Tony Blaair on The Daily Show

Just watched last night's interview of Tony Blair on The Daily Show. He still ignores a lot of nuances, such as equating al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah as if they were one in the same. Of course, this isn't true. Hezbollah is a Shi'a organization while Hamas and al Qaeda are both Sunni. Also, Hamas and Hezbollah were established to fight Israel, whereas is a fundamentalist religious organization. Indeed, there are many differences between all of these organizations that need to be acknowledged. Putting all Islamic groups under one blanket grouping shows an ignorance of Islam and politics in the Islamic world. Such ignorance is detrimental to American foreign policy goals.

However, it's good to see Tony Blair talking candidly about the topic. Jon Stewart asks hims some hard questions, and he tries his best to answer them straightforwardly. He is not shy about standing up for what he believes in by making actual arguments for his way of thinking, even if the mindset is fundamentally wrong. That's something, as Jon notes, that our president won't do.