Oliver Stone on Bush, Cheney, and Iraq

Posted by: ST on August 8, 2006 at 10:36 pm

While discussing his new film World Trade Center with the LATimes’ Patrick Goldstein, here’s what Oliver Stone had to say about Bush, Cheney, and Iraq:

Stone’s political views are as outspoken as ever. “I’ve traveled the world and seen it everywhere — we lost the trust of the world,” he says. “So now we have more death from terror, not less. Not to mention a constitutional breakdown.”

Startled, I asked, “Who had a constitutional breakdown?” Stone’s eyes widened. “America, that’s who!” he says. “You know, there’s a great line from ‘Alexander’: ‘Conquer your fear and you will conquer death.’ That’s what the heroes of our film and the rescuers did on 9/11. But since then, we haven’t fought smartly. We’ve fought stupidly. We’ve overreached.”

Stone rattles off a list of countries that have successfully fought terrorism in recent history. “We had something to learn from them, but we ignored them. We didn’t have to go to war in Iraq when the enemy was really 4,000 Al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan. If we had successfully hunted down Bin Laden, we could’ve finished him off and most people would’ve still been with us.”

He’s on a roll now. “It was hard for us Vietnam vets to see Iraq creep up on us, just the way Vietnam did. I really believe if Bush or Cheney had fought in a war they wouldn’t have put us through all the pain and suffering. I have three kids, including a 21-year-old son. Are they going to be Stealth jet pilots, like those guys in ‘Why We Fight,’ smiling after they’ve dropped the first bombs in Iraq?”

Why am I having Michael Moore flashbacks?

Hat tip: KLO at NRO

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6 Responses to “Oliver Stone on Bush, Cheney, and Iraq”

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  1. Big Bang Hunter says:

    - ST – All the endless words, writing’s, and rhetoric boils down to one fact. They’re simply scared.

    - Bang **==

  2. camojack says:

    As they say, leopards don’t change their spots.

  3. Drewsmom says:

    As if oliver stone, one of the biggest conspiracy therorists, is relevent, and by the way the movie is getting bad reviews — who da thunk?@-)

  4. Lorica says:

    TOOO SOOON!!!!! Ohhh sorry was thinking I was seeing the other movie about 9/11. LOL :) Stone is just another laughable Lefty. Did he take lessons from BJ, on how to avoid answering a question?? Here take alook at this part of the article.
    The question:
    Startled, I asked, “Who had a constitutional breakdown?”

    The answer:
    Stone’s eyes widened. “America, that’s who!” he says. “You know, there’s a great line from ‘Alexander’: ‘Conquer your fear and you will conquer death.’ That’s what the heroes of our film and the rescuers did on 9/11. But since then, we haven’t fought smartly. We’ve fought stupidly. We’ve overreached.”

    You know I am not a super genius movie maker, but where is the defense of the answer?? America had a constitutional breakdown because there is a great line in the movie Alexander??? Hello Oliver???? That makes NO SENSE!!!! Also that was the stupidest line I ever heard since Tango & Cash, when Stallone said that Rambo was a @@@@@. These guys really need to start to realize how un-important they really are when it comes to politics.

    Also getting back to the whole constitutional breakdown statement. The only breakdown is when the idiotic leftists on the SCOTUS, start to look to Europe to answer questions about the Constitution. They should be tarred and feathered.

    Ok enough about me, has anyone seen this movie??? – Lorica

  5. NC Cop says:

    I guess the benefit of having a president who never served in the military at all, like Clinton is that he can watch soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines get murdered all over the globe and he doesn’t feel inclined to do anything about it at all.

    That’s a much better plan.

  6. Marshall Art says:

    And in which branch of the military did FDR serve? That D-Day thing went off without a hitch, didn’t it?