Jon Stewart had some fun at President Obama’s expense last night, dissecting and mocking his speech and the media reaction to it. Stewart wasn’t sure why Obama seemed angry about having to explain America’s intervention in Libya? He also wondered whether America handing control of the operation to NATO is really a big deal if America is the one who largely funds and controls NATO? Stewart humorously compared it to being as if singer Beyonce gave control to her temporary alter-ego “Sasha Fierce.”
Also mocked was Wolf Blitzer for being eager to try and label Obama’s speech as the beginning of the new “Obama Doctrine.” And in an effort to demonstrate that Obama isn’t unique in justifying intervention to stop a crisis in one country, while atrocities take place elsewhere, Stewart played clips from many past presidents showing that their rhetoric didn’t necessarily match their actions either. Although the loudest laugh came at the end, when Stewart played a clip of Sarah Palin trying to describe the “skirmish” in Libya, but saying the word “squirmish” instead.
Watch the clip from Comedy Central below:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-was-not-impressed-with-president-obamas-libya-speech/