Posted on 09/28/2006 9:59:45 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
Filmmaker Oliver Stone blasted President Bush Thursday, saying he has "set America back 10 years." Stone added that he is "ashamed for my country" over the war in Iraq and the U.S. policies in response to the attacks of Sept. 11.
"We have destroyed the world in the name of security," Stone told journalists at the San Sebastian International Film Festival prior to a screening of his latest movie, "World Trade Center." The film tells the true story of the survival and rescue of two policemen who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, after they went to help people escape.
"From Sept. 12 on, the incident (the attacks) was politicized and it has polarized the entire world," said Stone. "It is a shame because it is a waste of energy to see that the entire world five years later is still convulsed in the grip of 9/11.
"It's a waste of energy away from things that do matter which is poverty, death, disease, the planet itself and fixing things in our own homes rather than fighting wars with others. Mr. Bush has set America back 10 years, maybe more."
The director of blockbusters such as "Platoon," and "JFK" said the U.S. reaction to the attacks was out of proportion.
"If there had been a better sense of preparation, if we had a leadership that was more mature," he said. "We did not fight back in the same way that the British fought the IRA or the Spanish government fought the Basques here. Terrorism is a manageable action. It can be lived with," said Stone.
Stone rejected allegations that U.S. authorities may have known about the attacks in advance and said the real conspiracy came after.
"I think that conspiracy-mongering on 9/11 is a waste of time," he said. "The far greater conspiracy occurred after 9/11 when basically a neo-cabal inside our government hijacked policy and went to war. That was as broad a conspiracy as we can get and it was about 20, 30 people. That's all, they took over and all these books are coming out and they are pointing it out," said Stone.
"This war on Iraq is a disaster. I'm disgraced. I'm ashamed for my country," he said. "I'm also ashamed that America has attacked itself with its constitutional breakdowns. I'm deeply ashamed."
In the United States' favor, Stone posited that it's not responsible for all the world's problems. "You can't see that the United States is responsible for all the evil in the world because you can see so many dictators and so many bestial acts all over the world now. .... There is something in the human heart, the international human heart, that is evil," said Stone.
"That's the evil that turns its mind and ears on humanity and is able to say `I can kill a person in the name of God or religion.' This is not a human being, this a fanatic. And I fear that fanaticism is the result of our overreaction to 9/11," said Stone.
He's evil.
Wait until one of his kids are beheaded..
Ollie can get a dog up him!
Ah, the world was so peaceful back on September 10, 2001...and Dems want to go back then.
Except, the policies in place back then didn't stop 9/11.
In contrast, killing the Taliban and jailing Saddam Hussein has seen an interesting fact: no new 9/11 attacks here.
Hollywood full of Leftists
-headlines that surprise no one....
Booting out the Taliban in Afghanistan and Ba'athists in Iraq has "destroyed the world?"
Just sit back and relax, Ollie. There's more to come.
Like all Lefties, Stone is a moron. He has all the intellect of a constipated flea.
I'm ashamed Olliver Stone is from the USA.
The feeling is mutual.
America
That's a little bit over the top, Ollie. Time for your meds. Of course, he's saying all these lunatic things to promote his film at the "International Film Festival." What a jerk.
Memo To Oliver Stone:
Click the Pic
I think Ollie been hitting Fidal Castro personal stash of Coke if you know what I mean
Remember guys he wrote Scarface
When the dems take power, and they will, there is going to be a bloodbath resulting from their kookiness. They won't lose a night's sleep over it, and the media will never make the connection.
Then move.
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