Colbert guest 'never lost head while media gave head' over Iraq
The Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel sparred with The Colbert Report's Stephen Colbert Monday night and made a case for withdrawing from Iraq, indicating that Americans serving in the country "are perceived as occupiers in a civil war."
Colbert rejected the idea of pulling out of the war, indicating that only by pulling out would the U.S. lose the war. "It's like the stock market," said Colbert. "You don't lose any money until you sell your stocks. That's why I'm still holding onto my Pets.com stock."
Vanden Heuvel went on to defend the magazine's early stance against the war. "The Nation magazine opposed this war from the outset because we understood what a disaster it would be," said vanden Heuvel. "We never lost our head while too much of the media gave head."
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