[GreatOne]

Not to quibble, but Maher said that he thought that the terrorists were brave (or had courage, I can't remember) because they were willing to die for their cause, while "we" were cowards for pushing a button and sending a missle, or bombing them from a few miles in the air.

He later attempted to clarify himself by saying that he was talking about the politicians being cowards because of the way they were using the military in this fashion, not that he thought the military were cowards. This is why on the O'Reilly Factor tonight, O'Reilly brought up the fact that Maher was essentially calling Clinton a coward by saying this, since he was the one who ordered the military to be used in this way, which Maher attempted to duck.

As repugnant as he is with some (most?) of his opinions, I was watching his conversation with D'Souza, and I truly do not believe he was attempting to call the military a bunch of cowards. However, if this is what runs him off the air, I won't complain.

[hinckley buzzard]

Maher said "we" because he is morally bankrupt and incapable of saying Clinton was the specific coward he had in mind. No excuse. He should be gone, all 5 foot 2 of him, and his little napoleonic short-man-syndrome.

[Mike Darancette]

As repugnant as he is with some (most?) of his opinions, I was watching his conversation with D'Souza, and I truly do not believe he was attempting to call the military a bunch of cowards.

I agree I thought he was talking about Bubba. The Military didn't want to do it. Anyway, I've heard him spew much worse.

[cartoonistx]

Funny how, when America's politics turn rightward, "Mr Politically Incorrect" finally lives up to his shows title and POOF...! Kinda like losing your timing, eh, Bill!

[Humbug]

I think what gets most people, or at least me, is that his instinctive knee-jerk reaction was to prop up the perps by readily echoeing the sentiment that they are brave warriors while at the same time not missing a chance to belittle us in our time of great national sorrow. His point did have some validity, though poorly stated, and it was a point that many here have made in regards to the high-altitude air campaign we ran against the Serbs. But still, that was not the time to bring it up, to praise those butchers and then to contrast that praise by calling us wimpy. Instead, why not have pointed out that the orders given by bin Laden (or whoever) were cowardly by attacking innocent people from afar and THEN maybe have compared that to the spineless way that Clinton ran his military affairs?

By the way, for what it's worth i don't agree that the terrorists were brave warriors. Crazed lunatics is more like it. The type of men that if they had been born here would likely have grown up to follow in the footsteps of Ted Bundy or Charles Manson. But instead it is those types, the killers without consciouses that would be sitting on death row here, it is they that in countries like Afghanistan become leaders or top officers while the more decent folks among them sit rotting away in prisons (that is, if they're lucky).

[Vigilanteman]

An employment tip for Bill Maher:
Radio Kabul is hiring. Baghdad television could use a native speaker of English for their propoganda. Living conditions might be a little spartan, but you can go on just acting naturally.

[chouli]

What is the opinion of O'Rielly's interview with him?