Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest during a diplomatic visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earlier this week and presented himself at the U.S. embassy seeking asylum. The U.S. initially portrayed this moment as a human rights victory, but that take on things quickly unraveled as Chen found himself stuck in China and the safety of himself and his family in jeopardy.

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On Thursday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart recapped the debacle, then brought in “Beijing Bureau Chief John Oliver” to discuss how President Bill Clinton set a “dangerous diplomatic precedent” by traveling to North Korea in 2009 to secure the release of journalists Laura Liu and Euna Lee.

If you’re being oppressed by a totalitarian, Communist regime, said Oliver, just go on TV and beg for help “and a Clinton will personally fly to your rescue.” If not Bill in his jet, then possibly Hillary Clinton in her State Department plane, “Chelsea in a single-engine Cessna,” or, if you are very, very lucky, George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic in his “P-Funk Mothership.”

Watch the clip, embedded in two parts via Comedy Central, below:

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