Back in April, Jon Stewart used his first The Daily Show return monologues to share honest thoughts about the war in the Middle East. Now, five months later and as the war only escalates, he has been given an update.
For starters he plays a clip of what he describes as the “golden soundbite” when it comes to explaining “how this should be”: a CNN clip of journalist Barak Ravid talking about Israeli government policy. “to go up and up.”
“Or, as that is sometimes called: War,” said an exasperated Stewart. “I mean do you feel it too?” The host goes on to say he’s sure he’s heard the phrase “de-escalation through escalation” before, picking up a copy of George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel. 1984 and passing through it.
“I mean, my God, there have to be other ways to lower the quality of life other than this respectful exchange of arrows,” Stewart continued. “Historically, that part is usually followed by years of misery and bloodshed.”
