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Are Bush's Consultations On Iraq A 'Charade?'

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This isn't right in our media criticism wheelhouse, but I found Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria's comments on last night's "Daily Show" worth thinking about. And since Comedy Central has made video of the interview available online, I thought I'd point you in that direction. Part one of the interview is here; part two is here. (You have to watch an ad first.)

Most memorable comments from Zakaria? For my money it's what he said after Jon Stewart noted that the White House is "making a big show," in the wake of the Iraq Study Group Report, of President Bush sitting down with people to talk about how to deal with Iraq:

This might all be a show. Because I think at the end of the day Bush may be the last neoconservative in office. I mean, he, seems to me, to truly believe that this Iraq thing – it's not just a great idea, but it's actually working. If you look outside Baghdad, things are much better than they are. We just need to get through this hump, convince the American people just to hang in there, and it's all going to work out. In other words, all these consultations, I think it may well be a charade. He just wants to double down.
Responds Stewart, incredulous: What? Video here.
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