On Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes tonight, conservative pundit Dick Morris tried to attack Barack Obama for being inexperienced on foreign policy, but in doing so, only managed to demonstrate his own idiocy. Morris argued that Joseph Biden would be a good vice presidential selection for Obama because Obama “does not know anything” about foreign policy.
To back up this claim, Morris asserted that Obama made a major mistake this week when he referenced the U.S.’s invasion of Iraq in the context of discussing Russia’s incursion into Georgia. Obama said, “We’ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies. They can’t charge into other countries. Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.” Asked by Alan Colmes what is wrong with Obama’s statement, Morris explained:
Where he’s wrong is that we went into Iraq at the invitation of the government, not as an invasion.
Colmes quickly rebutted him, stating, “We went into Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein.” Morris backtracked for a moment and said, “We are in Iraq now at the invitation of the government.” But seconds later, Morris repeated his false assertion:
We’re in Iraq as the result of a democracy asking for us to come in there. It’s not an invasion. It’s not a takeover. We’re not trying to annex Iraq.
Colmes again explained, “We went into Iraq originally — not at the invitation of Saddam Hussein’s government.” (From
Think Progress)
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lavollthe world is looking for moral clarity? PUUUUUUUUUKE.
and how quickly are these guys tryig to rewrite history? faster than china during the olympics.
thinker247I think my head just exploded.
Bush: Russia must not invade a sovereign nation.
Rice: This isn't 1968. You don't invade other nations.
McCain: In the 21st century you don't invade other nations.
Morris: Iraq wasn't invasion. It was at the behest of a democratic government that didn't exist yet.
What the hell is going on here? Did we change the meaning of the word "invade?"
My head is lying in a pulpy mass on my bedroom floor.
thinker247I would call this Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but the Bush administration would tell me it wasn't an invasion; it was at the behest of the alien democracy.
shuacI weep for America. And I fucking live here.
charliemsays...Wait...what ?
Did he just say the US entrance into Iraq was because the sitting govt. INVITED it ?????
HOLY SHIT!
HOW....HOW DO THESE GUYS GET AIRTIME !???
Zifnab>> ^charliem:
HOW....HOW DO THESE GUYS GET AIRTIME !???
Well, it is Faux news....
Drachen_Jagersays...Actually what he said was the democratically elected government invited US troops into Iraq. I suppose his theory involves some form of time travel.
You've got to give him credit though, that answer makes more sense than most of the White House's explanations for why the US invaded Iraq.
>> ^charliem:
Wait...what ?
Did he just say the US entrance into Iraq was because the sitting govt. INVITED it ?????
HOLY SHIT!
HOW....HOW DO THESE GUYS GET AIRTIME !???
rougyHow do idiots like Morris get air time in the first place?
FjnbkThe only politicians who truly scare me are the lunatics who want war with Russia, and probably China a few years down the road.
bamdrewIt was like 5 or 6 years ago, guys! Jeez!
Just because you can remember recent, major, historic moments in human civilization you act like anybody should be able to remember them!
rasch187I guess he just read the textbook of the current administration, entitled: "How Reality Doesn't Really Matter; The Words You Use Define It."
Chapter 1: Invasion = Liberation
Chapter 2: Civil War = Sectarian violence
Chapter 3: Recession = Economic slowdown
and so on...
gwiz665Alan Colmes' star just keeps rising.
MaxWilderYou know you've gone too far when a Faux News anchor contradicts your pro-McBush lies.
MajortomyorkeHrm, sounds a bit like...
War = Peace
Freedom = Slavery
Ignorance = Strength
Happy happy double think!
>> ^rasch187:
I guess he just read the textbook of the current administration, entitled: "How Reality Doesn't Really Matter; The Words You Use Define It."
Chapter 1: Invasion = Liberation
Chapter 2: Civil War = Sectarian violence
Chapter 3: Recession = Economic slowdown
and so on...
bigbikemanWOW.
MINKARGH.
JohnnyMackerssays...>> ^Majortomyorke:
Happy happy double think!
That was all I could hear as I watched this clip. Unbelievable. I wonder if he believes his own words.
By "The world needs moral clarity" he means "You need to be told what to think".
Moral fucking clarity...I'd love to know what goes on in these people's heads.
dead_tofuthis guy has the authority to speak of what the world is looking for...?
hehe, invited by the iraqi goverment! GOLD!
brainI kinda wish I could see more of Dick Morris's position. I don't even see any possible way he can even justify it to himself. It doesn't make any sense at all. And he never really explains it. I understand he wants us to be different from the "bad" Russian-Georgian invasion.
It sounds like he's actually saying the people of Iraq were part of a democratic government that invited us. But he can't actually be trying to say that, right? Maybe the democratic government that invited us was the UN?
T-manDick Morris is double-plus ungood.
MINKThat guy doesn't need his second name.
HenningKOPwnt, but Colmes still looks like more of a weasel than anyone they can put beside him. I'm beginning to see why Faux picked him.
12797Morris is a complete jerk always was always will be. Trouble with Colmes is that he’s right on all points but needs a major transfusion of blood from say a Tom Jones then people might pay some attention to what he says.
Nebosukesays...Wow.... Colmes actually made sense. For once.
PaybackJeez people, when Commies enter a country by force, it's an unprovoked invasion.
When the We enter a country by force, it's constrained liberation.
Get with the terminology already.
biminimJust remember that Dick Morris used to pay prostitutes to let him suck their toes. Why anyone would want to listen to such a man, I don't know. Suckin' toes is nasty; especially the toes of prostitutes. I mean, does he realize where they've been putting those toes? http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dick_Morris
Asmosays...Wonder how much this guy get's paid to do what he does?
I'm not American but I'm totally an Obama supporter if only for the fact that he seems to be against a lot of what these morons are for.*
*Not saying he doesn't have good policies or points but seriously, if I were a Yank, I'd vote for a pot smoking chimp before McCain and his ilk. Someone like Obama, with actual policies that make sense, is a no brainer...
Zonbieyeah, and Hitler 'liberated' Europe
deathcowwhat a twat
gwiz665Liberated the crap out of Europe. And he wasn't gentle at all.
>> ^Zonbie:
yeah, and Hitler 'liberated' Europe
thinker247That was good. A +
>> ^Zonbie:
yeah, and Hitler 'liberated' Europe
jwrayFighting to maintain control of an area where two thirds of the people want to secede is as imperialistic as invading a territory where two thirds of the people don't want you there.
(Slavery was what justified the war against the CSA)
Georgia is flouting South Ossetians' right to national self-determination, and they turn to Russia for help, which gladly pounces on any chance to expand their empire. Though it's sad that the statistics seem to point to a split based on ethnic groupthink rather than having broad appeal to non-hereditary (rational) thought.
ridesallyridencsays...Wow.
Apparently letting people come on the show and say false things (and trying feebly to correct them) is replacing the question mark (as in, "Is Obama a Muslim?") is faux news' new way of propagating falsehoods without actually being liable for doing so.
blankfistI just don't get it. Wow. Just wow.
jubuttibsays..."... the world is looking for moral clarity in condemning the russian attack..."
Funny how the question isn't should Russia be condemned by the world, just that we need to be clear why.
And on the off chance that someone thinks I fully approve the Russian attack let me just say that no, I don't. Just as I didn't approve the USA invading Iraq.
gwiz665>> ^Nebosuke:
Wow.... Colmes actually made sense. For once.
For twice.
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