Posted on 09/20/2011 4:14:05 AM PDT by iowamark
American icon Tony Bennett took to the airwaves at Sirius Radio to promote his new album, “Duets II,” but it’s what he said about war, peace, terrorism, and who was to blame for the Sept. 11 terror attacks that could get people talking.
Sitting down with Howard Stern on Monday, the 85-year-old singer dodged questions about his sex life and prior drug use. He did so with a laugh, but matters about the U.S. military and 9/11 were fair game, and on these topics the Grammy winner held little back...
“I’m anti-war,” he said. “It’s the lowest form of human behavior.”
Drafted by the U.S. Army in November 1944, Bennett served as an infantryman in Europe, moving across France, and later into Germany.
“The Germans were frightened. We were frightened. Nobody wanted to kill anybody when we were on the line, but the weapons were so strong that it overcame us and everybody else.”...
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...
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.”
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Yeah, but where did he leave his common sense?
Too easy. Like shooting fish in a barrel.
These two morons should be thanking G-d they were able to make in this world at all! I’m surprised Howard didn’t call him out being a Jew and all. Then again, NY Jews always surprise this Gentile!
He declined saying, "I don't sing war songs."
The OTHER fool I was talking about was Warren Buffett.
Well, since he confessed, he should be arrested and taken to Gitmo immediately. We need to find out who else he conspired with.
I think he has the sequence of events wrong.
Yep
I had an uncle that was a Pearl Harbor survivor.
In the later years of his life he was blaming the US for causing the attack, and the Japanese were justified in attacking Pearl Harbor.
Oh. Him too.
You have nothing to worry about. Tony Bennett is as crazy as a loon. He even thinks he’s a painter but he really should be painting houses, not canvases. I’ve seen some of his work and it’s embarrassing.
I predict a happy and healthy and intellegent future for you, lol!!!
Stupid, senile old lib fool
Fool...making headlines for his new CD....too bad, he left 1/2 population with no desire to buy it now!
What.Didn’t his former wife shoot someone?
He left his heart in San Francisco.....
But his head is still up his a$$
Leni
Ohhhh,I always get those two mixed up:)
Abortion. Buggery. Government oppression. Honor killing. Suicide bombing. Rape.
Tony, you're an idiot.
Any aspiring journalism major would have asked the follow-up question - “So do you think we should have sat back during WW2 and allowed Hitler to complete his genocide, or was fighting Hitler in WW2 what had to be done?” But not the public perversion journalism of howard stern.
Frank Sinatra would have knocked some sense into him.
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