Good for him
Stephen Colbert is heading to Iraq to entertain the troops. Here is a great exchange he had with a reporter from Stars & Stripes: When asked if would venture outside the wire, he replied: “Are you kidding? Look at me. Of course I’m going outside the wire. What’s that mean?” Scott Wintrow/Getty Images
Stephen Colbert is heading to Iraq to entertain the troops.
Here is a great exchange he had with a reporter from Stars & Stripes:
When asked if would venture outside the wire, he replied: “Are you kidding? Look at me. Of course I’m going outside the wire. What’s that mean?”
Scott Wintrow/Getty Images
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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