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[Marleyman]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...ut-we-caused-it/?rss=rss-wabc-snippet-7091254

Bennett, 65 years after leaving his military life behind, has sold over 50 million albums and developed definite opinions about other wars involving the United States.

“To start a war in Iraq was a tremendous, tremendous mistake internationally,” he said.

Stern then asked Bennett about how America should deal with terrorists, specifically those responsible for the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

“But who are the terrorists? Are we the terrorists or are they the terrorists? Two wrongs don’t make a right,” Bennett said.

In a soft-spoken voice, the singer disagreed with Stern’s premise that 9/11 terrorists’ actions led to U.S. military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“They flew the plane in, but we caused it,” Bennett responded. “Because we were bombing them and they told us to stop.”

Following seconds of silence, Stern said that his guest was “making some good points.”

Before leaving, Bennett recalled an evening in 2005 when he was honored at the Kennedy Center. Meeting President George W. Bush at the event, the singer said that the commander-in-chief shared his opinion about the Iraq War.

“He told me personally that night that, he said, ‘I think I made a mistake,’” Bennett said.

Bennett believed that the president made this revelation because “he had a special liking to me.”

 

[badcrumble]

At last. I was waiting for him to weigh in on things.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

What's Ja think though?

 

[Guevara]

Finally, someone my grandma's generation respects speaks the truth.

 

[Wendel Clark]

it's not unusual to be loved by anyone

 

[Skiptastic]

What's Ja think though?

EZ MURDA!

 

[Marleyman]

I respect his opinion since he did fight in WWII and actually knows what war is like, unlike most hawks I run into.

 

[AlexMogil]

He will tell us what to do

 

[Borgnine]

Iraq was still part of the Ottoman Empire just 6 years before he was born.

 

[devenger]

it's not unusual to be loved by anyone

You're thinking of someone else.

That was Albert Finney.

 

[richiek]

it's not unusual to be loved by anyone

That was Tom Jones.

 

[Marleyman]

I get a kick out of him revealing that Bush told him Iraq was a mistake.

 

[Chichikov]

You're thinking of someone else.

That was Albert Finney.

 

[GG-Duo]

I cringed from reading this. He's right, but now he's going to be attacked by the phrasing that he used

 

[Pterion]

What's Ja think though?

Post of the year!

Simply brilliant.

Ja! JAAA!!!!

 

[Marleyman]

I cringed from reading this. He's right, but now he's going to be attacked by the phrasing that he used

The warhawks and right are going to eat him alive for the way he worded it. No more Florida retirement community concerts for him!

 

[shuri]

The comments on that site are hilarious; its like people read random lines from the articles and are attacking him for that. They are all somehow focusing on that line about seeing his first dead german and they interpret it as him having only seen one body during his entire tour.. What the hell. It's almost as if the entire comment section is being generated by one guy making tons of fake accounts.

I mean, he saw the last few months of the war, where people were at the most hardcore and desperate.. He probably saw some stuff that would shatter the minds of people making dumb comments about him on the internet

 

[speculawyer]

Who knows. Certainly Bush will deny ever having said so.

Considering the cost in dollars and lives, I really don't think one can make a rational justification for that war. I don't really give a crap what Bush thinks.

 

[adamsappel]

You're thinking of someone else.

That was Albert Finney.

Good stuff. I checked your username to see if you were the Count.

 

[The Albatross]

Obama told Bennett at a private concert that he was, in fact, a Kenyan-born Mohammedan.

 

[Marleyman]

The comments on that site are hilarious; its like people read random lines from the articles and are attacking him for that. They are all somehow focusing on that line about seeing his first dead german and they interpret it as him having only seen one body during his entire tour.. What the hell. It's almost as if the entire comment section is being generated by one guy making tons of fake accounts.

I mean, he saw the last few months of the war, where people were at the most hardcore and desperate.. He probably saw some stuff that would shatter the minds of people making dumb comments about him on the internet

The comments are ridiculous.

 

[devenger]

Good stuff. I checked your username to see if you were the Count.

Comparison to the Dook and a Kane clap.gif.

Consider me retired.

I don't think Tony gives a shit about backlash.

 

[blame space]

so who's watching Tony and Carrie Underwood on their special guest performance on this week's episode of the CBS hit drama Blue Bloods?

 

[nomis]

That's right. Let off some steam, Bennett.

 

[Marleyman]

That's right. Let off some steam, Bennett.

lol

 

[Archer]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...ut-we-caused-it/?rss=rss-wabc-snippet-7091254

can't disagree. smart guy.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I didn't even realize he was still alive...

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Are they sure this wasn't Alec Baldwin doing a Tony Bennet impersonation?