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- kronix2, on 10/12/2007, -32/+154I am a Brit, and I can tell you that the only thing that's emboldened Iran is the invasion of Iraq.
We did Iran a HUGE favour by getting rid of their main enemy in the region. Now, Iran has a free hand to do things which they weren't in a position to do before. They've taken British sailors hostage because they know our involvement in Iraq means an invasion of Iran isn't possible.
What I take offence at is these right-wing lunatics using our soldiers as a political tool to smear Democrats. The British people fully understand that the Iraq war was our biggest foreign policy disaster in 50 years, not only because of what's happened in Iraq but because of how we've empowered Iran. They are now the main regional power in the Middle-East, along with Israel. The fault lies with George Bush, Tony Blair, and the other neo-cons and war hawks. Not the Democrats.
This "disagreeing with the President will embolden the enemy" line is pathetic as it is, without blaming the hostage situation on domestic dissenters. But then, what else can you expect from FOX News? - MAdaXe42, on 10/12/2007, -61/+169Have you ever considered that your country seems to adore entering illegal wars, and has nil respect for the sovereignty of other nations?
- junkalam, on 10/12/2007, -26/+96You sir are the exact reason why the whole world is pissed at the US. In your mind, the world is just a playground. Bomb X....change the regime in Y....yada yada yada. Do you even understand the concept of national sovereignty ? Do you acknowledge that not every nation in the world wants to be a carbon copy of the so called American Democracy ? I doubt it...
Don't get me wrong.... I love America. This country has provided me with opportunities that i could only dream of. But at some point, you gotta wake up & realize that what you think is good for other cultures isn't necessarily.
Case in point, just leave the rest of the world alone and maybe they will change there mind about strapping a bomb to themselves to blow you into oblivion.
*sigh* i wish this BS would just end..... - cl0r0x70, on 10/12/2007, -15/+81"Based on the responses, you'd think that Digg geeks are libs... It must be my imagination. Carry on."
You know, I used to think that too. But now I think that most fair-minded people of all political persuasions are starting to see the light and realize what a mistake we've made.
Case in point: I was recently at the hospital with my dad, and in the ER next to us I see an old guy (probably about 70-80). He's got a U.S. Army hat on, and a leather vest. On the back of the vest is a huge American flag that covers his entire back. On the front is a large patch: "Vietnam War Veteran." My father struck up a conversation, and we learned that he'd spent FORTY YEARS in the military, including multiple VOLUNTARY tours in Vietnam, 20 as special operations, and 20 doing combat correspondence as a reporter. This was in the middle of Kentucky.
What shocked me was when these words came out of the old man's mouth, completely out of the blue: "I sure feel bad for our boys over there. There's no way in hell we shoulda ever gotten in this mess."
I was blown away. This man was practically a stereotype of whom I envisioned a pro-War neocon to be, in the middle of a Red State. The fact that he felt he could make the comment to total strangers who'd shown him no political leanings one way or the other was even more telling.
When men like this are saying things like that, Bush is in deep political trouble. - swrostmore, on 10/12/2007, -21/+79Did anyone think the neo-conservative "fund sunni terrorist groups within Iran" policy wouldnt have consequences?
- dawg109, on 10/12/2007, -24/+73Hannity sucks and so do his fans. He can not have a conversation with anyone that disagrees with his point of view without being a rude b@st@rd and interupting them. He cant interview half the time without asking yes or no questions which means he is a controller and is allwayson the prol to control the interview to his advantage / pointof view. Yes and no answer questions are interview tactics when you have lost control of your venue!!!!!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+55Newsbreak: Fox News blames democrats for everything.
- d00ley, on 10/12/2007, -6/+43"Iran has sovereignty as long as they dont mess with Iraq (which they are doing)"
Does this apply to the US as well? Did we give up our own sovereignty when we messed with Iraq? - metalhead3767, on 10/12/2007, -12/+47One thing that I notice is that they will insult the person, or bring up some obscure thing that they said at an earlier time to defer from the issue they are talking about. They call O'Donnell a fat homosexual slob. What the hell does that have to do with British hostages?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+38And why not? It's easier than looking for actual causes. Plus, if you happen to be the one who's doing something wrong, all you have to do is say, "but...but...but Clinton!" and all will be forgiven.
- metalhead3767, on 10/12/2007, -9/+38Or just insult the person and call them a fat homosexual slob to take the attention away from the topic that was being discussed.
- lieutenantmudd, on 10/12/2007, -15/+40I remember listening to him on April Fool's Day a couple years ago. His joke was pretending to be won over to the Democratic side. He was just as convincing and good at being a Democratic hack as he is being a conservative hack. After that, I always wondered how conservatives could be loyal followers of his. He proved his arguments had nothing to do with conviction and passion, and everything to do with his dominating presence.
- demonotaku, on 10/12/2007, -4/+27Then why is it on Fox News Network??
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+29You fail completely at the internets. Please relinquish your tubes and dump trucks by 5:00 pm tomorrow evening or we'll have to send the goons after you.
- rnwen2750, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28Did you not see the pics? It was clearly Hillary steering the boat there. Right into the waters. Yup.
- BeefBaron, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24D00ley makes a damn good point.
- MageeMC, on 10/12/2007, -7/+27That'll teach me to post without watching the video first.
What can I say. I was wrong. - Loonacy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24Go watch the video. See the little spinny thingy at the bottom left corner that says FOX News?
- Malarie, on 10/12/2007, -11/+30You guys are all crying because 15 people got captured by Iran. I dont know about Fox CNN and other american media, but here in Canada, what we saw in the news was 15 people treated well and eating 3 to 4 meals a day.
Now, tell me, how many hostages Americans got in Guantanamo? We saw more than 15 being TORTURED on the pictures that were made public. I am sure no one of the 15 brits that got captured had to walk around naked and soiled with their own ***** just for the fun of Iranians soldiers.
Americans lost 3000 people on 911, this is very sad and I pray for all those families, but how many people did your army killed in Iraq since the begining of the war? How many innocents? Yes its a war, people are gonna die sadly, but is there 1 of you that can tell me exactly why the US invaded Iraq? Weapons of Mass Destructions?
None were found, why did the US army stayed there?
I am sorry, but Bush's administration are the real terrorists here.
i dont hate americans, i think they are the nicest people. The problem is their government. They want to destroy the world just so they can get richer. Bush = Lex Luthor minus the style. - MBX1, on 10/12/2007, -8/+27isn't it funny how hard, how ***** hard these corporate media bastards are trying to ridicule anybody who questions the government and their propaganda?
the only people that watch "faux-news" are some ignorant, dumb rednecks who will hopefully be enlightened soon. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23They don't hate us for our freedoms, they hate us for you.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+24Can there be more reasons to hate Sean Hannity?
http://www.hatehannity.com - Itazura, on 10/12/2007, -18/+36Of course Democrats had everything to do with the British Navy crossing into Iranian waters...makes...perfect...sense.
- thomasprebble, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23Not all Americans are bad, I've met a lot of great people from over there in my life. But come on fellas what the HELL is going on here? Terrorism has gotten WORSE since Bush's reign of terror and there are now parts of the world you simply cannot go without fear of being blown to pieces! Every one of Americas actions has an effect on the rest of us. And yet some have the guts to ask why America is so hated on the world stage.
- ZWash300, on 10/12/2007, -13/+30Hannity is nothing more than a Neocon coward who resorts to lies and personal attacks when confronted with the truth. Most of America knows that pulling the combat troops out of the volatile Middle East can only help matters, but he speaks for the remaining Bush supporters who think that staying and dying and creating more terrorists is the only way.
I never realized that you could get paid to be a complete tool on cable tv, but Hannity shows that it's possible. - Scottamus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22I agree, they really need to get on the ball with the impeachment hearing.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22"axis of evil"! lmfao! i think that should be changed to"countries who decided not to trade in dollars anymore"...it would be more accurate.
- gsadler82, on 10/12/2007, -11/+27How many hostages has the U.S. taken over, or what about Israel? Taking hostages isn't limited to the 'Axis of Evil'
- babar77, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19I don't think there is a better video clip in existence that illustrates the worst of the liberals and conservatives. This clip is the exact reason I stopped watching all the loud mouth talking heads on TV. I don't know how anyone can continue to watch this crap.
- kronix2, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23"That is not how geopolitics works. Iran sees weakness in the U.S./Britain. It is trying to take advantage of that weakness and influence you guys to pressure your government to give concessions on an important issue. In this case, it looks like its nuke issue, although there could be something else at play that we are not aware of."
How exactly would taking British sailors hostage force us to make concessions with regards to their nuclear programme or watering down of sanctions? This is a show of strength for the benefit of the rest of the region. The footage of our sailors "confessing" and asking the UK to leave Iraq was translated into Arabic and beamed across the wider Middle-East, but not inside Iran. They've shown that they're capable of capturing the "Little Satan's" sailors and that Britain is powerless to do anything except take it to the UN. They now want a quick and easy way out of the mess they've created, and have asked us to promise to refrain from entering Iranian waters again. They've climbed down without ever mentioning the nuclear programme. This is an exercise in propaganda, not a means to protect their nuclear programme or avoid sanctions.
"To equate this whole event on "Saddam vacuum" is dumb. If you want to know how this stuff really works, stop listening to the opposition politicians and media. They are not being genuine."
Do you live in the UK? These are the views of a large proportion of the ruling Labour Party. The main opposition party voted for and support the war. The "Saddam vacuum" is a view espoused by numerous British politicians, former ambassadors, university professors, Iranian intellectuals, analysts and people who are knowledgeable on the subject.
And what, pray tell, is the British media's agenda? This is the first time I've heard the media being accused of being disingenuous with regards to Iran. Care to explain? - digboy99, on 10/12/2007, -12/+27@kronix2
That is not how geopolitics works. Iran sees weakness in the U.S./Britain. It is trying to take advantage of that weakness and influence you guys to pressure your government to give concessions on an important issue. In this case, it looks like its nuke issue, although there could be something else at play that we are not aware of.
To equate this whole event on "Saddam vacuum" is dumb. If you want to know how this stuff really works, stop listening to the opposition politicians and media. They are not being genuine. - draebor, on 10/12/2007, -7/+21It is the job of Fox news to blame the Democrats for everything.
- DooM, on 10/12/2007, -27/+39Checkmate0 - there's so much to poke at here, I'll just whack away at the most asinine of your points:
"Janitor was offered Millions of dallors to shut up about the bombs he witnessed going off and he refused. First 5 minutes of the Video Below:"
Sooooo.. your claim is that a conspiracy of evil people plotted, schemed and succeeded at killing 3,000+ people. And THEN they thought "Whoa - better not kill a janitor to shut him up, let's offer him money and see if he'll go away..."
Which is only SLIGHTLY less stupid than a janitor rejecting millions of dollars.
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u - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17that whole clip was utter garbage. pure propaganda.investing any serious brain cycles into debating anything that was said by them is a waste because it's all *****.
- eriksanerd, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19Hannity sees a story and immediately questions: "How can we blame Democrats for this?"
- thesixthdesign, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16People just love to blame things on other people, don't they?
- Scottamus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Wow, I blame the voices in my head. We are kindred spirits.
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15...and it's all your fault!
- BeefBaron, on 10/12/2007, -10/+20I love how everyone nation is cracking the utter ***** at Iran holding 15 British servicemen, but noone cares that the US abducted 5 Iranian officials from the Iraq Embassy without reason in January (at least the Iranians have a plausible reason for this arrest).
I wish there were more nations who actually cared about how barbaric the US has become. They at least deserve some official criticism. - pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12yeah, some random person passing by the camera made the comment. not someone on fox new's payroll.
- bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -8/+17Is it just me or did Colmes come off as, dare I say it, kinda OK. Hannity and Cunningham came off as total conservative asswipes spewing their pro-war, pro-bush, shut up and let the president lead us into world democracy and if he fails blame the democrats and a lesbian TV host, but Colmes was actually rational and had some moral sense to him. I think I'll start watching Hannity and Colmes to see if he is always like this or if this is a one in a million FOX moment here.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+18Holy *****, what a spectacle, the US is coming apart at the seams.
- behn1220, on 10/12/2007, -11/+19If Colmes were to speak out to much I'm afraid he would lose his job. His current gig with Fox News is to play the mousy and weak Democrat that gets interrupted and quieted by the over barring Republican that has no time for or interest in facts. He is there to make Fox News seem "fair and balanced" but not to engage in actual or effective debate.
- GrenadeCandy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Are you serious?
"when Ann Coulter or Limbaugh says things that are not nearly as hyperbolic or damaging" [as Rosie]
Again, are you serious?
Coulter talked about carpet bombings and mass forced conversions! She has advocated the death of several people, including a Congressman and a Supreme Court Justice, but she's not as damaging as Rosie. Please.
Rosie O' Donnell is not saying anything that is violent towards anyone, or using threats. Or making fun of sick people like Rush Limbaugh does. She is expressing an opinion.
I also would not agree with you about other networks being Liberally biased. I can only think of one popular obvious Liberal on the main three and that is Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. But how many obvious Conservatives could I name on the same channels? Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck, Joe Scarborough, the list goes on.... - Xill, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14What a bunch of little devils. Again, no arguments, just bashing the person. 1984 is right here and only a few did see it coming. Even worse:
Bonaduce Says O'Donnell Should Be Hung On MSNBC:
http://digg.com/world_news/Bonaduce_Says_O_Donnell_Should_Be_Hung_On_MSNBC_2 - d00ley, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8You are right in that China is basically the financier of the war in Iraq and, when it comes down to it, they are the financier of the War on Terror. I can't help but wonder what their angle is. Perhaps they are just sitting back pulling strings so that Europe, the US, and the Middle East will just ***** each other up and then 20 years from now, the world will be easy pickins for China's pleasure.
- DutchGuilder, on 10/12/2007, -10/+17In the past 25 years the Iranian regime has taken over 1,000 hostages from many countries, not just the USA and UK. Taking hostages is just standard operating practice for the Iranian regime, and they keep doing it because it gets them the results they want.
- ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"with the backing of the CIA"
Yeah, because that worked so well in Iraq. - sith33, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11You're right in saying that, but according to the argument being made by the folks on the FOX show, "ABC must agree with Rosie if they're allowing her on their air" ... so by their own logic, FOX must agree with those pundits if FOX is allowing them on their air. Stupid headline, stupid pundits.
- rand8, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16Absolute crap
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