Name: The Daily Show - Constant Intractable Madness
Uploaded: 2016-07-07T07:14:58.000Z
Duration: 4 min 59 s
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I SAY RIGHT NOW WE TURN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE EAST.

>> YEMEN EVOLVES INTO CHAOS. SAUDI TANKS ON THEIR WAY TO THE

>> IRAN DEPLOYING ITS WARSHIPS TO THE GULF OF ADEN.

>> A MUCH LARGER PROXY WAR BETWEEN SHIITES AND SUNNIS.

>> THE HOUTHI REBELS HAVE TAKEN OVER SANAA.

>> THE U.S. ALSO STEPPING UP AIR STRIKES ON ISIS.

>> Jon: WELL, TO BE FAIR, HE IS EASILY CONFUSED.

THERE'S SO MANY PROXY WARS GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

IT ALMOST APPEARS AT TIMES THAT WE ARE FIGHTING OURSELVES.

TO HELP US UNDERSTAND TO THE VARIOUS ANGLES OF OPERATION

SANDY QUAGMIRE WE ARE JOINED BY SENIOR MIDDLE EAST

BASSEM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MY FRIEND.

GREAT TO SEE YOU. GREAT TO SEE YOU, BASSEM.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

>> Jon: I GOT TO TELL, YOU SEEM LESS THAN EXCITED TO BE

LAST TIME IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE EXCITED TO BE HERE.

ALTHOUGH I SEE THAT WHILE I WAS AWAY, YOU PICKED SOME

HE'S GOING TO REPLACE ME ON THE PROGRAM WHEN I LEAVE.

>> SO YOU WANTED A HANDSOME YOUNG COMEDIAN FROM AFRICA?

WHAT, JON, EGYPT IS NOT AFRICAN ENOUGH FOR YOU?

SO JON, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL ROLLING STONE COVER

>> WELL, ANYWAY, YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MIDDLE

>> YEAH SO, AS WE SAY WHERE I COME FROM, SHOOT.

SO HERE IS THE DEAL, HERE IS WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP NUKES AWAY FROM IRAN BUT NOW WE'RE

SOMEHOW INVOLVED IN A PROXY WAR IN YEMEN ON THE SIDE OF

IRAN BUT NOT-- HERE IS MY QUESTION, WHO SHOULD WE

OKAY, I WILL START WITH MY COUNTRY, EGYPT.

>> VERY GOOD, JON, YOU'RE LEARNING. OKAY, SO REMEMBER THE

>> Jon: YES, YES, GUNS, BEARDS, SUNNI, BRIEFLY IN

>> YES, UNTIL THE MILITARY THREW THEM OUT WITH BACKING

WELL NOW, THE SAUDIS AND THE EGYPTIAN ARMY ARE FIGHTING

AND GUESS WHO IS FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THEM.

>> YES, CLOSE, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN YEMEN.

>> Jon: THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN YEMEN ARE

ALLIES WITH THE GUYS WHO THREW THEM OUT OF EGYPT.

>> OF COURSE NOT, THEY JUST LIKE HATE THE [BLEEP]

>> THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE POINTING THEIR GUNS AT THE

AND GUESS WHO ELSE IS ROOTING FOR TEAM SAUDI?

THOSE ASSHOLES ARE SO HAPPY THAT SHIA ARE GETTING

KILLED IN YEMEN, THEY ARE POPPING THEIR HALAL CHAMPAGNE.

>> Jon: BUT THAT, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS THOUGH.

SO THE WAY TO FIGURE THIS OUT IS THE SUNNI SHIA SPLIT,

SUNNI'S ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A SUNNI'S BROTHER'S BACK.

>> WHERE THE SUNNI COALITION IS FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE SHI'A

>> Jon: THIS IS NUTS -- IS THIS SOME KIND OF NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL

TERRORISM WHERE THEY TRY TO CONFUSE US TO DEATH?

>> LET ME PUT THIS IN TERMS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.

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