Showing posts with label The Colbert Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Colbert Report. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2009

Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando

Stephen Colbert lands in Iraq for new shows
Fri Jun 5, 2009

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Making a surprise visit to Iraq is not just for presidents anymore.

Comedian Stephen Colbert has landed in the battle-scarred country to broadcast four episodes of his TV show, "The Colbert Report," which spoofs U.S. politics and culture.

Cable television network Comedy Central on Friday said "The Colbert Report" will be broadcast from Iraq Monday through Thursday (June 8 - June 11) under the banner "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando."
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Stephen Colbert lands in Iraq for new shows

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Colbert Report: Bush keeping trauma vets in Iraq for their own sake


Colbert: Is the answer to the trauma of returning vets not to bring them home?
Mike Aivaz and Muriel Kane
Published: Wednesday September 19, 2007
Susan Sarandon appeared on Tuesday's Colbert Report to discuss her new film, In the Valley of Elah, which concerns a military cover-up of the murder of an Iraq War veteran

"I think it might start a dialogue about the fact that, actually, war changes you," said Sarandon. "There's a big disconnect between the politicized war and the actual war. ... All the guys who got us into this war never went to a war. They avoided a war, so they don't really have any idea what war means.

"They didn't avoid this war," objected Colbert. "They actively went after this war,"


"You're saying there's some trauma these people experience and they have to deal with that when they come home?" asked Colbert. "Isn't the answer, maybe, to not bring them home? I mean, the president has done his part in that regard."
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