Russian Paul, June 11 at 2:28 pm

I missed that latest show, the lure of the open road and my newly improved ( screaming eagle 211 cams) Harley were too much to resist…Do you think that the negativity you find in Colbert’s show is the result of Army censorship or directive? He did start our pretty darn well on th efirst show.

Where were the subtleties yesterday when he interviewed the puppet, deputy prime minister, Barham Salih, who kept thanking the troops for coming and “saving his country.” Or that leuitenant that came by later? Those were the dullest interviews he has given yet.

I am not giving up on Colbert, his satire runs too deep, he is too intelligent, and I think he has his reasons for doing this, but his show has definitely been dumbed down for the troops, anyone who watches his program regularly would notice that.

Absolutely right, after all, they are human, and humans like to laugh. Every member of the armed forces are not pro-war, republican, right wing, or otherwise—they are as mixed as the civilian population is(or almost so).

I am an anit-war Democrat and have always been so, but I served four years in the Navy. My uncle was as liberal as they come and was a highly decorated Marine in WW2 and Korea.

That’s that.

For Dar:

What is it that you do not get? Have you ever been stationed overseas, hungry for something, anything, to relieve the boredom? OK so its no crime not to have been there. Lets speak to the way the left has been vilified, untruthfully, as not supporting our troops. What better way to show support than to go there and entertain them? Excepting of course by supporting them best and working to get them home!

Cobert has balls as big as trash cans, in my opinion, for speaking to the lies and hypocracies of that war while General Odierno wielded hair clippers right beside him! Did you fail to note how the troops applauded each of his criticisms?

I , for one, applaud Colbert for doing this.

As counterpoint to Clark’s view I would note that I watched this program last evening with glee and did not, as apparently did Clark, fail to note the subtleties.

If ones goal is to make changes then ones obligation is to work in ways that will reach that goal. This first show was a good beginning in my opinion.

I was especially heartened by the reaction of the troops to Colbert’s pointed criticisms of our continued presence in Iraq and his jabs at policy.