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Jon Stewart Draws Startling Comparisons Between Iraq and Venezuela

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By Avery Sandridge

Jon Stewart Draws Startling Comparisons Between Iraq and Venezuela

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By Avery Sandridge

The Daily Show Anchor Dives into Nostalgia to Tackle Current Political Maneuvers

Jon Stewart is initially thrilled that Donald Trump has received the FIFA Peace Prize this week, exclaiming, “He’s so fucking weird!” Bursting with amusement, Stewart quickly throws some playful barbs at the odd design of the award. However, the light-hearted moment is fleeting. Most of his monologue is dedicated to dissecting how the administration, along with their allies in certain news channels, are stirring up support for a potential war with Venezuela.

Stewart can’t resist highlighting the similarities between the justifications for this possible conflict and those used to initiate the Iraq War. Despite their efforts, the pro-Trump media can’t completely sever ties with the past, with figures like Jesse Waters suggesting that drug boats in the Caribbean are akin to weapons of mass destruction. “You guys have the nerve to declare that the Iraq pretext was nonsense, admit the war was an error, claim we’ve changed, and yet here you are saying Venezuela has WMDs and we need to intervene,” he criticizes. “Or has WMD become the new catchphrase like, ‘Hey dude, Venezuela’s total WMD 6-7, what’s happening?’”

Stewart is well-equipped to handle this type of rhetoric. “If you’re going to revive early 2000s geopolitics, then I’m compelled to resurrect early 2000s Daily Show zingers,” he declares, before rolling a series of such clips. Check out the video compilation below.

 
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