Jon Stewart And John Oliver Debate Over Iraq "Civil War" Semantics
The situation in Iraq: Is it a "civil war" or a "a minor linguistic flareup between two parties of different terminological points of
Stewart: 3,000 Iraqis died just this month. To argue over what to call it seems like semantic quibbling.Oliver: Semantic quibbling? Oh, well, I wouldn't call it that.
Stewart: What would you call it?
Oliver: A minor linguistic flareup between two parties of different terminological points of view.
Stewart: It's really the same thing.
Oliver: It's "same-ey." For now let's agree to disagree on how we state our agreements. Agreed?