Posted on 09/21/2011 12:12:51 PM PDT by MissesBush
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Tony Bennett has again addressed his controversial remarks made to Howard Stern regarding 9/11 attacks on America.
Bennett, 85, appeared on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM show on Monday night to promote his upcoming release “Duets II.” The conversation took a bizarre turn after Stern asked Bennett, a veteran of World War II, how the United States should deal with the terrorists who were responsible for destroying the World Trade Center.
“They flew the plane in but we caused it,” Bennett said. “Because we were bombing them and they told us to stop.” He also asked Stern, “Are we the terrorists or are they the terrorists? Two wrongs don’t make a right.”
Bennett apologized for his remarks on his Facebook page.
Appearing on ABC’s “The View,” Bennett was asked about his comments. He produced a card and read from it.
“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,” the singer said, echoing his statement on Facebook.
“Nobody loves America more than I do,” Bennett said, reading from the card.
On his Facebook page, Bennett wrote “My life experience… made me a life-long humanist and pacifist, and reinforced my belief that violence begets violence and that war is the lowest form of human behavior.”
That said, not everyone is pleased with the apology. On his Facebook page, some were critical.
“My brother died in one of those buildings, and frankly you are so off base in your views of who the terrorists are, I now question your patriotism,” wrote Ron Bogdan of Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
“Nice statement by your publicist, however, we heard you loud and clear on the Stern program,” wrote Brian Eades of Omaha, Neb. “You clearly equate U.S. actions with those of the terrorists and said the U.S. somehow caused 9/11. The 3,000 people that died that day were innocent people. They were murdered in cold blood. Nothing – no matter what you can point to in U.S. policy over the years – justifies what was done or somehow mitigates the tragedy.”
Well said.
Sorry, Tony. You spoke what was on your mind. Therefore, you are a worthless, anti-American puke. Every time I hear your voice on the radio, I will change the channel.
You have a right to speak.
I have a right to react.
Go to hell!
Heart in San Francisco, head in Rectum.
He’s just been hanging around too many liberal Hollywood types. Your world view would be affected like that if you did the same. I actually am quite surprised that he would make such asinine remarks. But, then again, nothing very good results from an appearance with Howard Stern anyhow.
Mr. Bennett...Natalie Maines is on the phone for you...
I don’t think he’s sorry he said it... he’s sorry people heard it, and are reacting to it - casting him in a less than favorable light.
Next time, Tony - just keep your opinions to yourself... shut-up and sing.
“I left my my braaaiiiin, in San Fransickoooooo....”
The vanity of a history in Hollywood. They live in a cocoon of their own and hear their stupidity so often they think everyone thinks this way and then they say it out loud and find out the rest of the world considers them stupid and they run the apologize.
I’m sick of political correctness from both the left and the right. I strongly disagree with what he said but it is/was a free country and he can say what he wants.
Yup!!
Plagiarizing me from before:
“Let him try his ‘grand old man of show biz’ routine on people who will remember this piece of gratuitous BS and unalloyed hostility to the US.
Americans do NOT need this crap from ‘more-money-than-brains’ actors and singers. We are sick of it by now. F&^% him!!”
Yo, Tony... just what was the “bombing” that they demanded us to stop”
-The successful coalition efforts to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait?
-The saving of countless Kurdish muslim lives in Northern Iraq after the first Gulf War?
-The repeated rushes of aid everytime our sworn enemy Iran has an earthquake?
-The saving of the mujahedin in Afghanistan vs. the Soviets through the provisions of Stinger missiles?
-The saving of lives from certain starvation in Somalia?
-The intervention in the Balkan wars on the side of muslims vs. the Serbs?
Which is it, you senile old POS? WHICH???
You could’ve just said... “Though I don’t like war of any kind, I’m for safeguarding America.” You couldn’t even summon up the fortitude to say something so vanilla as that. It’s one thing to disdain war... it’s quite another to take a traitorous stand — AS YOU DID — against your own country.
I was once a fan of yours. No more.
The toothpaste is out of the tube and it ain’t going back in, Tony.
No one is suggesting otherwise. He can say what he wants...and...wait for it...people can respond. Like here on FR. And we can also choose to never purchase his product again. IT'S A FREE COUNTRY!!!!
““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,” the singer said, echoing his statement on Facebook.
“Nobody loves America more than I do,” Bennett said, reading from the card
This “statement” has nothing apologetic about it.
Tony, don’t go away mad. Just go away.
All well said! I’m not so sure why this guy is revered as some sort of icon anyway. I remember years ago going to a taping of the Johnny Carson Show. Bennett was one of the guests. My friend and I just looked at once another in disbelief that this cheese ball, who couldn’t carry a tune of it had handles on it, even had a career outside of a cruise ship lounge.
I don't even want him to do that much. Just shut up! The guy is a good-awful singer---the original Vegas lounge lizard. And he doesn't have the brains God gave to a gnat.
But like you said, he's not sorry he said it. He's sorry he got nailed on saying it when he's got a CD to sell. If he wasn't out plugging a CD, he'd be giving us the finger and telling us what to do with it if we don't like what he said.
I don't even want him to do that much. Just shut up! The guy is a god-awful singer---the original Vegas lounge lizard. And he doesn't have the brains God gave to a gnat.
But like you said, he's not sorry he said it. He's sorry he got nailed on saying it when he's got a CD to sell. If he wasn't out plugging a CD, he'd be giving us the finger and telling us what to do with it if we don't like what he said.
He’s sorry that this might hurt his career and sales of his music.
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