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[apocalypsos]

In [Tim Robbins' speech to TV executives at the NAB convention in Las Vegas], he noted that at the outset of the Iraq war conservative TV and radio broadcasters "told America ... that I was a traitor, a Saddam lover, a terrorist supporter, undermining the troops. I was appealing at the time for the inspectors to have more time to find those Weapons of Mass Destruction. [To critics], I was a naïve dupe of left-wing appeasement." Then, with acid sarcasm, he continued: "If I had known then what I know now, if I had seen the festive and appreciative faces on the streets of Baghdad today, if I had known then what a robust economy we would be in -- the unity of our people, the wildfire of democracy that has spread across the Mideast -- I would never have said those traitorous, unfounded and irresponsible things."

I think I love Tim Robbins. Huh. This is an odd sensation.

Comments

[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

he drives me crazy with annoyance but i love him. he speaks out, stands his ground, makes insane movies, and has fun.

what more can one want, really?

[foenix.livejournal.com]

I totally feel his pain.

I hate when people say things like, "Well, no one knew we'd be in such a state five years ago!!" and I just raise my hand, "*cough* I did, but nobody ever listens..."

[random-serious.livejournal.com]

I think I love Tim Robbins.
I think I do too. (I had no idea he was this unpopular in certain circles. Fundies sure are funny. Funny, as in not.)

[phaballa.livejournal.com]

Tim Robbins is pretty amazing. Have you seen Bob Roberts?? Such an awesome film.

[silverhill.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I love this statement, and I think it's funny.

But I think the people who were stupid and jingoistic enough to call him a traitor five years ago are too stupid to get the sarcasm.

[trinity_clare]

If it took me two reads to get the sarcasm, I shudder to imagine what his critics will do with it.