Tony Bennett says US 'caused' 9/11 attacks

New York Post ^ | September 20, 2011

[markomalley]

Legendary singer Tony Bennett has waded into a new controversy by saying America "caused" the attacks on the Twin Towers.

The 85-year-old Grammy-winning crooner, famed for the 1960s hit single "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" appeared on the "Howard Stern Show" on Sirius XM Radio yesterday to discuss his latest album "Duets II."

[markomalley]

I used to like his music.

Oh, well.

[oh8eleven]

"But who are the terrorists? Are we the terrorists or are they the terrorists? Two wrongs don't make a right," Bennett said
I don't care if he is 85 - someone punch his lights out.

[Palter]

'Are we the terrorists or are they the terrorists? '

Dang. We support AQ in Libya.

[Leep]

Having a great singing voice does not make one smart or insightful.
Otherwise, is he trying to sell an albulm or something?

[Don Corleone]

He left his mind in San Francisco too, I guess.

[GOPJ]

What’s his position on particle accelerators? I’m sure he’s equally well versed in that field too...

[fatnotlazy]

I wish entertainers would just stick to entertaining. Usually they know little about politics or current events.

[mc5cents]

He is 85, he served in WWII. I will cut him some slack. He is wrong, deadly wrong but he is an old man now and old farts sometimes say dumb things. It comes with the territory of old age.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Knew he was a lefty dope...but thought it was cool he was still singing at 85.

Now, however, adios Tony.

Please exit...stage LEFT.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I used to like his music.

I still do - one of the great voices of the 20th century. But if I stopped listening to every musician or watching every actor who said something incredibly stupid, I'd have to stop listening to music and watching movies. Entertainers are no different than dancing bears - there's no point in paying attention to them when they're not dancing.

[ColdOne]

I used to like his music too. I wonder if he has been paying his “fair share” of taxes?

[RightFighter]

Tony Bennett is a Ron Paul Republican. Who knew?

[stylecouncilor]

LOL!

[twister881]

The glue from his hairpiece has penetrated the blood-brain barrier.

[Red Badger]

you beat me to it!.....GMTA..........

[Huskrrrr]

Beat me to it, :0)

[Jim Scott]

I hate to see a talented entertainer that rightly receives a lot of respect for his long career as well as his WWII service to his country make such a stupid, insulting and obnoxious statement in public,. Tony Bennett has instantly diminished himself in the eyes of many when he didn’t have to do so. But no, he had to make a blundering anti-war statement that insults the almost-3000 innocents killed in 9/11 and then basically insults the thousands of brave military personnel that have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some suffering life-altering wounds and some making the ultimate sacrifice for their country so an 85-year-old singer, very likely a multi-millionaire, can make idiotic anti-war statements on the radio that equate the barbaric terrorist actions of 9/11 with the actions of the U.S. in opposing terrorism, while Mr. Bennett stupidly and falsely calls his countrymen ‘terrorists’. Disgusting display of ignorance on stilts. What a pathetic way to cap off a long life and an otherwise splendid career.

[Paul46360]

I posted on his FaceBook page that then Pearl Harbor was our fault also.

PLUS JFK caused his own murder.

[Lx]

While I don’t agree with his statements, he did pay his dues by serving as an infantryman in WWII for two years so at least he has an idea of real war. He’s earned the right to speak, people like Michael Moore have not.

As for us being the terrorists, don’t most libs believe this? Hell, plenty of lefties subscribe to this lame view of America but 99.999% never served.

[hsalaw]

Senility has hit Bennett hard.