, WHY? WHYYYY????

[@hughmcaloon6506]

LOVED the Jon Stewart... but if he'd been on during the Trump presidency, he'd either have blown up on screen, or Trump would have hired a hit man. There really was no in between there.

[@tinabrown6207]

I knowww... He got out with his sanity in the nick of time but while I love and appreciate him I curse him for not saving my sanity the last four years😖

[@rebecca8525]

If Jon Stewart had stayed for the 2016 election, Trump never would’ve been elected.

[@tinabrown6207]

@@rebecca8525 why the hell you gotta go THERE now?🤔😏

[@ajaypasricha9855]

I wish Stewart would've just came out and said it was to control the oil. You control the oil and you control the world

[@jackchorn]

you control the oil and control the nation- control the food and control the people" Kissinger- after his appointment to study over population in the 70's

[@queekheadtaker7327]

Ajay Pasricha for another 20 years

[@AttillaDeHunt]

What if it wasn't really about oil at all? What if there is something more valuable than oil and more desireable to have control over? What if it was about control over the agriculture of the region? Pharmaceuticals of many kinds are dependant on natural plantlife to create the substances that make them what they are, and now that the larger percentage of the world is dependant on these drugs, in one way or another and in one form or another, what if it was all to protect the interests of the makers of these drugs? Oil & petrolium companies are wealthy, sure, but pharmaceutical companies are most assuredly moreso and will continue to gain wealth exponentially as long as the ingredients they need to make the drugs that they make are protected and safe from those who are the opposition. As it is today- If you control the oil, you get their attention, but if you control the drugs, you control even those who THINK THEY control the world. Think about it--- From simple maintenance doses of blood pressure drugs, to cancer supression drugs, & from aspirin to heroin, Big Pharma-The WORLDWIDE DRUG DEALERS, has as big a hold on society as Big Oil ever did, and while more ways are being devised every day to use less oil, the same CANNOT be said for the pharmaceutical industry, who can also charge ANY PRICE they want to for their wares, and is constantly coming up with new drugs that more people "need" and will be bought en masse ad infinitum. So, do you still think it was really all about oil?

[@jackchorn]

Jeffery A. Hunt"control the oil and you control the Nation, control the food and you control the people" Kissinger after he was assigned the world Over population problem in the 70's. I like where your going with these drugs- They got little children on amphetamines for gods sake. To add to your theory- I saw some obscure lecture given by this Dr. Poole guy- it was on C-span. There seemed to be many uniforms in the crowd. This lecture was on the bacteria in the human body- and the ability to tell exactly where that person had been- I also assume they are looking into the different affects of exposure to bacteria and molds. But all that- this Doctor worked for the DOD bioweapons field and at the time of this lecture was working for Monsanto. Could it be that the foods feed the need for the Meds? Control the food as we all know the few GMO corps. are doing a very good job. As they saying that is attributed to Caesar for giving White bread to the population- Feed the stomach and not the mind- Are they doing this today but in an industrial tech way? It is Kissinger after all.

[@zerowascool]

Plot Twist: Jon time traveled to 2021 shortly before filming this episode in 2014.

[@johnatkinson5103]

Thank you algorithm for reminding me of this

[@rspainter7426]

I find Mr. McCain's rendition of the Beach Boys song Barbara Ann more offensive than anything I have ever heard Jon Stewart or any other comedian, American or otherwise, say. Classless and shameful. He is no comedian, and that's not a joke.

[@VioletTheGeek]

He didn't write the parody of "Barbara Ann" called "Bomb Iran," he just referred to it. Still classless and shameful, though.

[@Guiltyconscience83]

We need Jon Stewart back on a show. Noah is great but Stewart come back when a new show please.

[@isprayNpray4u1]

All of you guys are arguing politics and I'm just mad John McCain thought Barbra Ann by the Beach Boys sounded anything close to bomb.

[@MA2520]

Oh man, he is on another level. Infinitely better than Trevor

[@michaeljordan8144]

The US actually beat Ghana 2-1 it bugged me so I had to look it up

[@Theiliteritesbian]

I'm so happy youtube is recommended Jon to me on my wonderful morning off. Man I miss this guy, but understand he is done with this format. Can't imagine doing that job for 20 years.

[@BrowncoatInABox]

I like his new show

[@falaflani4831]

fuck it! I'm gonna paint a cat

[@onyxvanity2863]

Jon Stewart and John Oliver are my favs omg but Trevor Noah makes me laugh

[@samechaos3297]

onyx vanity and Stephen Colbert🤘🤘🔥🔥

[@onyxvanity2863]

+same chaos u right!😂

[@Sublime-ik3lx]

That laser guided quip was fucking amazing

[@kristianbrandt3012]

I desperately want Lindsey Graham to tell himself ''I'm so baaaaaad'' after each mic drop.

[@statesk8r]

0:14 Jon Stewart predicts the future about people using bathrooms at Starbucks.. Illuminati confirmed

[@gabrielarentsch2482]

I find myself coming here every once in a while, just to remind myself what true greatness is

[@satevo462]

God I miss Jon so much....

[@tiny99990]

Hi, my name is Tiny99990, and I recently relapsed, I was clean for almost 3 years, and the other day it just popped up in my feed and I thought "OOOO thats one of my favorites from him." and I watched it... since then I have been watching clips of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since almost non stop... I actually do not know how long I have been watching them... but I know it has been more than three days, and I have loved every moment of it...

[@shanecarlson7488]

Watching this in 2020 and wow, I had forgotten how good Jon Stewart was.

[@sheikhmohsin57]

I keep coming back to this. This is such a timeless classic.

[@whatsup968]

What's really annoying is that people around my age (I'm 24 in 2024) have no real education on this issue. We grew up steeped in these issues concerning the Middle East, but 9/11 happened before many of us were even conscious. This all became background noise. Pardon the innapropriate metaphor (I don't have another one), but it's a bit like starting to watch a highly detailed, intricate, nuanced, and serialized show in it's fifth season. And you know none of it was taught about in schools, and probably still isn't. I've seen movies and researched about it, but even true and genuinely reflective movies only convey a fraction of the story, and sources we would want to use in research can be difficult to trust Thinking about just watching a bunch of old Jon Stewart shows and seeing how far THAT gets me. At least I know he's not lying

[@rockerangusyoung623]

I swear that sounds like what Graham SHOULD be saying about Trump at 4:45

[@s7martify]

Yes..... hypocracy has predictable preferences

[@matthewjohnson569]

John McCain is old school military. honestly, I don't expect him to have any other view.

[@michaeljohnson9916]

All the more reason to vote him out of office this November. He's been in too long to be any good anymore (that's what she said).

[@TheRealMake-Make]

3:33 It’s odd seeing Lindsay Graham before Trump siphoned 15 years off his life and turned him into a horcrux.

[@rachelstone8926]

I'm a liberal democrat in Texas. It's lonely. We only survived the Bush administration because of Jon. Still grieving. Glad he's happier now that he doesn't have to make daily trips to Bullshit mountain.

[@johnchessant3012]

"if you think the 'seeding of democracy' metaphor is slightly more tortured than many of the people we brought that democracy to" damn

[@soicancommentonvideo]

anyone else back here after finally leaving?

[@MilesBellas]

4:40 Lyndsey Graham sounds like Paul Lynde ?!

[@jaeboston9228]

You mean Lissa Graham.

[@MilesBellas]

@@jaeboston9228 😀 Leeseegramme

[@halleck3]

Damn, I miss Stewart's take on hypocrisy. No one called it out as well as he did.

[@avnimalhotra]

Whoa this one ages so well ! It's like deja vu!

[@IAmNumber4000]

How the fuck did people tolerate politicians that thought the best solution to foreign policy was “occupy the entire planet at once”?

[@Friend2Trolls]

Man. I didn't exactly agree with McCain on a lot of stuff, but the Ukraine thing was actually on point.

[@Fortzon]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day