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Colbert Gives Us the Word on the War

From Crooks and Liars

“The Colbert Report’s” Stephen Colbert riffing on a new name for the war on terror.

Crooks and Liars:

The Colbert Report: The Long War

Colbert highlights the new name for war on terror word that the Pentagon is now using. TCR is on a roll and constantly coming up with the wittiest satire this side of The Daily Show.

What’s fun with this segment is as Colbert spins the story in one direction-the graphic to the right of him tells the truth.

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