Jon Stewart: You know who was a war criminal? Harry Truman
posted at 9:43 pm on April 29, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Goldfarb, the key exchange comes at around 5:50. Hundreds of thousands of lives saved by averting a U.S. invasion of the Japanese home islands, and all this tool can do is point a finger and mumble “yes” in response to whether Truman’s a war criminal or not. Behold the face of mindless anti-torture absolutism. Like what you see?
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Stewart’s motto: “Edit your way to the truf.”
Don’t worry, Mussolini is keeping Stewart’s seat warm ;)
Upstater85 on April 29, 2009 at 9:44 PM
“tool” doesn’t even begin to describe this tool.
KS Rex on April 29, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Mindless is a compliment, he’s much worse than that.
scalleywag on April 29, 2009 at 9:46 PM
This guy is so rooted in his anti-waterboarding beliefs that he’ll call a guy who saved countless American lives, nevermind the fact that Truman was FDR’s chosen successor, a war criminal? Charming.
amerpundit on April 29, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Moron.
Maquis on April 29, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Waterboarding is not torture.
therightwinger on April 29, 2009 at 9:47 PM
But hey, it’s a post about someone other than the other arrogant superman.
scalleywag on April 29, 2009 at 9:47 PM
wait a minute… this can’t be true. truman was a democrat!!!
nooooooooooo!!!
homesickamerican on April 29, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Truman saved countless Japanese lives as well.
Mark1971 on April 29, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Clown nose off?
carbon_footprint on April 29, 2009 at 9:48 PM
You know who is a worthless douche bag… Jon Stewart…
doriangrey on April 29, 2009 at 9:49 PM
In Stewart’s defense (I personally can’t stand the guy), he did post the whole interview unedited on Comedy Central’s website. Unlike what happened after the Jonah Goldberg interview.
warrenmr on April 29, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Hi, Hawkdriver. Take care.
Cindy Munford on April 29, 2009 at 9:50 PM
And if you disagree, you are worse than Hitler.
lorien1973 on April 29, 2009 at 9:51 PM
The man does not know what the hell he is talking about.
Terrye on April 29, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Yeah, that pissed me off! Stewart IS a monkey – an editing monkey.
Upstater85 on April 29, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I favor letting TDS and such be the face of the donkey party….
a bunch of a$$e$ being fronted by an a$$
sven10077 on April 29, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Here’s lookin at you, starfleet_dude.
BadgerHawk on April 29, 2009 at 9:52 PM
he is a leftist.
rob verdi on April 29, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Obviously, we have to destroy all the monuments we have built to terrorists in our country, starting with Mount Rushmore. All of them war criminals!
Only then can our nation regain the moral high ground.
Loxodonta on April 29, 2009 at 9:53 PM
I think it already is.
Upstater85 on April 29, 2009 at 9:54 PM
About fifteen years I took a tour of the UN when on vacation in New York where the UN had a display of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and it was emphasized by the tour guide that not only Truman was the war criminal.
Marcus on April 29, 2009 at 9:54 PM
No………
…….. nor do I like what I hear.
John Stewart needs to spend some time as a roadie in an Iranian rodeo for about six months before he is let back into the country…….
Seven Percent Solution on April 29, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Stewart is more than a leftist. Stewart would be the first to allow his show to be controlled by the WH. Doesn’t that make him a fascist?
Upstater85 on April 29, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Hey, you guys remember when Jon Stewart used to be relevant?
Yeah, me neither.
carbon_footprint on April 29, 2009 at 9:55 PM
You can tell this nation is in serious moral, spiritual and political decline when a turd like Stewart is given even the slightest bit of attention.
rplat on April 29, 2009 at 9:55 PM
We must frog march all surviving WW II vets and everyone who voted for FDR/Truman, and send them to Spain for trial.
Only then can our nation reclaim the moral high ground.
Loxodonta on April 29, 2009 at 9:56 PM
KS Rex on April 29, 2009 at 9:45 PM
How about a tool shed
;)
FontanaConservative on April 29, 2009 at 9:57 PM
+1 You got that right. An unfunny clown is never relevant.
jencab on April 29, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Jon Stewart: the leader of the Democrat party.
ddrintn on April 29, 2009 at 9:58 PM
So if Iran gets a nuke does that make Obama a war criminal ?
William Amos on April 29, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Boy, between this and Obama’s “Churchill didn’t torture… just don’t mention what he did in Africa that I personally hold against him enough to give back his bust to the UK, or the carpet bombing of Germany which I would have to philosophically oppose, or the British treatment of Irish prisoners which was way worse than some water up the nose” response tonight, I have to wonder if I have read the same history books as they have.
Wineaholic on April 29, 2009 at 9:58 PM
You know whats weird? You might not be reading this, from me, if those bombs were not dropped. Jon Stewart is a tard.
Howcome on April 29, 2009 at 9:58 PM
His audiences are completely insane, much less temporarily. Trained seal clap at anything that comes out of his smug little mouth.
StevefromMKE on April 29, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Explain?
lorien1973 on April 29, 2009 at 9:59 PM
And this illustrates the mindset of the people running our country. God save the USA!
d1carter on April 29, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Might as well add FDR to the mix…he built those weapons. Then, better add Wilson to the mix, as well. Set the stage for WWII, and turned the Presidency from head of the Executive Branch to the power center of national policy is is today. Maybe JFK, too…that whole Vietnam thingie? And LBJ…he prolonged that Vietnam, even after it was apparent that we were just tossing more and more Americans into the meat grinder. Couldn’t decide to win it, or just pass it along to the next guy. And, Clinton…Rwanda was a stellar day in our history, among other things that happened on his watch.
OK…what do these men have in common?
President — check.
Democrat — ditto.
The more important point here being, however, Stewart is out for giggles and ratings…and he’ll bend the truth to extremes to get a laugh and higher ratings.
This is how many Americans get their news. The Daily Show started out telling the audience it was a fake news program…satire. It has evolved since into a perceived real news show…and has the Emmy’s and Peabody’s to prove it.
News as entertainment, entertainment as news…and people wonder how we could have elected a total novice to the highest office in the Nation?
coldwarrior on April 29, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Who is Jon Stewart anyway? Another CNN moron?
Cable TV rots the brain. Just say no to cable TV.
The whole A-Bombs dropped on Japan has been gone over thousands of times anyway. I would like to ala “Twilight Zone” send that turkey back to an “alternate time line” as a grunt in the invasion of Japan. He probably would not last 10 minutes if someone could drag his ass out of hiding on some ship anyway.
MB4 on April 29, 2009 at 10:01 PM
The late Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (no conservative he) called people like Stewart “doughfaces.”
He:
Recognize the harsh realities of the world.
Yeah, a generation or two later and he’s still pretty accurate.
SteveMG on April 29, 2009 at 10:02 PM
If only propaganda were funny Leibowitz would be a comedian rather then a douchebag.
DeweyWins on April 29, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Well since Jon Jon is a giant tool, it’s not really surprising is it.
Lance Murdock on April 29, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Jon Stewart is a loud mouthed Punk. Period.
old trooper2 on April 29, 2009 at 10:03 PM
wow, a whole lot different than what aired. But, as warrenmr said, they DID post the whole thing, unedited. And at least twice on the air it was mentioned that the whole interview was posted.
But here’s a question for the goofball: Its OK to drop an A-Bomb 50 miles out, and then say “OK the next one is on your head!” Presuming you also demand surrender, or whatever, if they don’t comply, THEN would it be OK to drop one on a city?
JamesLee on April 29, 2009 at 10:03 PM
There was a time where people expressed such stupidity were marginalized in society. Now they get a TV show.
MoCoM on April 29, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Jon Stewart is an imbecile.
Had a D-Day land invasion of Japan been necessary the civilian and military carnage would probably reach millions. Far more of those starving or succumbing to disease in Japanese concentration camps would have been lost. Not including those wounded being treated on hospital ships that the Japanese were torpedoing, yes, torpedoing.
viking01 on April 29, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I wonder what Stewart thinks about Obama’s predator strikes. I seriously doubt that suspected terrorists reside in terrorist-only dormatories away from their wives and children.
rw on April 29, 2009 at 10:04 PM
There was a time when people who expressed such stupidity were marginalized in society. Now they get a TV show.
MoCoM on April 29, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I think he was on MTV. ‘Splains a lot.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 29, 2009 at 10:05 PM
You are a very sweet lady.
Loxodonta on April 29, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Libs take this guy’s point of view a bit more serious than they let on.
Chubbs65 on April 29, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Grandpa was a submariner in WW2, he started on the Indianapolis and transferred off right before it was sunk. I am sure he would have been patrolling the Japanese homeland waters before and during the invasion. I am glad we used the bombs or I would not have had the honor of being a father.
Howcome on April 29, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Truman was a war criminal So was Robert McNamera, In fact he openly admitted that had the Allies lost the war he would have been prosecuted for war-crimes. That doesn’t mean what they did was necessarily wrong.
crr6 on April 29, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Torture, smorture.
Charles Martel on April 29, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Stupid idiots.
We discussed this in class this week.
Then in another class the Prof decided to go on about us being the OOONLYYY PEOPLE TO USE NUUUKES IN ANNNNGGERRRRR
and how Reagan was the BIIIGGESSSTTT MAD MAN OF ALL1!! 1 !@!! OUT OF ALLLL THE COOOOLD WAR PRESIDENTS!!!
And how we WOOORRRY about “stupid guys” from Afgh-Pak border, who can’t build nukes waaah!
F*ckin A
blatantblue on April 29, 2009 at 10:08 PM
I’d suggest that those who consider waterboarding torture stop and remember.
Then ask that question.
irongrampa on April 29, 2009 at 10:08 PM
So much of what’s wrong with this world is summed up in the Palin family.
Levi/Bristol have an out of wedlock child.
He abandons his commitments. And is celebrated for it.
He appears on TV and trashes her and her family.
He might get a modeling career.
She sits at home with the child. And is lampooned for it.
lorien1973 on April 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Rove that magnificent bastard is on a roll tonight.
Knucklehead on April 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM
I don’t think liberals will be happy until every single person who ever did anything, even if it was tough or questionable, to defend the country is discredited. Hell I bet tehy want to dig up Patton and put him on trial
Defector01 on April 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM
One of the best
blatantblue on April 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Progressives have trouble with ethics and the law – and sometimes they mix the two together.
What do they think of illegal immigration, illegal torture, illegal drugs?
What do they think of abortion, eugenics, cross burning?
Upstater85 on April 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Howcome:
My Dad was supposed to be in that invasion of Japan. He told me once that if not for Truman, my brother and I would probably never have been born.
Terrye on April 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM
And Obama endorsed Churchill tonight, who did, in fact, engage in actual torture during WW2.
lorien1973 on April 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM
These decisions require context. Only a complete moron like the filthy liar in the White House would make absolute statements about the use of interrogation techniques that have proven effective. Only a mindless MSM disciple of the filthy liar in the White House would make the kinds of comments above.
highhopes on April 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM
He is the high priest of Obamanism…
Upstater85 on April 29, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I’ve never seen this show but I’m reminded REPEATEDLY whenever I read an article about this show that it is so influential with the teen and twenty-somethings. I just can’t imagine them sitting through a discussion with Clifford May when “Iron Chef” and “World’s Deadliest Catch” are on competing networks.
Marcus on April 29, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I agree that John Stewart is retarded. But neither he nor Obama has ever really had to make a true sacrifice, or stand up for an ideal. Like Truman did; and like many guys working for the U.S. government did. And so, while I think he’s a pretty contemptible guy, I understand him. Him and his little desk and coffee mug…and laughtrack…together forever…
pomerpants on April 29, 2009 at 10:11 PM
You’re right AP, hundreds of thousands of lives would have been lost in operation downfall and it would have dragged out world war II for many, many years.
Stewart does not know his history. Truman was a patriot.
nazo311 on April 29, 2009 at 10:12 PM
rw:
Well, Obama can send people to God knows who for rendition, which only means God knows what and he can still lecture all us on the evils of torture, so I am sure that when the drones he sends in to drop bombs, they only kill bad guys. Obama bombs are too moral and good to kill innocent people.
Terrye on April 29, 2009 at 10:12 PM
blatantblue, I am so sorry you are surrounded by the prison wall of liberal academia. Someday, I hope another Reagan comes to your school and tells them to, “TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!”
Loxodonta on April 29, 2009 at 10:12 PM
I love the fact that Jon Jon rather see another 9/11 type event occur or worse have a biological/chemical attack or some sort of nuclear attack on his hometown of NYC, so that his so call ‘liberties’ can stay intact. What the hell is going trough this man’s mind. He rather die in a terrorist attack than have a terrorist roughed up a bit. Disgusting.
Lance Murdock on April 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM
We DID NOT kill Japanese for waterboarding that is a lie.
They were executed for far worse crimes and some had waterboarded. In fact their version of waterboarding was far closer to actual drowning.
Jamson64 on April 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM
If you want to turn liberal opinion, just get Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, or Sean Penn to say something sane, and they may come around.
therightwinger on April 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM
The “REAL” reason Truman is a war criminal:
He supported the Jewish state of Israel.
Upstater85 on April 29, 2009 at 10:14 PM
We made O’Reilly via Amanda Carpenter as “one of them those right-wing blogs.” Huh? Hot Air is in the center!
John the Libertarian on April 29, 2009 at 10:14 PM
What a perfect a caricature of self-styled leftist sophistication and indignation. It’s not just that there’s an open debate about how many American lives were saved by using the atom bomb.
It’s also that the conventional bombing raids that we were conducting on Tokyo – and would have had to conduct city by city in Japan – were just as devastating. The B-29 raids ended up destroying a full 50% of the city. They still find unexploded bombs today.
But hey – why let that get in the way of moral strutting.
omriceren on April 29, 2009 at 10:15 PM
A War criminal in my mind is someone who betrays their country and sells them out for political gain.
William Amos on April 29, 2009 at 10:16 PM
That is Tangy Orange Threat to Napoleon and co.
Upstater85 on April 29, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.
JohnJ on April 29, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I believe there was a rather famous book written about war atrocities committed during WWII against Allies by the Japanese that included forcing a hose down a victims throat and flooding their intestines with water and literally jumping on their abdomens until their intestines ruptured. Stewart would wonder “and the difference here is?”
Marcus on April 29, 2009 at 10:17 PM
crr6:
War criminals? 60 million people died in that war. Truman ended it. The fact that sanctimonious little pricks can come along a half century later and pass judgment on things they know nothing of, does not mean the rest of us have to take them seriously.
Terrye on April 29, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I read on line Dems celebrating that a Dem president dropped the bomb and then dare get on anyone for waterboarding. What is worse waterboarding or the fallout from Hiroshima?
Jamson64 on April 29, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Oh it’s okay. Thanks though. I’ve gotten used to it.
It is what it is. They get stuck in their academic bubble, never leave, and let themselves slip into some sort of alternate reality.
It’s quite sad.
I really pity them.
blatantblue on April 29, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I bet if terrorists were after Mr. Stewart………..
……… he would call 911, and complain if they did not get there fast enough.
Seven Percent Solution on April 29, 2009 at 10:18 PM
That would make our Precedent a war criminal.
When do we impeach?
Knucklehead on April 29, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Excellent piece on what a hack Stewart is.
pomerpants on April 29, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Oh they have their rage at our “air piracy” as well….
the moonbat seems to think that better people than they can ever hope to be who also by and large shared their ‘progrtessive’ views and even party identification were ‘monsters’ for not treating every war like a game of cops and robbers….
if/when the day comes they will do everything they decry to fellow Americans who happen to disagree with them in a heartbeat and not allow ANY questioning of their hypocrisy….
it’s called ‘projection’
sven10077 on April 29, 2009 at 10:21 PM
The revision of history is now complete…
Winning World War II is now a war crime.
W. T. F.
catmman on April 29, 2009 at 10:21 PM
That will happen right after Osama Bun Laden converts to Christianity.
doriangrey on April 29, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Plus, remember that cities like Tokyo were mostly wooden residential structures which tended to go up like kindling whenever we bombed near them. Truman saved multitudes of Japanese civilian lives. The bomb served to knock their populace out of their pseudo-bushido stupor brainwashed into them by Tojo and permitted by Hirohito’s cowering.
viking01 on April 29, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Read some stories about how American prisoners of war were treated by the Japanese in WWII. I’ve spoken a vet that was on Wake Island when it was invaded and he spent the balance of the war in a prison camp. He saw people get their heads chopped off…he watched people die every day from malnutrition and disease. When he went home, he weighed about 90 pounds and didn’t get out of the hospital for months.
This little PoS fails at historical perspective or is just a complete fool. Or both.
The Japanese during WWII didn’t surrender and didn’t consider people who did human. Read about the Battle of Okinawa…do they not make freaking history books in his world? 12,000 Allied troops (mostly Americans) died and it was the biggest amphibious assault in the war. It lasted 82 days. Eight-two freaking days. Over 100,000 Japanese troops were killed in the battle as well.
People like him are in charge now. Scared yet?
Asher on April 29, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Jamson:
You have to remember that these people do not know anything about the war.
They find out that there was water involved in some sort of torture and they assume it is the same thing. The sheer ferocity of the Japanese toward the Allied POWs as well as civilians is something of which they are by and large completely ignorant.
After all, they did not know that the 183 times referred to in the waterboarding memos meant pours, not waterboarding sessions. They just shoot off their mouths because they think it makes them sound clever.
Terrye on April 29, 2009 at 10:22 PM
With all due respect to your dad, your comments miss the real point. Truman faced the choice of using atomic weapons (knowing that there would be civilian deaths) or slog it out with traditional warfare. Granted, Truman couldn’t have known the full effects of an untested weapon like the A-bomb in 1945 but he had enough of an idea to make an informed decision.
The filthy liar in the White House wants to fight war with a set of moralistic principles that ensures defeat. We can’t use valid methods of interrogation. There is no such thing as an enemy combatant and all such individuals are entitled to the all the rights afforded to American citizens. American soldiers will be compelled to face international tribunals if their actions are unpopular with Obama’s pals like Castro or Chavez.
In short, Barak Hussein Obama is one of those domestic enemies the troops should be eradicating. Instead, we get gushing press conferences where the bastard furthers the demise of the nation your father and many others built up by their courage, commitment, and sacrifice. These are very dark days for America and nobody seems to give a damn!
highhopes on April 29, 2009 at 10:22 PM
There are some people it’d be so fun to send back in time:
Jon Stewart as a draftee on the Bataan death march.
Hillary to Salem in 1692…
Feedie on April 29, 2009 at 10:22 PM
…. He’d be getting a tingle down his leg…
… from his bladder releasing in fear.
Loxodonta on April 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM
You shout out to, according to what he wrote, he left yesterday. I hope everyone keeps him in their prayers or thoughts whichever is appropriate.
Cindy Munford on April 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM
If someone trots out that World War II Japan canard one more time, I might just torture someone.
Seixon on April 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM
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stalagsreeducation and enlightenment facilities. This may be your last warning.DasObamaReich on April 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM
ROTFLMAO…. If the Hildabeast were sent back to Salem in 1692 America would still be burning witches at the stake…
doriangrey on April 29, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Asher:
I knew an old guy who spent 3 and a half years in a Japanese POW camp. Years and years later the effects were still there. He had been shot in the back and the scar was terrible, I have no idea how he survived. He had beri beri, scurvy, malaria, he was suffering from malnutrition when they freed him of course. There had been thousands of them when they were captured, but only a few hundred survived. Not exactly Gitmo.
Terrye on April 29, 2009 at 10:25 PM
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