Klassic Kolbert – Military

Good evening Zoners and I hope everyone had a good weekend. In honor of Memorial Day for today’s Klassic Kolbert, instead of one particular episode I wanted to highlight several videos in which Stephen pays tribute to our military, whom he clearly has nothing but the greatest respect for.

Our first is only from a few weeks ago, in which Stephen asks viewers to go to DonorsChoose.org and donate money towards the classroom projects of children in the military. This project is still going on and you can still donate.

Shout Out – Kids Edition – Stephen promises never to eat Ewok, provides some child-safe Nazi footage, and urges you to support military kids.

Next, we have this interview from 2007 in which Stephen interviews General Wesley Clark, in which they talk about star inflation and using military action should be used as a last resort.

Wesley Clark – General Wesley Clark joins Stephen to talk about the difficulties of leadership and how diplomacy is the way to go.

Stephen’s done numerous Words about veterans, but I appreciate this one about how anti-war veterans were destroying the moral high ground of the administration at the time. Plus, Stephen in a military uniform standing in front of a giant flag is always fun.
The Word – Ten-Hut! – Stephen implores veterans to quit fighting against the war and instead use their moral authority to encourage fighting for the war.

Finally, I dug up this cute Shout Out in which Stephen honors three soldiers for mapping out the location to Stephen’s studio from Iraq, but chastises them for being a degree off.

Shout Out! – From Baghdad to The Report – Stephen sends a shout out to three army soldiers who’ve replaced the sign pointing to Baghdad with a sign pointing to The Colbert Report’s studio.

In closing, I want to honor any possible military members reading this right now, as well as those who are not. Thank you for your brave service to your countries, and for your willingness to sacrifice so that others can live safely. God bless you all.