August 12, 2008

Jon Stewart recaps the current situation in Georgia (and the media's ridiculous coverage of it), and calls out President Bush for having the chutzpah to condemn Russia for invading and disrespecting Georgia's sovereignty -- because only reckless bully countries with no disregard for international standards do that kind of stuff.

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Stewart: "It'll be very interesting to see what the United States does here. Our invasion of Iraq somewhat hamstrings our options in Georgia, not just militarily, but also dimplomaticly, and I guess you would say, morally? Let's watch our UN Ambsassador Zalmay Khalilzad dance the delicate dance...

Khalilzad: We want to make sure our Russian colleagues understand that the days of overthrowing leaders by miulityary means...

Stewart: Careful, Khalilza. Steady...steady...

Khalilzad: The days of overthrowing leaders by military means in Europe, those days are gone...

Stewart: Yes! He did it! Those days are gone...in Europe. In the Middle East, it's morning in America.

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