Posted on 09/21/2011 8:16:44 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
Tony Bennett recorded “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” in 1962, but with his recent comments about terrorism and the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, he left behind some controversy.
Appearing on “The Howard Stern Show” Monday to promote his new album, “Duets II,” the singer ended up discussing his military service during World War II and the impact it had on him.
“The first time I saw a dead German, that’s when I became a pacifist,” he said.
Sixty-five years after leaving his military life behind, Bennett has sold more than 50 million albums and developed some definite opinions about other wars involving the United States. “To start a war in Iraq was a tremendous, tremendous mistake internationally,” he said.
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One day later, the 85-year-old singer took to his latest stage, Facebook, and wrote, ” There is simply no excuse for terrorism and the murder of the nearly 3,000 innocent victims of the 9/11 attacks on our country.”
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He claims he's a pacifist then attempts to legitimize the killing of 3000 of his countrymen.
When I heard the clip, I first kinda felt sorry for him. He sounded just old and confused.
Pacifism is a cop-out, though. Pacifists only have that luxury under the protection of better men than them. It’s easy to say you’re a pacifist when somebody else holds the rifle that keeps you alive.
Lemme guess, Bennett is touring with the Dixie Chicks, right?
LOL... magnificent.
I wondered if he was pushing an album. I guess he knows his audience..Howard Stearn listeners?
It’s so sad to watch the long goodbye and see someone leaving through Alzheimers.
Go, Cowgirl of Justice, GO!
>>Bennett also cited his World War II experience as shaping his position that “war is the lowest form of human behavior.<<
In other words, fighting to end the holocaust was worse than the holocaust itself.
Boy, did I love their music, seriously. Great vocals and great accompaniments. But as soon as that lead singer moron opened her pathetic chubby mouth, everything changed for me.
Just wish these entertainment morons would stick to entertaining and stop insulting the very country that put so much money in their pockets.
Not only did he make those remarks, he said Bush confided in him that the Iraq war was a mistake.
In addition to being a crackpot, I believe the man is a liar.
It’s unfortunate that Mr’ Bennett’s brain has preceded his body in death.
From Ramius
“Pacifists only have that luxury under the protection of better men than them. It’s easy to say you’re a pacifist when somebody else holds the rifle that keeps you alive.”
Best post of the day. Well done, sir.
“The first time I saw a dead German, that’s when I became a pacifist,”
Seeing 3,000 dead Americans obviously doesn’t have an effect on him.
“wonder what he would have become had he seen a tortured Jew or gypsy in a concentration camp...”
Ashes
REALLY???!!! (runs to ixquick.com)
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Maybe it has entered his brain. Seriously. I worked with an infant at the hospital who had a herpes blister on her face and it disappeared and went to her brain. Not good.
Scratch that. Tony sued for defamation after providing medical records that proved he did not have the virus.
IIRC it was in light of that finding that the military switched from circle targets to human silhouette targets.
Nowadays with your average 18 year old having pointed an electronic gun at an electronic human shaped adversary and fired on target some 100,000 times - probably not much of a problem.
The Germans are either at your throat or at your feat. During WWII a dead German was a good German.
To quote from the movie Patton....
“when you put your hand in a bunch of goo that moments before was your best friends face, you will know what to do”
Yeah, Tony also left his brain in San Francisco.
Another thing, Tony, we did not start the Iraq war. Saddam did in 1991 with his invasion of Kuwait. The invasion of 2003 was a continuation of that same war brought about by the refusal of Saddam to adhere to UN resolutions agreed to by him at the time of the “truce”. The only thing debatable is whether or not The US should have been enforcing UN resolutions.
Tony, shove your new album up your arse.
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