Toby Keith Now Against the War in Iraq

[erpowers]

Toby Keith has now come out against the Iraq war. He says that he has been against the war from the beginning and is in favor of a time table for removing the troops. Keith also said that he believes that there will be a civil war and the Kurds will eventually come out on top. To read more on Keith go to thinkprogress.org.

[JCastillon]

1. It's about time. He is a good singer though.

[derby378]

2. I don't trust this goofus for one minute

He's got a lot of 'splainin to do about his about-face...

[ClassWarrior]

3. He's been against it from the beginning?? Yeah, and nobody...

...voted for Nixon either. :rofl:

NGU.

[Egalitariat]

10. He's been on the record against the Iraq war from the beginning

He does support the Afghanistan effort though.

[ClassWarrior]

16. Link?

NGU.

[tuvor]

19. From Playboy, 2004...

On the Iraq war: "I'm pro-war on terror. Whether we should go from country to country, like with the Iraq thing, I don't know. This ain't as simple as Afghanistan. We're going to Iraq for what? For terrorism? Have we seen any terrorist training camps? I haven't seen the smoking gun. And the haven't found the weapons of mass destruction. But the second I said in the press that I wasn't' sure about Iraq, people said, 'He's trying to save his career.' What? My career is boomin', buddy."

http://www.thatscountry.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/3/2146

I know the war had been in effect for 1.5 years when he said this, but it suggests that any change-of-heart that Keith may have had is more than two years old.

[flashlighter]

23. 2004 wasn't the beginning. By then it was already f'ed.

[tuvor]

30. I know. Check my edit comment.

It's a couple of years too late to take him to task now for "changing his mind"--assuming, of course, that he ever was in support of the Iraq invasion.

I think a quote indicating his explicit support for the Iraq invasion would put this to rest.

[ClassWarrior]

25. I didn't realize he said that. Tho the poster above has a point too.

NGU.

[tuvor]

32. Neither had I until I googled yesterday.

[johnnie]

4. Go where the money is Toby n/t

[hwmnbn]

5. I call bullshit on Toby Keith......

What does he have to say about the Dixie Chicks NOW? that redneck motherfucker!

[Bitwit1234]

6. Well it's more profitible to be against the war now

he is probably made all the money he could on his go go go bush.

[hlthe2b]

7. SORRY... That disgusting racist war mongering song of his

that he put out right after 911 is unforgivable.... It will take a lot to convince me that he should not simply be left to rot in his own homicidal rant that became the mantra for all the testosterone-drive RW chicken hawks...
:eyes:

[Sailor for Warner]

13. How the hell?

Is that song racist, I think we are reaching a bit I fear...

[hlthe2b]

22. When you advocate....

indiscriminate bombing of an entire people back to the stoneage--as he did early on in concert and rendering a "kick in the arse" in song to (same) people, conclude what YOU wish....:eyes:

If he is coming around, good on him. But, the damage is done...

[Bark Bark Bark]

24. Fair or Not, Lynching And Racist Redneckery Go Hand In Hand

And Toby loved him some lynchin'.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2003_05/001099.php

Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in Texas
Find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys
Hang them high in the street for all the people to see that

Yep, that was all about justice.

Between that, many other examples of borderline jingoism ("We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way"), and the worship he enjoys (well, enjoyed, I imagine that's dried up right now) from the genuinely racist psychos of Freeptardia...well, you know what they say about lying down with dogs.

If Freeptardia loved me, I'd seriously work on my image and message until they hated my guts.

[Sailor for Warner]

26. Ummmmm that is about western justice yeah

But not about the lynching you are talking about, because you are implying that he is lynching black people, correct?

[Bark Bark Bark]

34. Ummmmmmmm No It's Not

People of many races got lynched in the Good Ol' Days of Texas. I not implying that Toby is (or openly advocates) lynching black people (nice straw man there); I'm saying his subject matter and vocabulary is loaded with the same words and concepts the Klan uses as code, and he's not trying nearly hard enough to distance himself from their ilk. (You know, the same way Freeptards demand every Muslim in America rally loudly against terrorism and in support of Bush every single day to prove their patriotism.)

Reading comprehension: It's awesome! Try some today!

If you choose to believe it was all about "Western justice," go right ahead. I just don't see why you aren't swallowing similar horsecrap, like "pre-emptive war of liberation." A Texas boy said it! Does that not mean it's true?

[Sailor for Warner]

41. "like "pre-emptive war of liberation." A Texas boy said it! Does that not mean it's true?"

Nice strawman indeed!

[lectrobyte]

27. Are you being disenginious? Yes, songs that make fun of

praying to Allah but getting killed by US bombs anyway, or characterize folks as "camel herders" "living in caves", are racist. I would say fuck him, but I consider "fuck" as a positive kind of experience for the most part. I hope he fades back into whatever dark corner he crawled out of.

[Sailor for Warner]

28. Quotes, sources please? n/t

[lectrobyte]

35. Feel free to do your own research, but here goes:

I'm just a middle-aged, middle-eastern camel herdin' man
I got a 2 bedroom cave here in North Afghanistan


So we prayed to Allah with all of our might
And then those big U.S. jets came flyin one night
They dropped little bombs all over our holy land

-- Toby Keith, The Taliban Song

[Justyce]

8. Maybe he has to switch his opinion

to stay in line with public opinion... don't want to end up Dixie Chicked.... I wasn't aware he was supposed to be one of the great political minds of our time anyway - lol

[peekaloo]

15. well, you don't need a fair-weather man to know which way the wind blows.

sorry Bob.

:evilgrin:

[devilgrrl]

9. Yeah but the Edwards new house thing drove him back.

:sarcasm:

[peekaloo]

11. I guess stickin' boots up their arse didn't help us much.

little late on that civil war prediction.

[TahitiNut]

12. Self-promoting asshole.

I guess his tour dates aren't selling out. Tough shit.

[Rosemary2205]

14. He always was against Iraq.

his war songs support the war against the Taliban and his beef with the Dixie Chicks was more about airing dirty laundry in public and he's long ago apologized for asking NBC to cut the Dixie Chicks from the program. He's never really made any comment on the war in Iraq except to support our troops.

This isn't to say Toby Keith wouldn't benefit greatly from a "boot in the ass".

[blue cat]

17. Fuck him

He should have spoken out earlier.

[KingofNewOrleans]

18. I too am against a war prom

I see no reason for a formal dance to be held over there. Maybe Toby is angry he wasn't invited to sing.


As for Toby's assertion that the Kurds will come out on top, they are already essential autonomous in NE Iraq and they may manage to ethnicly cleanse Kirkuk, but if Toby thinks the Kurds could project power over the whole country, well that's absurd.



And yes, I know war prom was a typo.

[DinahMoeHum]

20. If he wants to impress me, let's see him alongside Cindy Sheehan.

n/t

[Bjornsdotter]

21. FUTK n/t

[catmandu57]

29. My thoughts exactly

FUTK

[JVS]

31. A boot in your ass!

[Botany]

33. Toby is lying

he named his record after something he was against?

Please.

He has made boat loads of money selling blind patriotism to "dumb asses"
who "just know" that them damn "Rag Heads" need a good old American ass kicking.

[Blue Belle]

36. What a Flip-flopper...

:eyes:

[Quixote1818]

37. The Kurds will come out on top????

The Kurds are hardly in the fight, they live in the north. The civil war is between the Shiites and the Sunni's. I don't get his comment.:shrug:

[Bucky]

43. That jumped out for me too. He's on the right side, but he's still kinda stoopid.

Maybe he thinks its a US-style civil war: some boys in blue, some boys in gray, one side wins and the other side ends up driving pickups for the next 150 years.

[mitchum]

38. Hank Williiams Junior Junior is still a jingoistic shitmeister

[leftofthedial]

39. Hmmm. He sounds like ALL the Democratic presidential candidates.

Except for Dennis Kucinich and Barack Obama.

[David__77]

40. He can eat shit.

Racist bastard should be locked up for his filthy lyrics, preferably with all Arab guards.

[graywarrior]

42. Yeah yeah sure sure....

whatever.

[AspenRose]

44. Opportunistic buffoon

Probably figured if Merle Haggard can get away with it, he can, too.