President Obama Reflects On The Drone Program And "The Illusion That It Is Not War"
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- President Obama describes the decision-making process behind his administration's use of drone strikes and why he ultimately had to reform the system. Barack Obama's new memoir "A Promised Land" is available everywhere now. #Colbert #PresidentObama #BarackObama
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Can we just agree that Colbert should number these releases?
DuMp45 probably will be selling our country's secrets to his buddy Putin..💰💰💰💰💰💰
Or just put it out in full 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Yes, Part I, Part II, Part III, etc
YES! It's so frustrating... I understand posting it in pieces (more clicks), but really. Just a simple number in the title. That's all we need.
Amen ;p
People criticise Obama for taking long pauses while speaking, but I honestly never minded it, it showed that he was taking the time to seriously think about what he was saying and making sure it was meaningful.
Its much better than the verbal diarrhea we got from Diaper Don.
I agree with your sentiment. But I still watch Barry at 1.5x speed :)
@The Grizzled Norseman ☠️☠️☠️
Absolutely! Imagine that, a President who thinks before he talks instead of the 🍊 Orange derangement of Trumps flight of 💡 ideas.
"It's important everyday to take some time just to stop and think."
For me, it also gave me time to keep up with him.
Gosh. Being able to hold two things in mind at once. Neither of which is "What can I personally get out of this, up front, in my hand, right now?" Not a saint, but a genuine and smart human being.
Obama's personal gain was always his motivation. Have you looked at his personal worth now and the number of homes he owns. He's come a long way from his community organizer days. It's always about HIS egotistical globalist ambitions and not about the nation. He's the one that continues to stoke the flames of racial division. HE is not color blind!
@@gim5964 I understand that this is the way you look at things. Where do you get your information from? I am a UK and NZ citizen, and I lived in Minnesota for a couple of years. I get information from a wide variety of sources. As I said, I don't regard him as a saint. But I don't recognise your picture of him at all. Best wishes.
@@gim5964 he made most of his money with his books... he sold 14 000 before and when he became president sold millions. Then public speaking, he gets like $500k per speech. Then this book deal was like $80M. It's all in his tax returns.
He is a big nerd so all his charities are about education and books..again common knowledge.
you do know the has murdered thousands by drone strikes? hundreds of thousands by starting 5 new wars? AND deported 5 millions from US!!
@@bulavo I agree he's not a saint. Thanks for your information. Can you please give me detailed references. Thanks in advance.
After living through the past four years, I have to ask - is it even legal for Presidents to admit that they are not infallible and that they may have been wrong at some point? Oh the Humanity!
Yeah it’s just bombing brown children isn’t excusable there’s a word we have for that it’s called “war criminal” and if international law was upheld every president since Clinton would be in jail rn.
@@nolanholmberg3264 Seriously. How is this guy laughing in an interview about indiscriminately firing missiles at weddings, hospitals and schools? They wrote off every civilian casualty as either "enemy combatants" (including toddlers) or "collateral damage" (as if they were furniture or some other inanimate object). And this from a Nobel peace prize recipient.
And everyone still cheers for him. It's sick.
@@Marijuanifornia If you think these casulties are avoidable, than I suggest you should grow up.
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I could not bear to watch it. Did he apologize for murdering countless civilians with drones? If so that is a good start. Next he could apologize to the millions of Americans who lost their homes while he bailed out wall street.
You can see the weight of the decisions on him. It's an albatross he still carries, and I appreciate knowing that they didn't come easy, but from careful deliberation.
I'm betting the thousands of innocent people killed and maimed by US drone strikes must be really reassured knowing that at least Obama carries a little weight on his conscience from having ordered those strikes.
Here here. Unfortunately, what ~50% of Americans see is "indecisiveness". Americans want to see Action Man (TM) as president. That is why they voted t-bag dump. He is loud and dramatic. What these people do not understand is that quality decision making is much more important than dramatic action, and quality decision making requires thoughtfulness more than it requires decisiveness.
@Near Yetfar yup, I'm aware that the orange fascist was/is worse than Obama. That doesn't change the fact that Obama has the blood of thousands on his hands and that it clearly isn't making him lose much sleep.
"Person X is worse than Y" isn't a defence of Y, and if the only reason you're saying it is for the sake of defending your party (less than a month after an election you won no less!) then that doesn't reflect as well on the party as you might think.
@@GeorgeP1066 I suppose the question I ask myself is would my hands be any less bloody in the same position? I think it's terrible so many people died, but I can't say I wouldn't ere on the side of caution if I thought someone was a threat to people under my protection.
@@thomasparkin259 and the decision to value the lives of a dozen innocent foreign strangers less than the life of a single innocent stranger who's a countryman is precisely why such thinking is so inherently immoral. Either you believe in the sanctity of life or you don't.
This was cathartic. I felt so at ease with the knowledge that my elected representative was a competent, knowledgable person.
..and didnt throw in a word salad or a covfefe.
You said war criminal wrong, I advocated people to vote for him but he sucked as president
Are you telling me really Obama knew about Nepal and Bhutan and where they are located, and did not call them 'Nipple' and 'Button' respectively?
Or that the Finnish people do not rake their forests.
Or that he knows the difference between the Baltics from the Balkans.
Get out here.
Yeah he Drone Stricked u when u least expect it. Ask middle EAST. Chicago was smooth. Ask the Kids in Cages and Deportation squads and thousands of Pardons in hush hush last few months. He was the Deporter in Chief. Also he put 3 times more kids in cages than Trump but at least he never separated them from their Cayotes and or Mothers and Fathers at the border, right? Such a nice guy. So deceptive. Wake up.
@@robertshaw5599 Found one!! A dude who dislikes 44. Need some of you around.
Im happy Colbert mentioned the drone program
I love how he talks about the drone program. A clear understanding of the concerns and the subsequent arguments, as well as the reasoning behind the support of this use.
@@tomsdralis3166 The only insight I missed there was that the drone strikes maybe created more terrorists than they killed. I can't think how I would react if a foreign force fires missiles at an apparently random place and kills my loved ones because they were accidentally close a phone of an allegedly terrorist.
@@Stolens87 still keep in mind, no matter how magnetic, how charming Obama might be to u.. he's STILL just a president OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA... sadly, he's still gotta do what american government does best..BOMBING ppl.
To be honest it was mentioned in a pretty softball way, but I think Obama's acknowledgement of the good and bad sides was decent.
@@Stolens87 yeah, that's a type of human error that both soldiers on the ground and drone pilots can commit.
Heck you arguably have less chances of that happening when using drones than sending in soldiers. Drone operators get to act under a more controlled environment where all the non-frontline-soldiers experts of the case are there to support you to make sure you don't get the wrong person.
if you send in team of soldiers on the ground to do it, not only you're now putting more lives in danger, every person in the team are all capable of human error, you have basically multiplied the chances of innocent civilians to become victims of a worse tragedy. All the backend support people can't actually help you when shit goes down at the frontlines.
of course, let's not delude ourselves into thinking it actually kills less civilians though lol. the drone argument only works and as always been about getting less American soldiers killed.
Lot of respect for Colbert never would have expected him to bring up the drone program with Obama
This is a rare instance Colbert isn't being a complete corporate shill
@@bend769 it's almost as if he works for a massive corporation, what are you expecting he is a comedian
Why didn't he mention the Fifth Amendment and the fact that you cannot deprive a person of Life unless Congress has declared war? This is the Supreme Ironclad law of our country and Obama just ignored it. Not much different than Trump in terms of criminality. Just smoother and more polished.
@@theciakilledjfk5973 he is a comedian to be fair if America is depending on him to hold its politicians USA is more fucked than I thought
@@bend769
They are laughing and joking throughout the interview. Its called a gloss over.
This Michelle Obama's husband seems like a cool guy
Yeah really, he should try out for politics. Who knows how far he'd go!
@@SunGawdRa He could be mayor some day!
@Falcon Good idea. Let him learn about the workings of government for a while.
A President who can actually admit mistakes and shortcomings?! Wow, refreshing!
@Nirvana9999 Bbhhh Try to lead the richest country in the world who at the time inherited one of the worst economic crises of all-time along with two messy wars and then we'll talk again.
@BP solutions rescuing an entire economy is far from shortcomings
@Matthew Schwartz Sending drones to kill people. arming the rebels and Isis. Is really a legitamate mistake.
Good game.
Has he really admitted his shortcomings??
Why did he win the Nobel Peace Prize? Do you know who he was running against for the Nobel Peace Prize? It was someone who actually deserved it!!!
Obama is the 44th official and 46th unofficial President!
His military policy was disastrous!!! He illegally took us to war without the required Congressional approval!!
He couldn’t even pronounce the Marine Corps! He constantly gave stand down orders to our military and pulled out of areas leaving behind weapons, vehicles and more to arm our enemies against our soldiers!
He wanted to shut down GITMO, our military wouldn’t let him. He traded 3 high value terrorist leaders for one worthless deserter. Our military suffered as those three terrorists returned to reign terror down on our military. Let’s not forget his Secretary of State, Hillary selling weapons grade plutonium to Iran! And let’s not forget
the crippling sanctions he leveled against our ALLY, Israel while sending tons of cash on a plane to our ENEMY, Iran, to help them develop nuclear bombs that they want to use on the US!
He did this even while the Iranian government burned our flag, called us the great Satan, threatened to wipe Israel off the map!! If there are any questions where his loyalties lie, remember the Georgetown University commencement speach that he gave where he demanded the Christian symbol for Jesus be covered up because he wouldn’t share the stage with a symbol of our Savior!! Which bring me to Jamie Fox’s comment: "First of all, giving honor to God and our lord and savior Barack Obama. Barack Obama." True to form, Obama did not denounce this!! He openly mocked God and the Bible in our Christian majority nation! He implemented Muslim prayer in the White House. Worse President Ever!!! He has also admitted that if he could “run things” behind the scenes of a new President, he would.
The were more votes in the 2020 Presidential election than voters!!!!
Admitting your "mistakes" (euphemistically speaking) is alright, but paying for them is a whole different pair of shoes...
I miss UFO conspiracies. At least those got some people interested in science.
That is actually very good point.
@Brit-any Mur-phy Of course they're real. You have to be pretty egotistical as a species to think we're the only advanced beings in the whole of the universe.
The question is, have any bothered to come to Earth?
@@Vagajammer well, why haven’t humans gone to any other alien planets?
@No Chance Without Pasta we always picture aliens as way beyond our own technology. Maybe the aliens are still in the Stone Age. Or maybe, their so far beyond us, that they don’t think we’re intelligent enough to even speak to yet.
@No Chance Without Pasta maybe the aliens are animals
9:50 “Any UFO’s?”, and he says he can’t tell him, while nodding his head “yes”.
Then when Colbert says he tipped his hand, he nods “yes” again!
oh dang he totally does 😂
Obama also says "Why Not?" when Colbert says he'll take it as a yes. Whenever Obama says "Why Not?" in that tone, it means he thinks you're on the right track.
Maybe he’s speaking in code
@@aplaceandathing I’ve been thinking about his behavior here and your comment in light of the pending report to be issued by June 1st, 2021.
Portions have already been disclosed, like the government admitting they’ve tracked objects via “non-human observation” that matches the descriptions given by fighter pilots who have reported seeing objects.
One example was that the federal government tracked objects breaking the speed of sound but producing no sonic boom.
Steven: UFOs?
Obama: I cant tell you.
Me: Oh shit!! what?! Now that is scary.
Right ? I'm surprised there are so little comments about the fact that Obama literaly said there are things he can't tell about that XD
I couldn't help it, I gasped a little bit when he said that. 👽🛸
insert: SPACE FORCE!
Not to mention (if I understood this correctly) Mr Obama was hinting that Roswell was actually nothing compared to what he's learned.
Damnnnn
He is joking. No way that could be a secret. I mean just think about all the people from different administrations that had to be shutting their mouths about it.
Nice to see and hear the president laugh, especially at himself.
Humility. God Bless Obama. 🙏
Yeah ahahaha I “accidentally” bombed thousands of innocents in the middle east. Ahaha.
the original stable genius.
The real "original stable genius"
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The only President who was forced out of retirement to come and campaign for the next president. Obama keeps on making history. Thank you for your service Obama.
Oh shit, he didn't want any part of that, thats why he didn't come out till october, and that was one or two showings.... sparse anyway, nooo he avoided that like the plague obama never liked biden he just needed an old white guy standing behind him, appearance only, they did not get along, biden's best friend since the 60's was the leader of the KKK, biden attended his funeral in October when obama was appearing for him, that was all televised, talk about an awkward moment lol... i think you guys just hear fantasy, the shit is right in front of you, im watching the same shit you are how do you miss it
Obama conducted over 600 missle strikes throughout his presidency which resulted in the deaths of over 3,000 innocent civilians. He was an absolute gem.
Pretty sure I remember Bill Clinton campaigning for both his wife as well as Biden. I'm sure he campaigned for Gore and Kerry too.
And yet the art, the hieroglyphic remains.
Apropo
now that trump knows about it, not for long.
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Well, yeah, some signs of a past civilization can survive, "I am Ozymandius" etc but that previous society and all that apparent 'power' can, ultimately, fade away for something new.
That's a person with some depth to his intelligence. Some one who can think in multi dimensions.
lol, thats a person reading a teleprompter. those pauses are even fake to make it look like he's thinking, he's a great actor I'll give him that. but you have to see the teleprompter in almost every public speach
@@dannynimmo3052 prove it
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OMG.. I have missed this man's presence in Our Highest Office SO Much.. Nuanced Intelligence to address Critical Issues..
Can’t agree more. The void without his voice over the past 4 years has stunk. I understand you don’t criticize the president but the sad part is that BO’s ribbing at the WH Correspondents dinner helped create the monster that is 45.
Can you imagine Trump having a conversation about foreign policies? Neither can I!
@The Grizzled Norseman that would still make him bright enough to rule the US
@Such - trump has never engaged in policy at any substantial level.
@@telectronix1368 He has and you just weren't listening because you have never bothered to go beyond MSM...
@@gim5964 More maga tears.
No, dear, he does not engage in policy at any deep level.
@The Grizzled Norseman
-peace deals- trade agreements, between territories that were not in conflict.
You are so fucking uninformed. 🤣
I love how he talks about the drone program. A clear understanding of the concerns and the subsequent arguments, as well as the reasoning behind the support of this use.
Acting like drone strikes didn't kill vast amount civilians that were under-reported is gross. War Criminal.
Then you'll love the book. It is an explanation of thought process behind every decision he has made.
@@tygilsdorf4895 *vast. Yea, nicely vague there tyg. Just chuck in a subjective and vague statement, that'll do it.
@@mark-ish Well he's right. He did give orders that kill massive amounts of civilians and I'm sure their families consider him a war criminal
@@mark-ish I feel lied to by Obama, I advocated for my entire family to vote for him both times when he spoke of helping the working class and ending war. He gave subsidies to corporations and he continued war that violated US/international law. Over 200,000 civilians have died in/around Iraq because of American involvement, that is an atrocity and I am partly to blame for supporting him.
President Barrack Obama’s smile is so infectious 😀
not to the hundreds of thousands he massacred by starting 5 new wars, not the 5 millions he DEPORTED!!
I'm a Canadian and I think Obama is AMAZIING!
The drone program, from its inception, evoked memories of "A Taste of Armageddon" from Star Trek TOS. When we are distanced even a little from the horrors of intraspecies slaughter, our humanness is blunted and betrayed.
Humanity has demonstrated fine how casually it commits atrocities face-to-face.
@@seigeengine yes humans can, but there is something despicable about being there in a nice suit having a nice interview with adoring fans, and you can just say "yeah I killed a bunch of people, most of them innocent, no one even had to get their hands dirty. But the real problem is how pushing that button effected me."
@@expressionofwill5307 There is something far more despicable than your fiction about you lying to smear someone.
@@seigeengine just shouting liar, isn't actually an argument friend.
"However, documents detailing a special operations campaign in northeastern Afghanistan, Operation Haymaker, show that between January 2012 and February 2013, U.S. special operations airstrikes killed more than 200 people. Of those, only 35 were the intended targets. During one five-month period of the operation, according to the documents, nearly 90 percent of the people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets. In Yemen and Somalia, where the U.S. has far more limited intelligence capabilities to confirm the people killed are the intended targets, the equivalent ratios may well be much worse."
theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-assassination-complex/
@@expressionofwill5307 Except I was clearly talking about your direct claim about what Obama did in this video is bogus, which is evident from the video we all just watched.
But since you want to dive down, fine: Kinetic strikes over a year in a specific operation killed a couple hundred people, 84% of which were not the specific person they were targeting. That doesn't mean they were innocent people, just that they were not the specific individual being targeted.
And then you lied. :D Thanks for wrecking yourself with your own citations, pal.
Tears well up listening to a President so wonderful, smart, thoughtful. Biden was Obama approved and now 80 million Americans agree. Finally, the anger over the last 4 years is fading.
He wasn't just a President for your country he was an inspiration for the world.
@@annishilcock4587 hear hear
No pardons would be justified.
I love that Obama will be talking about a serious topic then the camera cuts back to Stephen and he has a giddy smile because he’s in awe of this mans
I bought President Obama’s book “A Promised Land” the physical version of the book and I am super proud to support my amazing Black American USA President.
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I was only eight years old when President Obama became our President in 2009, I grew up watching the lovely Obama family succeed with us, the American people.
My family voted for President Obama in 2008 and in 2012.
Now when I became nineteen years old, I voted for President Biden and First Lady Vice President Harris in 2020.
God bless the United States of America, I was born and raised in California USA.
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lol, the First Lady is Jill Biden.
@@seigeengine
Obviously Dr. Jill Biden is the First Lady and as for Mrs. Kamala Harris, Mrs. Harris is the FIRST LADY VICE PRESIDENT.
The First Lady to be OUR Vice President, which was never done by any other ladies in the past.
I’m not incorrect.
You misunderstood the words.
@@seigeengine
Mrs. Kamala Harris could be referred to as FIRST WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT or FIRST LADY VICE PRESIDENT.
My messages are absolutely correct.
It is your incompetence that made you misunderstand the words, so you attempted to make fun of me, but the jokes are on you and the last laughs come from over here.
Also, the Vice President’s sister Maya Harris is my friend.
She liked my posts when we won the 2020 election.
My amazing friends Zoey Kravitz (Daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz) and Alicia Keys (Amazing singer and mother to incredible young children with Swizz Beatz) united with me as we all talked to each other online to bring more than two thousand American voters together to vote for President Joseph Biden and First Lady Vice President Kamala Harris NATIONWIDE.
WE WON the 2020 general election together.
You should keep your ignorant and incompetent, rude remarks to yourself.
You’ve been schooled by an amazingly intelligent, highly educated young college student.
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Respect that, respect me.
It's so refreshing to see a POTUS, even a former one, who just answers a question instead of attacking the integrity of the person who asks the question in an attempt to shut them up.
its all scripted, even the pauses, he's trying to make it look like he's thinking. he's a great actor I'll give him that
I totally agree Gamepapa!!
It's crazy how thirsty we all are for Obama's words lol his book is selling like crazy! God I miss him!
You will realize very soon,the world is not what you thought it was.
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@@corbeau-_- -- Man, I wish these guys would deliver on their "soons" eventually. I've been holding my breath so long for the Durham report, the coming storm, and the big appeal to the Supreme Court, that I'm turning blue.
You don't miss much then
@@ValerieJNorse lol right??
LOL I'm reading the book and when I got to the everything will be dust I actually said out loud: "are you ok" LOL, seems like I travel the same brainwave than Stephen
No! He never was
His humility and intellect. Sublime !👏🏻
Obama bombed the shit out of Somalia, which doesn't even have an Air Force to defend itself. He was more of a warlord than a politician but whatever.....
Thats why i am so hooked to Stephen channel. He keeps cool and has awesome personality. That UFO question was awesome. This whole interview was a notch higher and 60 mins couldn’t have done better
this is so normal; in 4 years I already forgot how it feels.
You part of the herd and not thinking for yourself. Dig deeper into this man and you will have more clarity of thought. And its not good...
Well we know Extraterrestrials are definitely real from this interview. If nothing exist you would never get a "No Comment"
That's not true. As far as intelligence goes there is value in a foreign power believing you may have access to alien tech. This itself as well as what you said are both random strings of words both of which provide no definitive proof either way.
@No Chance Without Pasta
"Take the size of the universe.~ If that number is greater than 1, we're not alone."
That's not proof, that's called probability.
"The problem, is that we have no clue how to travel through space without sleeping away years of our lives"
That's not the problem either, you couldn't even sleep your life away. The nearest star is 4.3 light years away, 25,239,768,480,000 miles. At 35,000 MPH it would take 81,000 years to reach. You also have to consider that at extreme velocity even the smallest of particles in the darkness of space basically become capable of puncturing almost any craft we can get beyond our own atmosphere. It's the physics question and a logistics nightmare.
We would first need to build mining and manufacturing facilities on an object with lower gravity like the moon just to be able to build a large generational ship and even then, it would have to be durable enough to last 2700 generations. And that is just 1 star...
He knows!
Get some help
@no1 special - this is the same reason israel “officially” says “no comment” about its nuclear program, despite everyone knowing that it does, in fact, have nukes.
You tease him so much about the tempo of his speech and his long pauses, but can I just say how refreshing it is to watch and hear a president actually think before he speaks?! 😂
Imagine if Obama had lost 2012 and refused to admit it.
Imagine how Trump would have reacted to that news.
Now notice Obama is not doing any of the childish things you just imagined.
No, he's just denigrating all Trump supporters as those who have an 'alternative' view. I suppose that may be a step up from deplorable or racist.
@@bryanbelshaw7725How is his criticism of people who believe in conspiracy theories unfair?
When someone believes and spreads theories that there is no evidence of he should be challenged to provide it. And if he can´t and still continues then he deserves ridicule.
@@matti8633 lmao.....like CNN and MSNBC don't spread conspiracy theories. They are conspiracy central ffs. 🤭🤔😂😂😂😂
Russiagate anyone?
@@bryanbelshaw7725Accusing someone else of doing the same thing you are doing does not take the blame of you.
If those you mention are doing it then they too should be challenged to provide evidence when necessary but it does not make anyone else believing in or spreading conspiracy theories any less deserving of challenge and ridicule.
@@matti8633 There was no ridicule of the MSM when they spread every rumour about Russiagate gate 24/7 for over 3 years. They also forgot the conspiracies about WMDs in Iraq when it came to bombing Syria for a staged gas attack. I seem to remember the media mostly backed Trump on that occasion. There are no checks and balances to the myriad 'official' conspiracies spewed every day by the MSM. Oh but those bastions of truth want to control those who question their narrative. Censorship from the so called left...... strange times.
Can we all just agree that Obama should be America's dad?
And trump the racist unwanting stepdad...
Sarah, I wish I had a Dad like him 🙏🕊
You be my wife Sarah.
Ahh, I miss the thoughtfully constructed words spoken by Obama. Such a pleasant voice to listen to, and a smile and laugh that were genuine.
What a delight to listen to . Could listen to President Obama for hours . What an intelligent man .
Nice to see someone describe the killing of people as "the most profound act" rather than randomly blurting it out.
He's a good talker, all the dumbocrats miss his smooth talking bullshit.
Great interview!
I wish the pieces were better organized.
Good to hear Barack's perpective on the drone program. Cant wait to lusten to his book.
That was straight out of marcus aurelius’ meditations. Surprised he didnt mention thats where he got the inspiration, nice to see hes a student of stoicism though, all leaders should be.
Obama is a harvard-educated constitutional scholar. The Drone program is a violation of the Fifth Amendment, which clearly states that you cannot deprive a person of their life without due process... Unless Congress has declared war. There's no wiggle room. Just like George Bush and Donald Trump, Obama is a serious war criminal.
In a Roman triumphal procession, there was a person whose duty it was to whisper in the ear of the man so honored "Remember, you are Human." Obama has internalized this...because he's the Best of Men, even with his flaws, which he acknowledges.
I would love to hear the book at double speed! I have a bad habit of finishing peoples sentences, and this man makes me listen to him finish them because he is better at using the vocabulary than I! He sure chooses his words hard!
“You gotta try anyway”
I wanna cry
Obama low key reminding us that UFOs were covered in mainstream news 2020
Absolute rubbish
There is no Santa or little green men... ok
@@damianmcwilliams8352 -- All the little green men I know say there's no damian mcwilliams.
@@damianmcwilliams8352 They're called elves. lol
Such a pleasure to listen to a President who can articulate and be understood.
Stephen, thank you for putting this out. Well done, good interview.
Though I may not agree with the drone strikes, and I may not have all the information here, I think the most telling part of this interview is the sobriety with which Obama talks about them. He can be fairly jokey and lighthearted elsewhere in the interview, but when things get to real important state matters, he takes a step back to give them the weight and intense examination that they deserve. That seriousness and deep introspection before action is something that seems sorely lacking in the current administration.
@9:51 - Did Obama just admit that aliens exist without admitting that they do?
I think he did😂😂😂😂
"I can't tell you" while nodding yes.
it's fun to believe that.
plus those vides the Air Force released.
otoh, seems farfetched that aliens would be buzzing the earth so much. or that an alien spaceship would crash.
you'd figure a couple centuries or more of tech advantage over us and they'd have solved any mechanical issues with their stealth craft.
You realize that the existence of intelligent life somewhere else in the universe is a different notion than this intelligent life making contact with us, physically or communicationally, right ?
Aliens definitely exist, but the odds that they made their way anywhere close to our planet at any point are ridiculously small.
@@nd0136 It is possible. We are assuming that better technology equals better race but if we look at ourselves, this doesn't seem to be the case. We are still prone to errors and are still morally bankrupt despite our relatively huge leaps in technological advancement
I'm currently reading his book. The level of thoughtfulness he puts into recounting his experience as president is refreshing.
Can I just say that I haven't seen Stephen glowing this much in last 5 years :D
I am so glad to hear this perspective. Drones and Guantanamo were a couple of my issues with his administration.
There are things the president has to do, that we will NEVER understand.
@@kathyclarke6327 We must still be critical of them.
Wow, Donald Trump has 64 accounts! Look at those dislikes.
Remember when Presidents talked this way!?
idk they might just be mad at the drone strikes, the handouts to insurance companies, the staffing of his cabinet with bankers that crashed the economy, the failure to act with a blue house and senate to revolutionize america and not addressing the death of american manufacturing
trump is terrible but substantively obama isn't much better, he's cooler, he's nicer but for 90% of americans there's little difference
the kind of neoliberal dog💩 we get from obama and others like him directly lead to trump by making people so desperate they'd grab out for anything promising change.
Yeah we do, just nonsense. That's why Trump was so popular.
@@derriklee287 dude you do know his popularity was constantly garbage right? obama wasn't great but thinking trump is would be delusional
President Obama, you will NEVER be forgotten!!!
Compared to Obama, Stephen sounds like his speech is on double speed.
Thank you for this!
Thank you for this. Thank you very much. From this I feel relief, comfort, strength, humility, laughter, insight, care, compassion...thank you. Thank you.
The first thought I had when Stephen read that line is, “Mood.”
LOVE Barack Obama!
The statement "the problem with the drone program was NOT that it caused an inordinate amount of civilian casualties, although even 1 civilian is tragic" remains hugely problematic.....
@Marina E I did have a longer draft which included the subsequent rationale of them being better than conventional options.... but it is disingenuous (imo) to say this is NOT a problem, regardless of the comparison as his caveat "every loss is tragic" undermines the statement that it is NOT a problem. Is it a problem that drones create a loss of 1 innocent life? Yes. He too easily slips it under "well, its better than the other options".... He shoudl just admit tragic loss of innocent life IS a problem with the program. That was my point.
Really interesting, and it makes me eager to see the second volume when released as many of the scathing op-eds from news organizations like Aljazeera have remarked on his silence regarding drone programs... Who knew it would just take him.... a little longer.... to address it......... than average writers...
😂😂
Obama is a harvard-trained constitutional scholar... And the Drone program is a flagrant violation of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. You cannot deprive anyone of life without due process, unless Congress has declared war. The guy is admitting to war crimes.
@xLuke_25x wow. You're saying literally exactly what Dick Cheney propagandized you into believing. What you don't realize is that these terrorist groups have state backing from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies- and the US government is aware of that.
John Kerry even admitted that the US was allowing Isis to run wild in Syria because it was hurting Assad. By your logic, everything that Bashar al-assad did was totally legit. Interesting.
Jon Batiste you rock the Etta James. You played Phillip Glass a few episodes ago ... oh my heart glowed.. Amy Sedaris. Jon Batiste. Stephen Colbert. In that order. Well done sir.
WE JUST LUV BOTH THESE MEN 🧐💓💗
Don't you just love having a president who, not only speak comprehensively, but also is pleasing to watch and listen to --> and whose words don't make you cringe, want to vomit or throw your phone because of the endless verbose nonsense he's spewing on a daily basis.
This intelligent conversation is so foreign. Im glad we got passed the Man Woman TV episode.
You forgot Cammra
@@fleuelise1852 And person
I miss Barack Obama as president. He's been such an inspiration since I was 12 years old in middle school. I miss his reasonable, thoughtful and calming leadership!!! Biden-Harris 2020!!
I love Stephen Colbert! Seriously... When I was in high school I wanted to be a broadcast journalist. His interview style is much like I would have liked mine to be. He asks all his questions with a level of ease that evokes thought-provoking responses without putting the person he is interviewing on the spot. I think I have a crush on him, too...But, that's not important right now. ;) Oh yeah....I miss Obama so much!
UFO's "Can't tell you" is an euphemism for "We are not alone."
Just a Tip there's no Santa and Little Green men
@@damianmcwilliams8352 Really, thanks for clearing that up for me damian. You saved me from staying up all night on X-Mass Eve!
One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. Funny thing about imperialism, it's very unpopular among the domestic population.
It is time for Medicare for All! We need to get rid of the wasteful, parasitic private insurance industry and join the rest of the developed world in guaranteeing healthcare.
Well if one day the gov don’t like you? No insurance for you. U have to be a sheep dude
@@sunnyto8254 When has that ever happened in a developed country? That is an extremely unrealistic scenario.
I liek how far apart they sit. It adds to the humor of the show
Steven this is such a great show. First FLOTUS then POTUS. I love the awesome look on your face during the interview of Pride and Excitement. I have been re-watching each segment. Thank you for this.
Man I can just go on listening to Jon on his piano
8 Years in the Top Job has Made The President Very Thoughtful and Considered with Regard to His Legacy...America in 2020 doesn't resemble the America in 2016 when he left, but a Biden Administration will hopefully return America to a more steady entity.
OH GOSH!
when Obama smiles
the sun begins to shine!
Mr. Obama is an amazing guy. In my view, he was the best!
you watch ten minutes of TV twice a week pertaining to politics and thats the extent of your political knowledge... I know its true I saw it on TV LOL... tell me I'm wrong LOL... if I'm not spot on I know I'm close enough that is just burns your ass
Guy knows his stuff.
Funny how he avoids admitting a drone strike is an act of war.
He kinda did tho
Bruh he basically called it war
5:42 “...the problem is, is that it starts giving you the illusion that it is not war.” - Barack Obama
He just saidddddd because they are so distant of a way to attack, it makes you feel like you aren’t attacking. By saying “illusion” he’s letting you know that thinking that way isn’t real and it isssssss, in fact, WAR.
IMO
6:15 - He completely avoids calling the drone strikes an act of war. Its just a "profound act of killing someone". As if that is not already illegal except when the government does it, especially when drone strikes have completely leveled highways and neighborhoods.
5 countries bombed. We go further into debt, all while people building these bombs are getting rich and our dollar steadily declines in value. Then the shocker, radicalized rebels get a hold of the weapons we create.
@@MrLadyRaRa I'm not an Obama fan but you're really missing a lot there - including the part where he literally calls it war by name
Man, as a Marine Veteran who was stationed at a special anti terrorism unit outside DC, Obama did a really good job with what he was given. I wish I stayed in longer, But serving under Trump would've been a nightmare.
Although, in your view, have drones been overused? Or questionably targeted, at times?
@@chrissonofpear1384 definitely. War is hell. Humanity needs to "grow up". Nobody walks away fully alive.
Always interesting to be reminded of just how well-read & thoughtful this guy is. That opening passage from his book sounds like a pretty clear callback to the poem Ozymandias.
So refreshing to listen to a president who is articulate, thoughtful and funny. I wonder if Trump even knows what a drone is?
Jon looks and sounds happier since Nov. 3, like me.
Thanks.
Can't wait to read the second volume! The first volume rocked!
President Obama is sooo incredibly great! I finally have something I lost 4 years ago ., HOPE!
Man, I miss this guy as president.
One of my few major problems with his administration was the drone warfare
It's so incredibly nice to see a person who listens and who takes a second to think about it and then give a thoughful answer which addresses the issues.
Compared to Trump who just starts opening the flood gates and who throws words at you in an incoherent mess of bullshit which has nothing to do with what the other person said.
The piano player and singer is great. I know his name, I just don't know how to spell it off the top of my head.
I'm looking forward to being bored for the next 4 years
Barack Obama is a harvard-trained constitutional scholar, which means he is totally aware that the Drone kill program is a flagrant violation of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. The Fifth Amendment clearly states that you cannot deprive a person of their life without due process of the law, unless Congress has declared war. Congress has not declared war since World War II. Please learn your own history and laws.
@@theciakilledjfk5973 So, are you saying that drone strikes are an act of war, and that it's illegal because, due to the 5th amendment, Congress has to declare war before such attacks can be issued?
I don't know constitutional law that well, but if what you're saying is true, I can see how that could then be concluded as a war crime
@@michaelschweigart3517 absolutely. Firing a missile at a human being in another country is an act of War. Because Congress has not declared war, that makes it an act of murder. The Bill of Rights extends to all persons and makes no mention of citizenship, which is a big part of the reason that what Donald Trump is doing to Mexicans is wrong.
Jon Batiste is such a savant! Very nice touch to an already outstanding show. =)
“...I and all those I loved would some day turn to dust!”...[pause]....[Looks]...”Are you ok!?” Best interview moment in History! Great camera work! Great interview! Great truth! Great write-up! And equally great reaction from the interviewee! Omg😱...classic!❤️🙏
there is a moment when Colbert looks at him exactly as if he was the bride about to marry him
🤣🤣SWEAR🤣🤣
You both can marry me.
This is absolutely fascinating -- such thoughtful, full answers to Stephen's questions. Strangely human since we've been so used to nothing but boasting, rants, complaints, false claims and mean tweets for the last four years.
This is one of the best interviews of anyone I have ever seen.
I hope we'll be getting the full version like he did with Michelle a while ago.
Some people make things happen some people watch things happen and some people wonder what happened! The Obamas make things happen good things!
Watch Steven have a deep realization of just how good a person Obama is when he smiles after Obama talks about looking at the long view. Just his ability to have deep and existential thoughts about a person’s place in history and the human experience.
Welcome my son, welcome to The Machine.
Of course that was about the music industry, but Drone Metal is also a thing.
Look at Obama here, logically and rationally explaining something as complex as modern warfare in the Middle East.
Now imagine t'rump trying to describe how a sandwich is made.
Yeah, me too. 😅😂🤣
Oh and that somehow excuses the war criminal who bombed and supplies weapons to terrorists groups in Syria.
@@bryanbelshaw7725 What would you rather have Obama's administration have done? If you are American, did you want him to use US troops instead? If you are not American, what is the answer to stopping terrorism?
@@rgwak Are you for real? Troops haven't left the middle east in 19 years.....19 YEARS. That's despite drone strikes which killed mainly innocents. The answer.....stop CREATING terrorism by arming and training them. Oh and stop ILLEGALLY occupying other countries. Obama is a war criminal. No different from all the rest.
@@bryanbelshaw7725 Sitting mighty high on your horse there BB.
What major decision have you contributed that's had a detrimental effect on society that you were dammed if you do, dammed if you dont.
Oh, you're living life on the sidelines, k, got ya. Never made a mistake, fair enough.
I imagine he will answer ur question is not fare and hard and walk out😁