Posted on 09/21/2011 9:29:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tony Bennett has apologized for remarks he made during an interview with Howard Stern Monday.
Talking about 9/11, Bennett said the U.S. caused the attacks.
In a statement issued late Tuesday, according to Newsday.com, Bennett said, "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. My life experiences -- ranging from the Battle of the Bulge (in World War II) to marching with Martin Luther King -- made me a lifelong humanist and pacifist, and reinforced my belief that violence begets violence and that war is the lowest form of human behavior.
"I am sorry if my statements suggested anything other than an expression of my love for my country, my hope for humanity and my desire for peace throughout the world."
While promoting his new album of duets, "Duets II," on Stern's radio show, Bennett asserted that the U.S. was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.
"They flew the plane in, but we caused it," Bennett told Stern, according to the New York Daily News. The "they" in his statement is presumably terrorists.
Bennett also says former president George W. Bush admitted to him that the war in Iraq was a mistake. At an event at the Kennedy Center to honor Bennett, the singer says Mr. Bush told him, "I think I made a mistake," according to the Daily News.
A spokesman for Mr. Bush denied that to the Daily News, telling the newspaper, calling the account "flatly wrong."
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He is full of sh#t. In a different interview he said those in the Mob were good people. If he was truly a “lifelong humanist and pacifist” don’t think he would be praising the Mafia. He said what he felt and when his agent told him to backtrack he did.
,,, the damage is done Mr Benideto
,,, the damage is done Mr Benideto
Note to Tony: please do not apologize. You meant what you said. You join Jane Fonda in the pantheon of Hollywood fools.
>>> .... an expression of my love for my country, my hope for humanity and my desire for peace throughout the world ...
It is official, the guy’s running for Miss Universe.
The disgrace of Astoria, New York! Too bad.
“Bacala”
Haven’t heard that in ages... Brings back memories of when mom used to use it on me everytime I did something especially stupid.
I wonder how many people here know the meaning... but it definitely fits Tony.
Thank you for your service!
I am pretty certain that if they were all standing there when he got punched, if asked about the incident, not one of them would have seen a thing!
It is official, the guy’s running for Miss Universe.
cracked me up. perfect.
I’m done with that old Mafia bastard.
Never bought a single record of his...never will.
Someone should leave his gonads in the Green Lantern Tavern...
Roger, same to you. I am reluctant to accept thanks, since I got more from the Service and this country than I ever gave.
I can TRULY appreciate that statement!
Grazie mille, amico!
Ciao, Rex
Grazie mille, amico!
Ciao, Rex
Except that Miss Universe is prettier than he is and her hair is her own. He looks as if he had a dinosaur on his head.
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