Our Decision To Consider Heading Into Syria Gets The Stewart Treatment

It would be so much easier to take this international discussion seriously if it wasn’t surrounded by our usual cowboy talk about toughness and weakness. Let Jon Stewart put many people’s elementary school response in perspective and give our potential international intervention a bit of historical context.

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Rafael Casal

Sep 11, 2013

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