In iraq where american troops left more than two years ago, insurgents are making a comeback this morning. The countrys second largest city, mosul, is under control of militants. Jon whoa. Slow down, judge history. I cant believe the militants took mosul, two million people. Well, those rebels are going to have their hands full trying corral that town. Tikrit, saddams hometown, gone. The extremists control that. Jon [bleeped]. Tikrit, too, they took tikrit . Tikrit and mosul, the twin cities, as no one there calls them. [laughter] although now i think the militants will probably consolidate their gains, fortify their Position Research schools for their kids maybe. The militants are advancing towards iraqs capital of baghdad. Jon what the [bleeped] is going on over there. How are the militants moving so quickly . Is it. Ez pass. [laughter] and we brought that there. [cheering and applause] no. Dont cheer for the militants. I didnt think wed have do this anymore. Well, looks like were go
Terrible disadvantage of being from new jersey. [laughter] we do the best we can. But first, remember that country we invaded a little while back. No, no, that was too far back. No, no, that was. No, that was a shadow coup. That wasnt an invasion. That was a police action. That was a giant step for all mankind. Im talking about iraq. Thats the rock. Thank you. Iraq. Remember . We invaded it because 9 11 and weapons and then we had to pretend that we were really trying bring democracy and stability to the middle east. I dont remember what happened over there, but i guess history will be the judge. In iraq where american troops left more than two years ago, insurgents are making a comeback this morning. The countrys second largest city, mosul, is under control of militants. Jon whoa. Slow down, judge history. I cant believe the militants took mosul, two Million People. Well, those rebels are going to have their hands full trying corral that town. Tikrit, saddams hometown, gone. The extre
From Comedy Centrals world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. Captioning sponsored by Comedy Central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] jon welcome to the daily show. My name is jon stewart. We prepared program for you this evening, very exciting. Tonights guest, Christopher Walken will be joining us in a new movie called jersey boys. The story of four young men who achieved success despite the terrible disadvantage of being from new jersey. [laughter] we do the best we can. But first, remember that country we invaded a little while back. No, no, that was too far back. No, no, that was. No, that was a shadow coup. That wasnt an invasion. That was a police action. That was a giant step for all mankind. Im talking about iraq. Thats the rock. Thank you. Iraq. Remember . We invaded it because 9 11 and weapons and then we had to pretend that we were really trying bring democracy and stability to the middle east. I dont remember what happened o
We invaded a little while back. No, no, that was too far back. No, no, that was. No, that was a shadow coup. That wasnt an invasion. That was a police action. That was a giant step for all mankind. Im talking about iraq. Thats the rock. Thank you. Iraq. Remember . We invaded it because 9 11 and weapons and then we had to pretend that we were really trying bring democracy and stability to the middle east. I dont remember what happened over there, but i guess history will be the judge. In iraq where american troops left more than two years ago, insurgents are making a comeback this morning. The countrys second largest city, mosul, is under control of militants. Jon whoa. Slow down, judge history. I cant believe the militants took mosul, two million people. Well, those rebels are going to have their hands full trying corral that town. Tikrit, saddams hometown, gone. The extremists control that. Jon [bleeped]. Tikrit, too, they took tikrit . Tikrit and mosul, the twin cities, as no one the