During his opening monologue as host of tonight’s
Academy Awards, Jon Stewart noted that films about the Iraq
war were noticeably absent from the nominees. He then poked
at Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) suggestion that U.S. troops
should stay in Iraq for 100 more years:
STEWART: Not all films did as well as Juno, obviously. The
films that were made about the Iraq war — let’s
face it — did not do as well. But I am telling you —
if we stay the course and keep these movies in the theaters,
we can turn this around.
I don’t care if it takes 100 years, withdrawing the
Iraq movies would only embolden the audience. We cannot let
the audience win.
