|
|
|
 |
Donate Here By Secure Server
FreeRepublic , LLC PO BOX 9771 FRESNO, CA 93794
|
|
It is in the breaking news sidebar! |
|
Posted on 04/11/2003 4:08:08 AM PDT by Tigercap
This is my first vanity; I hope it's not inappropriate.
Basically, everything dissenters predicted about the liberation of Iraq was totally wrong: - The Iraqis don't want us there. (wrong!) - It will be another "vietnam" (take too long). (wrong!) - They don't have WMD. (wrong!) - We'll kill more civilians than Saddam does. (wrong!) - The rest of the world is not with us. (wrong! see UK, Australia, almost all of E. Europe, Spain, Italy, Japan, etc.) - We don't have UN approval (wrong! unlike Clinton in '98) - We don't have Congressional approval (wrong! unlike Clinton in '98) - We are going to steal their oil (wrong!) - The Bush Administration doesn't have a plan (wrong!)
I don't expect them to admit they were dead-wrong. Public opinion and choice of support is the realistic way to hold them accountable. This seems appropriate, especially because it seems they hate the idea of liberating Iraqi's for fear that their "pet-radical-political-projects" may become weaker. Truly selfish people void of character.
From my recent experiences, people are more open to learning about these selfish dissenters and "putting their money where their mouth is". Could we start a list of political-figures and 'celebreties' that oppossed the liberation of Iraq and their idiotic quotes?
|
|
|
|
|
Donate Here By Secure Server
FreeRepublic , LLC PO BOX 9771 FRESNO, CA 93794
|
|
It is in the breaking news sidebar! |
|
Hundreds of Bin Ladens will be created (wrong).
The entire Arab world will rise against us(wrong).
War is inhumane (wrong)
 url-linked images of shame |
Now we know where that pervert has been hiding.
When Vice President Dick Cheney promised on NBC's "Meet the Press" that "We will be greeted as liberators," Newsweek's anonymous "Conventional Wisdom" column writers sneered that Cheney's remark was "An arrogant blunder for the ages."
When Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz predicted that the Iraqis would welcome a U.S. invading force, The Nation's Eric Alterman sniffed: "Is Wolfowitz really so ignorant of history as to believe the Iraqis would welcome us as 'their hoped-for liberators'?"
In an article headlined "Panic in the White House," writer Andrew Stephen of the New Statesman sniped: "And they thought it was going to be so easy. They really did believe it: that troops would be welcomed in Iraq, with flowers and hugs and kisses, as liberators for whom they had been waiting so long."
Peel of the Financial Times grumbled gloomily: "The danger for Mr. Bush is that he will win the war, eventually and unpleasantly, but he will never be seen as a liberator."
holas D. Kristof of the New York Timesopined: "(I)f this isn't Vietnam, neither is it the Afghanistan campaign, where Americans were hailed as liberators. I was in Afghanistan during that war, and the difference is manifest. Afghans were giddy and jubilant, while Iraqis now are typically sullen and distrustful and thirsty."
And while co-hosting ABC's "Good Morning America," Diane Sawyer:"What happened to the flowers expected to be tossed the way of the Americans? Was it a terrible miscalculation?"
They have Burger Kings in South Africa, too!
In a copy of "Amnesty Now" a publication of Amnesty International "conveniently" left in my department's mail room, I quote from the donation spiel:
"The 1991 Gulf War, twelve years of United Nations economic sanctions and brutal repression by their own govermnment have devastated the civilian population of Iraq......
....but unless we respond now, another war will bring even greater misery to the long-suffering Iraqi people. A U.N. report on the likely humanitarian impact of the war predicts 500,000 direct and indirect civilians(sic) casualties....2 million people displaced within Iraq and almost 1 million more fleeing to Iran....and some 3 million people facing terrible hunger."
Apparently, Amnesty International seems to think that continuing to live under the "brutal repression of their own government" is the preferred course of action, despite pleas by Iraqis in and out of Iraq to proceed with the liberation with all possible speed.
Of course, current events have put the lie to the UN projections on casualties etc. I wonder if you get your money back if the predicted crisis never occurs?
Good ole Jane Fonda: "What it's going to mean for [America's] stability as a nation, for terrorism, for the economy, I can't imagine," Fonda declared. "I think the entire world is going to be united against us. I don't know if a country where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a free world."
Danny Glover from the Lethal Weapons movies and now promoting MCI: "One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country, whether it's been against Nicaragua or wherever...I've been an advocate for peace my whole life. But one of the main purveyors of violence in this world is this country."
Dave Mathews of the Dave Mathews Band fame: "the answer is not to bomb this great culture of Iraq out of existence to stop him ... It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way ... for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration."
Ed Asner, you remember "Lou Grant," was quoted in a San Bernardino Sun article as saying that he wanted the Los Angeles City Council to act: "I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy."
Spike Lee as reported in the BBC News: "The German and French governments should be commended," Adding, "America doesn't have the moral right to tell other people what to do. To say the whole world has to fall into line is you-know-what. I hope more people will rise up."
Actress Rosario Dawson following her triumphant role in "Josie and the Pussycats" and a couple of other memorable productions said, "It makes me upset. I'm embarrassed. It's my hope that Americans won't jump on anyone having a dissenting opinion."
Dustin Hoffman, remember who he played in "Rain Man"? "For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible. I believe, though I may wrong because I am no expert that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil."
Actor Ed Norton: "It's nice being in Europe this week. Almost everyone in Germany and France is in sync with the governments.., I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government." Adding, "It's dismaying to see the unilateralism the government is doing. There aren't enough rational steps."
Actor Gabriel Byrne, made famous from his roles in Enemy of the State and End of Days said, "Osama Bin Laden has a beard in a face, that's who we're supposed to be after, how do we explain this insanity to Iraqi mothers? Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so if we offer a hand of peace we get a hand of peace. This war is about fear and greed." Adding, "What's happening in American today is terrifying, for the world. People know that if you attack them then they will target you for attack, why not try negotiation? I believe in peace and non-violence. Why do we believe we think our society will last for ever, it didn't happen to the Greeks, the Romans, why us?"
Helena Bonham Carter, following her role in Live from Baghdad said, [There's] "a feeling of not really being convinced of any proper reason for going to war with Iraq, of all people."
Director Martin Scorsese: "It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."
Meryl Streep, famous for her roles in Death Becomes Her, She Devil, and Defending Your Life, said, "If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn't be in the Middle East right now."
Robin Williams, remember Mork? Anyway he said, "We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much one himself." Adding, "America is broke, basically, but Bush wants to wage a war that costs pretty much a billion dollars a month."
See opening post.
Thanks - looking for a complete list as more Americans seem willing to hold people accountable for their selfish, politically-charged opinions that are dead-wrong.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.