Bassem Youssef on the Daily Show

He was not funny and he was clearly reading from a script that was not written by him. The script basically reproduced the American conventional myth: that Arabs complain about the US but wish to have the US intervene in their daily lives and in their political affairs. According to the version "read" by Mr. Youssef, Arabs want US military aid to continue as if Arabs are getting the military aid for themselves, and that they also want the economic aid to continue as if it is not going--like the military aid--to the benefit of the ruling regimes.