Stewart Takes On Middle East Hypocrisies Revealed By WikiLeaks (VIDEO)

As "The Daily Show" returned from Thanksgiving break last night, Jon Stewart got started right away on the latest WikiLeaks dump that leaked 250,000 secret cables of candid conversations between high-level ambassadors.

First, Stewart noted the cattiness of some of the leaked conversations, wherein French President Nicolas Sarkozy is deemed "thin skinned," Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is said to have a "voluptuous Ukrainian nurse" always at his side, and Kim Jong Il is called a "flabby old chap."

"Who put Perez Hilton in charge of our diplomatic corps?" Stewart wondered.

But soon Stewart got to the real shockers of the unprecedented leak: hypocrisies in the Middle East regarding Saudi Arabia, Iran and Egypt. One piece of information showed that Saudi Arabia urged the U.S. to attack Iran, but another document suggested that Saudis are chief financiers of militant groups like al-Qaida.

"So one of our main allies in the War On Terror is also one of the biggest funders of our War On Terror's enemy?" Stewart asked in disbelief. He even joked that Egypt would be a better ally in light of President Hosni Mubarak saying Iran's sponsorship of terrorism is "well-known but I cannot say it publicly," as revealed by a WikiLeaks document.

Stewart continued to be skeptical of Saudi Arabia's loyalty to the U.S., concluding that the relationship is actually a bizarre form of self-sabotage on our part:

"So if we give them money for oil, that allows them to buy weapons from us with a little left over to fund terrorist groups that we must then send our military over to fight, which costs a lot of money and fuel (which we buy from them). It's like we're the commission-less middlemen in a war we're waging on ourselves."

Stewart then turned his attention to the conflict between North and South Korea, preferring to leave the complications of the Middle East behind and focus on "promisingly traditional hostility."

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Comments

[cesarportugal]

08:19 AM on 12/02/2010

Stewart was become a joke, he was become a soft ridiculous comic tv cable guy.
where are the sarcastic, well informed comic guy???
did he do not read nothing any more?
please let bring the JS from the before "rally". know he is doing the job of the powerful and i do not like.

[steeev3]

01:22 PM on 12/03/2010

English please.

[Farsha]

03:41 PM on 12/01/2010

Dictators Opinion # Public Opinion

A recent public poll showed this vividly.

More than 85% said Israel is the biggest threat to peace in middle east, 77% consider America a threat and only a 10% said Iran is any threat.

When an elected Obama doesn't reflect popular public opinion in USA, How can is unelected, corrupt bastards ruling mid-east represent public opinion of Middle?

[Elliot MatterofOpinion]

02:48 PM on 12/01/2010

http://survey.matterofopinion.com/survey.jsp?surveyid=44

[GoMax]

01:51 PM on 12/01/2010

Perez Hilton of Politics. Spot on description.

[SueEll]

10:30 AM on 12/01/2010

Much ado about nothing.

[EuropeWindAndFire]

08:24 AM on 12/01/2010

USA uses Wikileaks as momentum to seize control over the open waves of the internet... In good custom, like they used 911 to take away all basic people's rights. What else is new?

[persianadvocate]

01:53 AM on 12/01/2010

I have watched this show since Craig Kilborn an, by far, this was the BEST segment EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rapier]

11:55 PM on 11/30/2010

Fantastic! see also http://ofthisandthat.org/SpeciealNews.html

[The One True Dave]

10:18 PM on 11/30/2010

I'm shocked that so many of these "revelations" are shocking to as many people as they are. I guess it just shows how many people are NOT paying as close attention to the actions governments take as they should.

[alvydas]

10:01 PM on 11/30/2010

Wikkileaks will not find Cheney's secret agreements. They will need the co operation of the oil companies, Bush and Obama. They all need the money. Has Obama changed our oil Importation? No. Our dependency on oil? No. Look at John Stewart's comments today. He makes sense.

[Social Shrink]

09:59 PM on 11/30/2010

John Stewart is hilarious - Daily Show = best source for news.

www.thesocialshrink.blogspot.com

[Ronju01]

09:08 PM on 11/30/2010

Saudi King and Mubarak are stooges; their views are not that of people of those countries.

[d julien]

08:59 PM on 11/30/2010

I hope WikiLeaks can leak Cheney's secret negotiations with the oil companies which defined Bush's energy policy......

[tigerianwinter]

08:38 PM on 11/30/2010

Interesting that we should have a company keeping our government honest rather than the other way around. Although their tactics may be somewhat questionable, I am thankful that WikiLeaks is doing this because they have hardcore which is pissing off the gov't. I am not anti-gov't but I am anti-corruption and anti-lying-and-deceiving-the-people (technical term). You have my support WikiLeaks! Also, I heard they are going to start doing the same thing to businesses! THey could be more effective with their reputation now as a whistling blowing entity than any governmental or news body. Keep up the good work. You guys should hire reports to get this stuff out and protect yourself. You are a hero!

[ratpick]

08:28 PM on 11/30/2010

The folks here who think Jon Stewart is some extreme proponent of Israel clearly does not watch the show. Hey guys! There's this thing called google, you can find pretty much any video you want. Go look it up.

[maculae]

09:11 PM on 11/30/2010

People would rather stick to what they think is true rather than look up the actual truth.

[jdmn17]

09:13 PM on 11/30/2010

That's how they're taught at FN, if they don't hear it there it isn't factual