Stephen Colbert Orders a Lesbian Strike on Syria

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 Stephen Colbert Orders a Lesbian Strike on Syria
  In reaction to remarks by Russia's Vladimir Putin, an ally of Syria, Colbert has his own special strategy for military action. 
   
 Trudy Ring 
          
          Sep 13, 2013
          
Trudy Ring
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
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Stephen Colbert says that in reaction to Russian president Vladimir Putin's New York Times op-ed discouraging a U.S. attack on Syria, he's come around to supporting such a strike -- in a particular way.
"Just to stick it to Putin, I say we use lesbian pilots flying the Enola Gay," Colbert said on Thursday's edition of The Colbert Report.
Video of the segment is below, plus another clip from the show in which Colbert discusses marriage equality with supportive congressman Jim McDermott of Washington State.
 
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Stephen Colbert Orders a Lesbian Strike on Syria

In reaction to remarks by Russia's Vladimir Putin, an ally of Syria, Colbert has his own special strategy for military action.

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