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An apologist's dream. The ship was "taken over", seriously.

The reasoning the Israeli ambassador offered for refusing an international inquiry into the incident was total lameness. He compared it to America's refusal to participate in any international war crimes tribunal involving U.S. servicemen, basically saying that it would be just as unfair. Well guess what, asshole? America should participate in war crimes tribunals involving its troops. ALL nations should. And Israel's actions shouldn't escape formal scrutiny either.

Colbert went too easy on him. And why did he even have to mention Helen Thomas at the end? One reporter says some bad shit about Israel, and suddenly Israel has become a victim?

If Colbert had the balls to mercilessly mock the President of the United States of America at the White House Correspondents Dinner a few years ago, then he certainly could have been tougher with an ambassador, from ANY nation. And before someone says it, I know Colbert is a comedian, and not a newsman. But if he's going to tackle such a serious issue where nine people were fucking killed, just recently, then he should ditch the levity, at least for the few minutes that it took to get through the interview. I would expect the same if he brought Tony Hayward on the show. It's hard to get jokey about a huge environmental disaster and the deaths of 11 workers. Or at least it should be, for the ones responsible.

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^Hear hear!

Jon Stewart occationally ditches his comedic routine in favour of holding his guests feet to the fire, showcasing some rare and exceptional journalism in the process .. sadly we are still waiting to see similar stuff from Colbert despite I'm sure he would have the wits to do it pretty well.

what a fucking softball.

I don't expect Colbert to provide insightful, hard-hitting in-depth interviews with world leaders because he's not a journalist.

I expect him to be funny and to entertain me, because he is a comedic entertainer.

Colbert isn't going to do an aggressive interview... it isn't his style. He's much more subtle about his jabs than Stewart.

He did, in his own way, comment on the silliness of a blockade preventing food delivery to stop rocket attacks. He could have gone into the real reasons for the food blockade, but he seemed content to point out the poor logic of the statement.

I loved the comment about Palestinians going back where they came from since it was pretty much a restatement of what Helen said.