Actor George Clooney frustrated by U.S. war drive

Reuters ^ | 02/23/03

[nypokerface]

BERLIN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - American actor George Clooney stepped up his criticism of George W. Bush's administration on Sunday, saying he feared a war against Iraq was inevitable but would ultimately only lead to more violence.

"America's policies frustrate me," Clooney said in a German television programme. "I think a war against Iraq is as unavoidable as it senseless. I think it's coming. But I also think the real danger is going to be what happens after it."

Clooney, who in interviews with European newspapers has accused Bush of war-mongering over Iraq, is on a growing list of Hollywood celebrities to speak out against war. Others include Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Madonna and director Spike Lee.

"You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking," Clooney said in the ARD television programme "Beckmann".

"These days it only matters who's in charge," Clooney said. "Right now that's us -- for a while at least. Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win."

Clooney, 41, said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was making a mistake to think a war against Iraq would be an easy win for the United States.

"I believe he thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore," said Clooney, who starred in a film about the 1991 Gulf War "Three Kings" that took a dark look at the war to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

"We can't beat anyone anymore," added Clooney, who has called it unfair that Americans opposed to war are being branded unpatriotic.

Clooney, who won fame for his leading role in long-running hospital drama "ER", has also appeared in films including "Batman and Robin", "The Perfect Storm" and "Brother Where Art Thou?".

[Cultural Jihad]

"Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win."

George Looney will need to help us cool the heels of all the Japanese, Italian, and German suicide bombers out there, as well as the Panamanian, Haitian, and Grenadine terrorists. (sheesh - how divorced from reality can Hollyweird get?)

[cake_crumb]

Cloonie on Iraq : "I think a war against Iraq is as unavoidable as it senseless."

Cloonie on President Bush : 'warmonger'

Cloonie on Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld: "I believe he thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore."

Cloonie's qualification for making these nonsensical statements: he played in a movie about Iraq.

[A_perfect_lady]

Artists tend to be thrill-seekers, they need the high of absurd risks.

Yes. Notice they don't want real risks, though. They want simulated risk. They don't want to risk life and limb, they just want to "risk" being in the middle of a controversy that will garner them lots of attention. Even the drugs, that's a way to get an adrenaline surge without actually doing anything like jumping out of an airplane or charging into the cannon's mouth to get it.

[cake_crumb]

"So I guess George would understand if someone asked him, 'A foreign policy scholar, are you George?' "

GOOD ONE!

[A_perfect_lady]

If you do nominate it for quote of the day, could you sneak in and fix my typos first? LOL...

[PhilDragoo]

war against Iraq was inevitable but would ultimately only lead to more violence

War?

Violence?

Hey, George Putz Clooney, your head's up your heinie--

Saddam has killed, what, a million, million and a half?

Saddam gassed thousands of his own people--

So you fellate him as your "contribution"--

GEORGE CLOONEY IS PART OF SADDAM'S HAREM--
THE UGLY PART

[McCloud-Strife]

America's policies frustrate me," Clooney said.
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about Hollywood's anti-American policies. Only one thing George there are more of us t han there are of you, and we do happen to pay your salary by watching your tripe. You can be oppsed to the war, you can even hate America, but when you go to another country and speak out against your country you are going to far sir.
How about considering a move, I hear France can't beat anyone anymore and has policies in line with yours, it seems like a perfect match, hey t hey even make movies so you can still work.

[Mamzelle]

I have a fourth-string celebrity in my acquaintance spending his fortune down on "adventure travel", where he pretends to be Indiana Jones in Central America, complete with concierge and souvenir fedora. He's flirting with Buddhism, and starting to send out lectures to his circle on the inadvisability of confronting evil abroad. "Fatuous" is the perfect word.

[The Toad]

"Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties." -George Clooney

George, it didn't stop Clinton....

[madrastex]

We are POLITICALLY CORRECT, POLITICALLY CORRUPT, and POLITICALLY BANKRUPT.......
Thank you liberal media, Hollyweird, and all the G damn intellectual elites with their insufferable diversity. People immigrated here for the opportunities, and have a duty to assimilate!It is people like the Clintons' who have debased our country and speeded up the coarsening of America. A thousand deaths to scum like these.
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[Search4Truth]

Speaking of beating, I'd like to go a couple rounds with pretty boy. Just for grins.

[terrycr]

The best part of George Clooney must have run down his father leg!!

[finnman69]

I would like to know why the media even gives these people the time of day. George Clooney is an anti-american jerk!

Easy, this was a German television interview. Clooney likes hanging out with the Anti-American nazis and they like him as well.

[Search4Truth]

"It is people like the Clintons' who have debased our country and speeded up the coarsening of America. A thousand deaths to scum like these."

May a thousand fleas infest their armpits.

[zeaal]

>>>>Actor George Clooney frustrated by U.S. war drive<<<<

So What?

[nmh]

Why doesn't George Clooney and all the other loons go over to Iraq and be a human shield when the bombing begins? And if they survive that, next be a human shield when the ground troops roll in.

[Exit148]

A country who supports any terrorism against us, and would gladly annihilate us when it fine-tones its WMD, is not to be faced ------ because we fear revenge????

He should have passed his message to those terrorists who attacked us on 9/11!

Ah----- these play-time authorities. Who can we trust if we can't trust our actors? Isn't that what Sheryl/Cheryl Crow said? OWTTE.

[rs79bm]

[cake_crumb]

"Artists tend to be thrill-seekers, they need the high of absurd risks. They can only sustain love in the early stages of it, then run around saying that longterm love must be dull. Why--because it bores the so-easily bored."

Those are personality dosorders, not normal artistic traits. Beyond a slight weakness for sky diving, I'm not a thrill seeker, but my husband, who is not an artist, is a definite adrenelin addict. Our long time marriage is doing fine, and we're far from bored with each other.