Hannity: 'The Iraqis ... need to pay us back for their liberation. Every single solitary penny'

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Hannity's 'little idea': 'The Iraqis ... need to pay us back for their liberation. Every single solitary penny'

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/hannitys-little-idea-iraqis-need-pay

By David Neiwert Saturday May 08, 2010 3:00pm



Sean Hannity was on quite a roll last night. First he suggested President Obama step down. Then, in a later segment, he actually contended that Iraq owes the United States all the money we spent on invading and occupying it for the past seven years:

Hannity: I've actually had an idea -- no one listens to little ol' Sean Hannity. But I'm like -- I think the Iraqis, with all their oil resources, need to pay us back for their liberation. Every single solitary penny. Because we really need --

Johnson: I really thought that from the beginning. I thought that that was kind of, part of the equation.

Hannity: It should have been part of the deal.

Johnson: Should have been part of the deal.

Hannity: I think it should be now. I think they owe us a lot for that.

Yeah, I bet the families of the estimated 100,000-plus innocent civilians who we "liberated" from their existence on the planet would be more than happy to "pay us back."

Especially considering that no one in Iraq asked for us to liberate them -- we just did it on our own, illegally and under false pretenses.

It's true that Dick Cheney and Co. envisioned using the proceeds from the oil money they believed would soon be flowing through American auspices in Iraqi oil fields would cover the costs of the war -- and of course, that money never materialized, leaving American taxpayers holding the bag.

Funny how Hannity developed a case of amnesia regarding those facts.

[Drunken Irishman]

1. With what? Their good looks?

[Motown_Johnny]

19. In Oil ... what else?

[Hubert Flottz]

2. He needs to go to Iraq and "Get 'Er Done"

They need a new Baghdad Bob...

[NC_Nurse]

3. I don't recall them ASKING us to come "liberate" them. I would think that

makes us UNINVITED and therefore SOL.

[Hubert Flottz]

4. I think the Iraqis spent all their money on Rose petals and candy bars to throw at the neoCONs feet.

[shedevil69taz]

5. That's kind off like asking your neighbor

to compensate you for they money you used to bulldoze his house, then rebuild it with a shitty foundation which you have already told him you won't help him fix when it fails.

[Xipe Totec]

6. They'll probably want their Saddam back, then nt

[political_Dem]

7. What liberation? I thought it was an occupation by the Bush Machine. eom

[Elwood P Dowd]

8. He trashed John Kerry for saying something similar. Is his memory shorter than his dick?

Kerry wanted to use Iraqi oil revenues to pay for the invasion. When that was taken off the table, Kerry voted against it.

[conservdem]

21. Did Kerry get much support for the idea?

[Marr]

9. When we actually get some of that "repayment" on US soil...

...as we inevitably will, I hope Mr. Hannity is front and center to experience the big moment.

[baldguy]

10. OK, Sean - next week I'll break into your house & burn it down.

But then you'll have to reimburse me for the gasoline.

[depakid]

11. This little chickenhawk is probably afraid to go out in public without a body guard

[Forkboy]

12. Ok, let's send him as Bill Collector.

[MrScorpio]

13. And don't let him back into the country unless he has every single solitary penny

It's only fair

[Forkboy]

14. LOL...I like the cut of your jib!

:)

[Canuckistanian]

20. Perfect.

Let HIM knock on doors trying to collect "reparations" for "past injustices".

[Prometheus Bound]

25. Door to door.

[KamaAina]

15. Next he'll ask the Cherokee Nation to pay us back for liberating* them.

:eyes:

[WinkyDink]

16. Oh, we deserve to be paid back, all right.

[Solly Mack]

17. I dare him to say that to the relatives of Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi.

and many, many others...

[Canuckistanian]

18. The fucking Iraqis, SEAN, never ASKED for this INVASION of their country

And especially AFTER the invasion. The murders at the checkpoints, the destruction of their infrastructure, the robbing of their museums, the promotion of hatred between Sunni and Shi'a factions, the tragedy of Fallujah, sham elections and bad leaders trying to rob the country.....

America OWES Iraq - big time.

What a fucking douchebag.

(reminder: Get DU mods to recognize "douchebag" as a legitimate spelling)

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

22. Does that mean they get to kill a million Americans?

Full "repayment" would suggest so.

I would prefer we not be "repaid", thanks.

[demosincebirth]

23. they never asked to be liberated.

[Alamuti Lotus]

24. Oh they will 'pay us back', one roadside bomb at a time

Coming soon to a town near Hannity.