George Clooney blasts Democrats on Iraq War

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[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]George Clooney has faulted Democrats for their timidity in the months before the start of the Iraq war, saying many party leaders muted their criticism of the Bush administration rather than risk being branded as unpatriotic.
"The fear of (being) criticized can be paralyzing. Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the run up to the war," Clooney said Monday in a profanity-laced posting on The Huffington Post blog site.
"In 2003, a lot of us were saying, `Where is the link between Saddam and bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11?'" Clooney wrote. "We have to agree that it's not unpatriotic to hold our leaders accountable and to speak out."
Clooney's latest films, "Syriana," for which he won an Oscar for best supporting actor, and "Good Night, and Good Luck," which he starred in and directed, have been viewed as critiques of the state of U.S. policy domestically and overseas.
"Good Night, and Good Luck" focuses on CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's battles with Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the communist witch hunt in the 1950s. In the Web posting, Clooney, 44, said, "When you hear Murrow say, `We mustn't confuse dissent with disloyalty' ... it's like he's commenting on today's headlines."

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[Henoch]

George Clooney is a very sexy man. So yes, i agree with whatever he has to say.

 

[Big Dick McGee]

George Clooney is an actor, who is paid vast sums of money to pretend. If you're getting your political commentary from Clooney, you're just plain dumb.

 

[Laker_Girl]

George Clooney has an over inflated ego and is a politcal moron. I refuse to watch old episodes of Rosanne or Facts of Life that he is in.

George Clooney ruins everything.

 

[Henoch]

^^^Get a room you 2 used up old douche bag Republicans!!

 

[Number_6]

Actually, Clooney has come out saying that Huffington simply strung some of his quotes together and presented it as Clooney's writing.

Nice big controversy between two douchebags.

 

[BlazerBoy]

Even if it isn't real, its still right on the money. If the Democrats weren't spineless politicians with only their re-election seats on their minds, the country would be in better shape today.