Jon Stewart on America’s Favorite Way to Promote Peace in the Middle East
If you guessed supplying Middle Eastern countries with money and weapons (that then get “regifted”), you’re spot-on. “The Daily Show” host points out how many U.S. tax dollars and arms each country in the region received, highlighting what a moronic way this is to help the area stabilize. Meanwhile, Jon Stewart implies that everyone who […]If you guessed supplying Middle Eastern countries with money and weapons (that then get “regifted”), you’re spot-on. “The Daily Show” host points out how many U.S. tax dollars and arms each country in the region received, highlighting what a moronic way this is to help the area stabilize.
Meanwhile, Jon Stewart implies that everyone who went to his bar mitzvah is barraging him with criticism due to his questioning Israel’s strikes on Gaza.
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