February 6, 2003
WAG THE DOLT:
Hoffman blasts Bush's war plans: Dustin Hoffman has become the latest US star to voice his opposition to war with Iraq. (Ananova, 2/06/03)"For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible," he said."I don't think, like many of us, that the reasons we have been given for going to war are the honest reasons.
"If they are saying it's about the fact they have biological weapons and might have nuclear weapons and that gives us the liberty to pre-empt and strike because we think they might hit us, then what prevents Pakistan from attacking India, what prevents India from attacking Pakistan, what prevents us from going into North Korea?
Where's Laurence Olivier when we need him? Posted by Orrin Judd at February 6, 2003 3:28 PM
Dustin is as dumb as the rest of them. Hell, even I can answer his questions:
Q:what prevents Pakistan from attacking India,
A: Pakistan doesn't want to be converted to Sea of Glass Lake Pakistan
Q: what prevents India from attacking Pakistan,
A: INdia doesn't want to lose 6 cities, and doesn't want to tick off China
Q:what prevents us from going into North Korea?
A: Same thing that prevents me from seeing tomorrow's sunrise: It just hasn't happened yet.
Actually the answer is: Nothing. We don't need to do anything. North Korea is doing a pretty good job of self-destruction on itself.
I agree with Dustin's comment, taken out of context: "I don't think, like many of us,..."
We need to place him on the passenger list for the cruise liner to Afghanistan and add: Ed Harris, Martin Sheen, Sean Penn and Garrison Keeler, among others.