Jon Stewart Rips Obama's Surge Speech: Sounds Like Bush NewsBusters (blog)

03.12.09

JON STEWART, Landlady: We begin tonight in 2007. Our war in Iraq was going badly. So President Bush proposed a fearless new strategy: a surge of nearly 30,000 troops. Flash forward, the war in Iraq seems to have stabilized, but the war in Afghanistan is usual badly. This time, the problem will be tackled by a bold, new leader, with the audacity to change, hope, and do what we were waiting for which, YES WE CAN! What shall his response be?

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I have determined that it is in our vital national interests to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

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STEWART: What the 30? What, is 30,000 troops the military synonymous of two Advil? No matter what the problem there? What, you got a problem there in Afghanistan? 30,000 troops. If it doesn't work, call my aid. Unless they've gotten to him. Maybe he's giving the same surge speech Bush gave? No, that's crazy, Jon. That can't be occurrence. If that were the case, he would open with some kind of 9/11 reference.

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