A feeble attempt to back-track from his original statement!!

what happened Tony? did the sales of your CD start tanking?

I hated his original statement, and hated him for it.  I commented profusely in the original mediaite thread.

However, whatever he truly believes, his apology says the right things, and without the usual BS blame the listener a lot of phony apologies have (“I’m sorry some people interpreted it as…”).

I’m inclined to give an older veteran the benefit of the doubt and accept the apology…

Playing nice here Lee? Almost miss you. sarc/on

Not bad over here (50% Cons – 50% Libs), especially having no “J-Cat” and her ignorance helps to make a big difference!!

Though, I’m sure many over there predicted I would get a “sock puppet” and come back, that’s not happening… only one Leedog and that dog has found a new home!!  =)

Good luck and come back to visit soon… no sarcasm intended!!

To late Tony.

All he suggested was America’s presence in the middle east is the reason fundemental islam hates us- not because of the false claim “they hate our freedoms”.  He’s right. What a load of sh*t all this is.

Then why does Obama keep escalating wars there?

Tony you didn’t ‘suggest’ anything, pal.  You FLAT OUT said we were RESPONSIBLE for the dastardly attack on thousands of innocent AMERICANS.  Apology not accepted…sorry.

Baccccck, back, back,back,back, baccccccck….

2 likes in one day, the world is good for Leedog. Bye

you’re probably right, but it’s hard to so quickly and easily take back equating Americans with terrorists by saying “who are the real terrorists?” it seems his true colors showed and has now learned to smile and be quiet as a celebrity. just don’t think i’ll look at him the same

He didn’t equate Americans with terrorists, he equated U.S. foreign policy with terrorists. There’s an enormous difference there, so please stop twisting things to justify your outrage.

And I guarantee most of you would agree with him if there were a Democrat in the WH at the time.

Hey Mediaite…. why sould Tony Bennett apologize?  It’s his opinion.  Should Pat Boone apologize?  You really didn’t give any opinion in your piece on that?  Funny, you only seem to get worked/opinionated up when a conservative is aggrieved??? Odd??? 

Dear God it’s like you people live in a bubble.

Take 5 mins to research American foreign policy and if you can’t see the link
between it and 9/11 then there is no helping you.

You can’t just bury your head in the sand and say America was attacked because ‘they’
“hate freedom” and paint the whole thing in a good vs evil context and leave it at that.

Tony Bennett’s original statement was accurate but he has had to back track
because America
is not mature enough to have a debate about the reasons behind 9/11 and the
country’s unpopularity around the world. Let alone alter America’s long
standing extreme foreign policy.

Tony, in 1950-51, Hank Williams wrote a song called “Cold, Cold Heart” that was one of yout biggest hits!  Your statement blaming the United States for the September 11, 2001, attacks which you made to Howard Stern proves that you do indeed have a “Cold, Cold Heart.”  How do you explain to the families of all of the victims of the September 11 attacks, that you blame the United States for the death of their loved ones, solely because you are a pacifist?  That does not make any sense!  A true pacifist would condemn the attacks!  You, as a pacifist should condemn the attackers and not the country of the victims.  Do you condemn the 40 heroes on Flight 93 who stormed the cockpit and tried to prevent the hijackers from crashing the plane into the Capitol Building?  We will honor their memory forever!  You would condemn them for storming the cockpit!  You would say, “let us not be violent and permit these poor mis-treated Muslims to crash the plane into the Capitol and kill as many people as possible.” If you want us to believe that you are truly sorry, join former President Clinton and Speaker John Boehner in helping raise the 10 million dollars necessary to complete the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Give a percentage of your new CD to the Memorial!   Condemn Islamic extremists who continue to try to kill us.  Thank you for your service in World War II, but that does not give you the right to stick a knife in the hearts of the families of the victims of September 11, 2001.  Apology (which really does not sound like one), NOT ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think we should all contribute to a fund to deport Tony to the tribal areas on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan!  His fans in the United States can still buy his CD’S, but he will have to record his songs in a cave to avoid detection by the taliban.  Who knows?  It may improve the sound quality!

First, he must support the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.  A percentage of the royalties on his new CD would be nice.  Secondly, he must condemn Islamic extremism!  Any problem with that?  I have not heard a pacifist express an excuse for terrorism other than Tony.  Third, he must express support for our brothers and sisters in Israel!  Or should, they just lay down their arms and be “pushed into the sea?”

Stop making pathetic excuses for verbal BS that  has no basis in reality! The Islamic Extremist Terrorists were responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks just as the Empire of Japan was responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor.  On December 7, 1941, there was a Democrat in the White House.  America rallied around him.  If President Clinton had still been President on September 11, 2001 (Or former Vice-President Al Gore for that matter), America would have rallied around them.  According to the thinking of you and Tony Bennett, the Japanese were not responsible for Pearl Harbor.  It was their “foreign policy.”  Hitler did not kill 6 million Jews.  It was “German domestic policy.”  Either way, we had to destroy Japan and Germany.  We also have to destroy the Islamic terrorists before they kill us.

Awww, i’m sorry that your asinine, uneducated opinions are only shared by the mentally ill, and when said out loud have to be taken back in order to fend off the natural inclination most adult human beings with a heart and functioning brains have to beat you over the head with a cinder block.

Life is rough for you fucking liberal nutcases, I know. And trust me, I really pity you.

Calm down Larry. Have a bagel and some lox.

Certainly some concrete act of contrition would go a long way.  I wouldn’t dictate his views on Israel, for example, but something concrete to honor the victims of 9/11 would certainly be a good choice. 

There’s a drum circle in the Castro District waiting for you, sir. Be sure to show up naked and drenched in patoulli.. liberal freak.

Tom Bennett, are you related to Tony?  You might as well be.  What is your solution?  Should we not have liberated Kuwait?  The Middle Easterners leaders asked us to.  Should we abandon Israel and witness another holocaust?  Are you mad because we liberated Afghanistan from the taliban?  Tell that to the Afghans, especially the wormen!  Should we not have toppled Sadam Hussein who committed genocide against the Shiites and Kurds?  Tell that to the Shiites and Kurds!  Should Nato (i.e. the US) not have gone into Libya?  The Arab League asked Nato for help!  Tell Tony that pacifism is a legitimate point of view only if you apply it to both sides.  His one-sided approach is unaccptable. 

He is trying to insure that America is not attacked again!  Exterminate the rodents before they have chance to invade your home.

WW2 could give someone a cold cold heart plus he’s old plus he apologized.  You’re one to talk about a cold cold heart.

So when will Pat Boone apologize for being a racist, pathological liar and a pile of crap?

What he said was stupid. But I would’ve respected him if he stood his ground. these bullshit apologies get old.

 I disagree Tennessee, doing all that is very acceptable.  You’re just too brainwashed to see that. 

So you really think they attacked us for our freedoms?  10 years later, we lost our freedoms yet they still hate us.  There goes your theory. 

None of the people that attacked us on 9/11 came from countries we’re occupying or bombing.  How the hell are we exterminating the rodents before they have any chance to invade our home?  All we did was give them 2 nice targets in Iraq and Afghanistan to wage their never ending Jihad which also brought down the Soviets.  They’re not rodents, they’re roaches.  They’ll never go away.  Don’t you get that?

You do realize that Tony Bennett said the same thing as Ron Paul, right?

If that is Tony Bennett’s opinion, why is he backtracking?  Could he be afraid that nobody will buy his CD?  The Department of Defense should buy as many Tony Bennett albums as are available and give them to the taliban!  The prisoners at Guantanamo Bay should be forced to listen to Tony’s music 24/7!

Sorry but if you’re a WW2 vet, you could make outlandish remarks and expect for people to accept your apology.  It’s the LEAST we could do for them.

Right, they attacked us for our “freedoms”.  LOL

 No one buys CDs bud.

I wouldn’t have apologized either.  I would’ve said I put my ass on the line for this country during WW2 so I have the right to say what I want.  It’s my right.  I EARNED that right.

Tony, what a dumb, careless, cruel thing to say.  Your musical legacy is now stained.  You will not be remembered in a favorable light unless you something a bit more substantive than simply backpedal.  

LOL

Not voting for either of them. ;)

Tell that to the families of the victims of the attacks.  If a World War II Veteran commits a murder, we do not recognize “Service in World War II” as a legitimate defense!  He has earned the right to be a pacifist.  He has even earned the right to preach the gospel of Osama Bin-Ladin! In response, we have the freedom to urge all Americans to condemn him and not buy his recordings

Yes, but Ron Paul is not asking Americans to buy a recording of him singing with Amy Winehouse.  He is asking us to vote for him, which I respectfully decline to do.  Based on the polls, most Americans are joining me.

I disagree with you.  That is typical isolationist thinking.  If we just roll over and play dead, nobody will ever hurt us.  If we want them to like us, give them what they want.  Think about it.  All we have to do is bring home all US troops and abandon Israel to a 21st Century holocaust!  Gee, what could possibly go wrong?  P.S. They may be roaches, but check the phone book.  Roaches can be exterminated as well as rodents!

I do not agree with Pat Boone, but his stupid remarks did not cause pain and heartache for thousands of families who lost their loved ones on September 11, 2001!

Why do you apologists always insist bad behavior is justified by previous bad behavior?

I have a cold cold heart?  On September 11, 2001, our daughter was working as the Office Manager for a United States Congressman on Capitol Hill.  She is happily married and a mother today, but had it not been for the courageous heroes of Flight 93, she could have been one of the many victims of that tragic and terrible day. We are a lucky family, but thousands of others are not so lucky.  Tony Bennett was an icon of American music. He has disgraced himself by sticking a knife into the hearts of these families. His backtracking statement only twists the knife and causes more pain.  P.S. What you call his apology was drafted by some “crisis management consultant” hired by his album producers.

And did you complain about your boy Barry helping blow the shit out of brown skinned people in Libya? Your side is so full of double standards it is hilarious.

Tell that to the families of the victims of the attacks.  If a World War II Veteran commits a murder, we do not recognize “Service in World War II” as a legitimate defense!  He has earned the right to be a pacifist.  He has even earned the right to preach the gospel of Osama Bin-Ladin! In response, we have the freedom to urge all Americans to condemn him and not buy his recordings

Tennessee, The Al Qaeda organization attacked us on 9/11.  This organization was created by Osama Bin Laden specifically because of our military and political interference in middle eastern countries, which occurred long before the 9/11 attacks.  We were told repeatedly by Osama that if we didn’t take our military presence out of the middle eastern countries they would attack us.  If you can’t see a link between our foreign policies and the 9/11 attacks, you are extremely naive.  And your comments about “how can you say that to the victims” is also naive.  What should we do?  Lie to them?  Stating the true fact that our foreign policy had some bearing on the attack on us is in no way disrespectful to any survivors, nor to anyone such as the people who took down Flight 93.  The link between our foreign policies and 9/11 just happens to be a fact, and your attempts to point out that anyone who states this fact is unpatriotic is ignorant.  They don’t hate us because of our freedoms; they hate us because of our political interference and our military occupations of their countries.

Now if only Pat Boone had the decency, like Tony Bennett, to apologize for his birther remarks, we’d all be in a better place.

Tennessee, Get off the “pain and heartache for the victims” bandwagon.  What Tony said about the reason we were attacked was the truth, and is easily researched by anyone who wants to put a little effort into it.  Do you think the victims are better served by being lied to?  If I was in their shoes, I would much prefer being told the truth, rather than being spoon-fed a lie in an attempt to spare my feelings.

What Tony said about the reason we were attacked was the truth, and is
easily researched by anyone who wants to put a little effort into it. 
The Al Qaeda organization attacked us on 9/11.  This organization was created specifically by Osama Bin Laden because of our military and political involvement in middle eastern countries, long before they attacked us, and Osama told us repeatedly that they would attack if we didn’t remove our military from the countries they consider “holy land”.  Anyone who thinks our interventionist foreign policies had nothing to do with 9/11 is naive.  They don’t hate us because of our freedoms; they hate us because of our military and political interference in their countries, which has been going on for decades.  Do you think the victims are better served by being lied to?  If I was
in their shoes, I would much prefer being told the truth, rather than
being spoon-fed a lie in an attempt to spare my feelings.

what ever

I understand perfectly well that we were attacked because the terroritsts did not like our foreign policy and the manner in which we implemented it in the Middle East.  The question is:  Was our policy right or wrong?  My answer is that it was right!  We were and are right to support Israel!  We were right to liberate Kuwait.  The Saudi Royal Family gave us permission to station our troops in Saudi Arabia before, during and after the Gulf War.  We should have gone all the way to Baghdad in 1991, bur President Bush had formed a coaltion with almost evey middle eastern county by promising that we would not do so.  Yes, Osama Bin Laden did not like the fact that we had troops stationed in Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia wanted us there and we were right to be there.  That base allowed us to save the Kurds and Shiites in Iraq from a genocide inflicted by Saddam after the war. Then Bin Laden and Al Qaeda attacked out troops in Somalia.  What did we do?  We ran. Same story with the Kobar Towers in 1996, the U.S. Embassies in 1998 and the U.S. Cole in 2000.  Our basic foreign policy was right!  If we had withdrawn our support from Israel, there would have been a war and a genocide if the arabs had won.  Bin Laden would have been thrilled.  If we let Saddam keep Kuwait and invade Saudi Arabia, Bin Laden would have been thrilled.  He would have been so thrilled that September 11, 2001 might not have happened.  Does that mean that there would have been no war and no bloodshed?  Eventually we have to face the problem and not ignore it.  We ignored the rise of Germany and Japan in the 1930′s claiming that what they did was none of our business.  By the time we were forced to act we lost many more thousands of men than we had to, and we failed to prevent the holocaust and the Rape of Nanking.  When evil goes on the march, we must confont it!  No appeasement!  P.S.  Before September 11, 2001, we were not occupuing any middle eastern countries, except in Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the Royal Family.

Read my comment above. 

Tennessee, I don’t agree with very much of what you posted concerning whether we were right or wrong in our middle eastern foreign policy.  There’s always going to be justification for what we do if you listen to the people who want your support, but we’ve been lied to and provided false justifications for lots of ill-advised ventures, from Vietnam to the present.   I look at what we’ve accomplished in Iraq and it sickens me.  Aside from the thousands who have been killed and wounded, both ours and theirs, we have succeeded in almost bankrupting our country, made defense contractors rich, destroyed the infrastructure in Iraq and then provided contractors with no-bid contracts costing billions in order to rebuild what we destroyed.  And what’s the result?  Of course Saddam was a brutal dictator, but he was the primary opposing force to Iran in the area,  governing over a Sunni controlled nation.  Now, after our intervention, Iraq is a Shiite controlled government, and will be on the fast track to becoming an ally of Iran after we leave.  Of course, it was a democratically elected government that put the Shiites in control, but democratically elected governments don’t always work out as planned.  Look at Hamas.  As long as we continue our military involvement in Iraq and/or Afghanistan, we will continue to create more hatred of our foreign policies, and will create more terrorists than we kill.  All of this is a little bit off point though, because my response to your post was that our involvement in the middle east was partly responsible for the attacks on 9/11.  I stand by that statement.  Your comments that our middle eastern policies were right don’t take away one whit from the fact that those policies, right or wrong, played a part in the 9/11 attacks, and refusing to own up to that fact because you think it is hurtful to the victims is dishonest to everyone involved.

Name-calling is a damn good debate tactic. Well played, sir.

“All of this is a little bit off point though, because my response to your post was that our involvement in the middle east was partly responsible for the attacks on 9/11.  I stand by that statement.  Your comments that our middle eastern policies were right don’t take away one whit from the fact that those policies, right or wrong, played a part in the 9/11 attacks, and refusing to own up to that fact because you think it is hurtful to the victims is dishonest to everyone involved.”

I agree with you that Osama Bin Laden and Al Quaeda did not approve our policies in the middle east.  That led, in part, to the September 11 attacks. I have never refused to own up to that fact. What is hurtful to the families of the victims, however,  is that Tony Bennett and those of his persuasion, imply that we got what we deserved and that the terrorists’ point of view as to why they killed 3000 innocent victims should be taken into consideration. It is the type of nonsense I would expect to hear from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a very bitter man, and not an American music icon like Tony Bennett.  I think we just have to agree to diagree about whether or not our policies were right.  I say they were right. Mistakes may have been made in the implementation of our policies,(we sure as hell should have sent more troops into Iraq), but the policies themselves were correct and remain so to this day.  I respect your right and the rights of others to disagree. 

Your insecurities are showing

Osama Bin Laden was very clear that the reason for 9/11 was our support of Israel. It’s a matter of record. Why should anyone be offended that Bennett pointed out the obvious ?

He was right and history is lost on most of you. If America was treated like we treat others then you would have something to cry about.

That is factually incorrect.  You’re stating the buzzwords of recent history only.  Going back to the 1980′s (see, for example, Robert Stethem) Islamic jihadists have been targeting this country because we don’t hate Israel.  Previous to that, they hated us just for other made-up reasons.  In other words, their excuses change based on the political climate of the “day.”  BTW, I’m a Pentagon survivor.  When we got hit, the only surprise for me was that it hadn’t occurred sooner.

Tony Bennett’s new hit song:

“I Left My Brains in San Francisco.”

Tony Bennett’s new hit song:

“I Left My Brains in San Francisco.”

“Why should anyone be offended that Bennett pointed out the obvious?”

So, let me point out the obvious to you.

You are an asshole.

And a shill for bin Laden the mass-murderer.

Now do us all a favor and go off and croak somewhere.

war-war war—praise jesus…hate-killing—hate–killing–yea–praise the lord–hate hate hate–kill kill kill–praise jesus–hypocrites

war-hate-war-hate –praise jesus…hate-killing—hate–killing–yea–praise the lord–hate hate hate–kill kill kill–praise jesus–hypocrites

I am sorry now that the Nazis didn’t shoot Bennett’s ass.

He isn’t worth dogshit off the bottom of my shoe.

war-hate-war hate–hurrah to the pro-life crowd–praise jesus…hate-killing—hate–killing–yea–praise the lord–hate hate hate–kill kill kill–praise jesus–hypocrites

war-hate-war hate–hurrah to the pro-life crowd–praise jesus…hate-killing—hate–killing–yea–praise the lord–hate hate hate–kill kill kill–praise jesus–hypocrites

war-hate-war hate–hurrah to the pro-life crowd–praise jesus…hate-killing—hate–killing–yea–praise the lord–hate hate hate–kill kill kill–praise jesus–hypocrites

war-hate-war hate–hurrah to the pro-life crowd–praise jesus…hate-killing—hate–killing–yea–praise the lord–hate hate hate–kill kill kill–praise jesus–hypocrites

“Yes, but Ron Paul is not asking Americans to buy a recording of him singing with Amy Winehouse.”

Tony is singing with Dead Amy?

She’s really dead, and now maybe his career will be.

Where exactly did i insist bad behavior (9/11) was justified by previous bad behaviour (ie American foreign policy)?

Of course its not justified. However if you are to ever understand why it happened and hopefully make it less likely to happen again you have to look at the reasons behind it happening in the first place.

You know there are drugs, legal drugs  that are out that would help you.  Please…get a grip and try them.

You are so full of B.S. Glutton Gut.  Both are OLD losers…just like you.

He said that we were bombing them first…and they just retaliated.  That is just an outright lie.

God…here he goes again.  Drooling….soiling his Depends.

Are you suggesting that Navy Seal Team 6 did not do the right thing?  Are you suggesting that we should abandon Israel to a 21st Century holocaust?  Listen to what Bennett actually said and he did not mention Israel. 

No it IS NOT.  He’s in the public eye, hawking his newest musical effort and making foolish ant-American statements.  How does the families of all the dead Americans feel about that.  It doesn’t matter that he is old and senile.  His “handlers” shouldn’t let him out in public.  Just let him sing and tell him to shut the hell up.

Your stupidity is showing , Ken.

Please….somebody wheel Old Joe back to the retirement home. It’s time for his nappy-poo.

Hell no….because he isn’t, you asswipe.

You are as big a fool as mr.benett….are you as old too?

This is the second time you have posted the Exact SAME words.  You are just  a self-serving liberal that would do anything to ruin this country.  We will ALWAYS protect Israel against the raghead, run kissers.

Well thought-out analysis. And they say working-class conservatives are stupid…. tsk tsk. 

Forgive Tony Bennett.  He is a senile, old man.  From a senile, old man.  LOL!

One thing I can see you have going for you, you are a consistent pain in the ass.

What was that? Your impression of a chain saw?

he said “who are the real terrorists?” that. means. people, not a policy. and a country ruled by the people, if we don’t stop the foreign policy, then we condone it. hence, it’s on us, genius. 

and it would depend on a president responds when the US is attacked for me to judge if i agree or not. not as assuming as you in many ways, apparently

As an American you need to wake up & listen to what he’s saying & not selfishly just think of the 3000 killed in the attacks on your soil but the 100′s of thousands who have been killed in the carpet bombing attacks by the US since G Bush senior’s time as president….

I’m pretty shocked to see some of the comments on Mediate regards Tony Bennett s comment. It’s sad that some of you cant respond to the question’s related to the unfortunate events of 9/11 with some constructive criticism plus, what about free speech ? I guess by the responses seen here, free speech is only for those who agree with what you believe in.
Isn’t that Fascist ….. SAD

Senile he may be but hey, you’ve got to be able to handle the truth, He’s telling the truth it as it is & people on this thread find it hard to swallow, even if it seems unpatriotic. Just a little bit of research if done by those on here would enlighten them a bit to realize what’s going on….

This guy shouldn’t have apologized. 9/11 did happen because of our Foreign Policy.

Ignorance is bliss they say.

What you said was stupid. Tony Bennett only told the truth

You’re so dumb and everyone who likes your statement is an inbred.

I guess that makes since, after all you and most Americans are as silly as they come.

Everything you said is bullshit and an utter waste of time, you sir are a moron.