I just love these segments that Lt. Col. Oliver North has live from Iraq where he interviews the troops, gets their perspective on the war, and let’s them tell exactly what’s truly going on in Iraq. This segment was from Tuesday’s H&C.
I especially like the fact that Ollie’s true primary objective has appeared to me to be that he wants to give these troops a chance to say hello to their loved-ones back home. These guys are the ones the politicians should be listening to.
Watch Lance Corporal Andrew Colon with Ollie here.
I promised after publishing part #1 of Hannity’s interview with outgoing Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, that I’d post part #2 so here it is.
I can’t find a transcript for it, but it really doesn’t need any. Donald Rumsfeld is a thoughtful and eloquent man. Again, I think we’re losing a great American as he leaves.
Recently Ward Churchill spoke at the New School in NYC, and not only did he proceed to slam everything American, but also the college’s new president, Bob Kerrey, equating his Viet Nam military service to the homicidal maniac, Charles Manson. Sean had a secret camera there, recording the whole speech.
The guests on Hannity & Colmes discussing this included one of Churchill’s best buds, David Horowitz (just kidding, Mr. Horowitz), and author/journalist, Robert Dreyfuss.
Here’s what Churchill had to say on the tape:
WARD CHURCHILL, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR: Maybe it has something to do with 12- and 13-year-old Palestinian kids getting shot down in the street for the egregious offense of throwing a rock at an IDF soldier? There’s that little thing which is pretty well known about Israel being the 51st state in terms of funding and support. There’s that little thing about when that bullet strikes that Palestinian kid, the bullet was manufactured in Massachusetts at the Springfield Armory. There’s that little thing about where these helicopters come from, where those mini-guns come from, where those rockets come from.
Dreyfuss had this to say:
DREYFUSS: The fact is he made the most rational point you could make, which is that America’s support for Israel is, indeed, a motivating force for Muslim political anger at the United States and its Middle East policies.
HANNITY: That’s outrageous.
DREYFUSS: That’s not a controversial statement.
Excuse me? Motivating force for Muslim political anger at the United States? Muslim anger against western ideals began a VERY long time ago, and besides that… what are you suggesting? That we placate the Islamofascists so they’ll like us? That will never happen - not unless we convert to Islam or subjugate ourselves. You, sir, are quite deluded.
Nobody’s saying Whacko Ward should be denied his right to free speech, but there are also consequences to free speech, and some speech constitutes hate speech. It’s just sad this lunatic liberal bedwetter even has a following of people that would go to see his sorry ass.
Well, this is what NYT’s Frank Rich equated these current times with when asked about America’s current obsession with starlets and Hollywood tramps on The View today. He said that even during the Great Depression, people were so devastated, that they looked to Broadway and plays to take their minds off of how horrible life was. Huh?
He was on hawking his (old) book today, and it seemed as though he was going to talk about a wide variety of subjects, but as Barbara Walters pointed out, his book, “The Greatest Story Ever Sold,” “absolutely tears the Bush White House apart.” So therefore, he must go forth and bash Bush and talk about how bad the President is. It’s The View mandate apparently. Barbara also extols the importance of Rich’s opinions as a NYT’s writer because he writes about everything from pop culture to politics. Big whoop.
As they discussed how “bad” the war is going, and how we were misled and lied to to get into the war, and all the other typical “no WMD” leftist media crap, Rich also discussed about how Rumsfeld was “fired,” and then his memo was leaked, etc. Here’s a portion of the transcript:
Behar: Don’t you think the tipping point was Katrina, when the United States of American people saw….