O'Reilly: U.S. should leave Iraq "as fast as humanly possible"

[sabra]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200602220007

O'Reilly: U.S. should leave Iraq "as fast as humanly possible" because "there are so many nuts in the country"


Summary: Bill O'Reilly suggested that the United States "hand over everything to the Iraqis as fast as humanly possible" because "here are so many nuts in the country -- so many crazies -- that we can't control them." O'Reilly has previously called those advocating immediate withdrawal from Iraq "pinheads" and compared them to Hitler appeasers.
During the February 20 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly suggested that the United States "hand over everything to the Iraqis as fast as humanly possible" because "here are so many nuts in the country -- so many crazies -- that we can't control them." O'Reilly then claimed that the "big mistake" was actually "the crazy-people underestimation."


As Media Matters for America has documented, during a November 30, 2005, appearance on NBC's Today, O'Reilly called those advocating immediate withdrawal from Iraq "pinheads" and compared them to Hitler appeasers.

O'Reilly's comments followed his mention of a report regarding Karbala, a province in the Shiite-controlled Iraqi south. O'Reilly falsely claimed that "the mayor of Karbala ... has banned any further government dealings with the American military in his province." In fact, according to a February 20 Associated Press report, the Karbala governing council suspended contact with U.S. forces "until U.S. forces apologize" for their behavior during a recent visit to the governor's office. The Karbala provincial spokesman complained that "U.S. soldiers brought dogs inside the building," which was "considered an insult by the council," and "blocked roads leading to the governor's office, preventing council members and the governor from parking cars outside the building." While the AP reported the Karbala spokesman's specific complaints, O'Reilly characterized the complaints as "the mayor of Karbala" alleging that U.S. soldiers were "not behaving well."

[mac56]

1. Flip.

Flop.

[Lerkfish]

2. oh, sure, NOW he says that.

after basically calling cindy sheehan a whore for suggesting the same thing.

[ThomCat]

5. Of course.

Because he's entitled to his opinion, even if it changes for no apparent reason. And he's always right, no matter what his opinion is today.

But anybodye he disagrees with, even temporarily, is an imbecile and a traitor.

Didn't you get the memo from God?

:eyes:

[gatorboy]

3. I was about to say!

He seemed pretty irate about the whole "cut and run" thing not too long ago.

Can we call him "Cut n' Run" Billy now?

[tgnyc]

Bush losses O'Reilly? Holy shit.

[hippiechick]

4. oh, sure --

.... the US can invade Iraq and raise holy hell, turn the country into a friggin' disaster zone and abuse who and whatever they feel like, but when the people start fighting back (and each other) because they're just fucking frustrated and SICK of us being there, then we should 'leave'?

No Billy Boy, your macho fearless punkass drunk-in-chief George started this mess, and now he gotta fix what he done broke.

[Dr.Phool]

6. Why that fucking librul!

Why does he hate America so much?:crazy:

[FreedomAngel82]

27. He's unhinged and looney!

[stop the bleeding]

7. Uh oh, Rove must be super pissed at this one n/t

[tanyev]

8. Hey, Bill, what about the money that was pledged to send you there?

You should feel very comfortable among all those nuts and crazy-people.

[democrat_patriot]

9. Is he going to end up on his own list?

What an asshead.

[zbdent]

10. Jean Schitt, er, Schmitt should get on the House floor

and call him a "cut and run" coward . . .

[BringEmOn]

11. Did he just receive his draft notice?

[stewert]

12. Un-American........

Now O'Reilly is an un-American liberal traitor, lol. He will have to add himself to his own liberal blacklist.

He is calling for exactly what Jack Murtha called for, but when Murtha called for it O'Reilly said he was a Bush hating un-American idiot.

Now suddenly it's a good idea because he supports it, can you spell hypocrisy.

[twaddler01]

20. I smell it!

:eyes:

[killbotfactory]

13. CUT N RUN, CUT N RUN!

COWARD! PINHEAD! APPEASER! WHY DO YOU HATE OUR TROOPS?!?!?

[Hubert Flottz]

14. Is he on the shit Rush takes?

[Maru Kitteh]

15. Well there you have it! Crazy people underestimation

who could have known? Thank goodness we have 'ol Bill to tell us what's what.

[combat rock]

16. It may actually be...

that the loofa fell out of his head. *finally*

I see it as an awakening on Bill's part, and should be applauded - given that he apologizes to all the people he insulted over the past three years who held this same opinion.

[Disturbed]

17. The Neo Fascist Regime must fix what they broke?

No freakin' way will that happen. The Iraq Reconstruction Billions got handed over to, anybody's guess who got those Billions. $9 billion is unaccounted for, just missing. Bush Regime says no more money for Iraq Reconstruction just for the Occupation. Gotta make sure that oil is protected.

[combat rock]

18. Ah, but they went in...

without a contingency plan. Now look what it got us... Iraq on the brink of civil war, lower U.S. opinion throughout the world, militant groups gaining control in Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria - the whole M.E. Oh, Mission Accomplished indeed.

O/t: That building really is beautiful. It's a shame it stands only for American greed now.

ETA: We know what our money was used for - lining the pockets of Bush Croneys Inc. Anyone that needs that pointed out to them nowadays really isn't paying attention or they just don't care. I'm merely stating this for the benefit of republicans who visit this thread.

[twaddler01]

19. perfect time to leave

just when things get worse.....this is sad

[UTUSN]

21. Could humanity leave O'LOOFAH as soon as humanly possible? n/t

[alphafemale]

22. Wow. Is he going to scream at himself to "SHUTUP!" ?

Is this for real?

[Katherine Brengle]

24. LMAO!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Katherine Brengle]

23. they're falling apart! i can't believe it's finally happening--and over

a stupid ports deal... (I don't really think it's stupid, but it is not as big as a lot of other things they let go...)

[Oilwellian]

25. Flip flop flip flop

On edit: I just googled flip flop to get a pic of flip flops and realized the site I pulled these from was actually a really cool website on Bush flip flops. Just click the pic for the next one to appear. :D

http://www.seanbonner.com/flipflop/

[FreedomAngel82]

26. Now he does

:eyes: So why the change? So now he's a pinhead Hitler appeaser.

[hopeisaplace]

28. How can someone this rich be this STUPID.

I'm so confused as to how this guy gets an audience...omg
that's frustrating. I could NEVER watch this guy. He's
brainless.


edit: I agree with leaving Iraq, but his flip flopping and
rationalization for this, is what makes me :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[The Walrus]

29. bandwagon jumper

waste of flesh and air.

O'Leilly Eats it.

[CAG]

30. kick... this is too rich. Does Bill consider himself a librul traitor now