Fleischer Callously Tells Dead Soldier’s Mom ‘There Are Going To Be A Lot More Mothers’ Like You
Fleischer Callously Tells Dead Soldier’s Mom ‘There Are Going To Be A Lot More Mothers’ Like You
Yesterday, Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary and current board member of the White House front group Freedom’s Watch, appeared on MSNBC to defend a recent ad showing an injured Iraq veteran saying “they attacked us, and they will again.”
During the segment, host Norah O’Donnell showed Fleischer a video of a mother whose son was killed in Iraq. In the ad, the mother states:
Ari Fleischer helped to deliver this country to the war in Iraq through a campaign of ignorance, negligence, and arrogance. Since then, we’ve heard the sad truth. … And the weapons of mass destruction? My son Sherwood died protecting the Iraq Survey Group while they looked for the weapons.
Fleischer expressed no sympathy for the mother, instead using her grief as platform to spew more war-mongering rhetoric, alleging that all mothers would be at risk of losing their children if we leave Iraq:
Well, my fear is that unless we win in Iraq, there are going to be a lot more mothers who lose a lot more children. And that’s why we cannot afford to lose in Iraq. … There is going to be an attack on America. … It very well may be in Iraq.
Watch it:
Fleischer’s callousness is not new. Last month, he admitted he did not know the name of the wounded veteran who appeared in his own ad. Fleischer and his Bush surrogates doled out $15 million to run the ad nationally.
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“they attacked us, and they will again.â€
OK, then why are we spending billions in Iraq rather than strengthening our own defenses here at home?
September 26th, 2007 at 2:17 pmAri’s a schmuck.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:18 pm“they attacked us, and they will again.â€
… “and we’ll be making sure they do”
September 26th, 2007 at 2:19 pmif you support it, then go fight it.
it ought to be a law.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:22 pmso ari thinks there are going to be a lot more mothers who lose a lot more children while looking for wmd’s that never turn up?
September 26th, 2007 at 2:26 pmWell, my fear is that unless we win in Iraq, there are going to be a lot more mothers who lose a lot more children. And that’s why we cannot afford to lose in Iraq. … There is going to be an attack on America. … It very well may be in Iraq.
No, POS.
Your fear is that people start realizing how every single US military action, covert or open, is decided from Corps offices, figuring out the next easy target so the cash keeps flowing from the working class to the military and oil companies bank accounts, while spreading the fear of imminents attacks among the US population.
Somebody remember that Sandinistas were 2 days away from Texas? How there was imminent danger against the US from a bunch of rebels in the jungle?
Somebody remember the imminent destruction that Saddam posed even after the relentless bombing since Gulf War?
Somebody remember the imminent danger of Grenada, Vietnam, Cuba, East Timor, and yes…Russia.
The level of American stupidity is astonishing.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:26 pmEh. Who cares as long as it’s someone else’s kid who dies to line our neocon pockets…??
These people make me sick.
I’d like to send Bush, Cheney, Condiliar — all of them — to Iraq; better yet, drop them off in the middle of Baghdad.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:26 pmWhat a scum-bag. Ari Fleischer doesn’t have the guts to fight anyone but defenseless civilians. If he was forced too join the army he’d be a deserter like his good buddy in the WH. Despicable war mongering neo-con prick.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:26 pmYour ‘compassionate conservatism’ at work.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:33 pm“There is going to be an attack on America. … It very well may be in Iraq.”
Does this comment even make any sense? When did Iraq become the 51st state?
September 26th, 2007 at 2:35 pmI guess Ari is only following the well-worn Repug approach: Attack the messenger and nothing matters except the NeoCon Agenda.
I wonder if Ari ever took advantage of his Jewish Day of Atonement. My guess, is he had too much to atone for and didn’t give a sh!t anyway.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:36 pmNext, along with the shoe lady, permanent resident of Gitmo !!!
September 26th, 2007 at 2:36 pmJuan: And let’s not forget the famous “Domino Theory” about how if Viet Nam went communist, next would be the Phillipines and then Australia.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:37 pmWhere are our usual Repug suspects to defend Ari? No talking Points on this one?
HMMMM!
September 26th, 2007 at 2:38 pm—-
Well, my fear is that unless we win in Iraq…
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Win what? Who’s the enemy? Is it the Sunnis? Is it the Shiites? If we are only fighting Al Qaeda, then why are these indigenous people of Iraq killing our soldiers? And why are they klling each other? Civil war anyone?
This is FUBAR.
- Tom
September 26th, 2007 at 2:38 pmDoesn’t Ari need to leave now & make more money?
They must be paying him pretty well to sit on ‘Freedom’s Watch’.
I wish Neotruds were as clever at governing as they are at making up two word catch phrases. I guess two words are the maximum their brains can absorb.
This resembles Monday’s post about Marsha (R-TN), who couldn’t name the last dead soldier in her congressional district, but had a whole lot to say about MoveOn’s ad.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:39 pmhey, ari’s pulling down the big bucks these days. when you finally reach his level of suckness, you have abandoned any sense of empathy or remorse for your own personal complicity in this catastrophe.
fleischer is a vile pig who deserves the karma awaiting him.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:39 pmWord has it that’s Ari in the pig suit in the bathroom stall.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:40 pmThe level of American stupidity is astonishing.
Comment by Juan C
That is so true. After all the misleading statements, lies, obfuscation, distractions you would think we would start to ‘get it’, but we don’t. I speak to many people around the world, and they all remark about the same thing as yourself: “Why do you people still allow the lies to go unchallenged?” I do not have a good answer for them.
I firmly believe we are a lazy bunch. Too lazy to care about our democracy, too lazy to care about the Constitution, too lazy to care about the criminal enterprise squatting in our White House. A strong democracy requires diligence and scrutiny. Most in the US are displaying none of those qualities right now, sigh…I really want my country back.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:41 pmSo when will Ari Fleischer volunteer to fight in Iraq? Wonder how his mother would feel if Ari came home in a coffin draped in a flag?
September 26th, 2007 at 2:41 pmAh — another neocon who tells us (with a straight face, yet!) that we will be overrun with terrorists in our streets if we don’t keep an ample supply of our troops (bait!) in Iraq for the terrorists to kill over there.
Why doesn’t he realize how stupid this sounds? And, even more bewildering, why are roughly a quarter of Americans still swallowing this crap?
September 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pmThen Fleischer you and every member of your family go fight in this illegal invasion/massacre now occupation you call war. I am sick to death of some in the human race finding it OK to use others in this horrific act over LIES that will benefit big oil.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pmIt is appropiate that Ari’s surname translates to “butcher”.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pmSo when will Ari Fleischer volunteer to fight in Iraq? Wonder how his mother would feel if Ari came home in a coffin draped in a flag?
Comment by Coffins Draped with a Flag — September 26, 2007 @ 2:41 pm
She would be so proud of little Ari, for giving his life for the Motherland …. Israel.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:43 pm#16-Tom
Well said. I was about to post basically the same thing that you did. If the Democrats had an ounce of brains, and integrity, they would point out that those fearsome terrorists only comprise 2 per cent of those forces who are fighting against the U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. Again, that figure is 2, not 92, per cent. But the mainstream media rarely rebuts the propaganda that superpatriots like Fleischer spew forth.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:43 pmYup, and this is coming from an ignorant former White House secretary who never served in the military. A very insensitive comment. Draft Ari Fleischer!
September 26th, 2007 at 2:43 pmWhen did Iraq become the 51st state?
Comment by dim wit — September 26, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
Sometime in 2003, shortly before Bush declared mission accomplished.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:45 pmordinary folks don’t appreciate the depth to which Ari and his ilk don’t care about them. that woman’s dead son is no more important to Dubbie and Ari than some Iraqi woman’s dead son.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:47 pmAri Fleischer: Card-Carrying member of PNAC - the Neo-Fascist organization which has destroyed this democracy.
His comments were so insensitive and unfeeling. Where they intended to make her feel better under the “misery loves company” adage??
September 26th, 2007 at 2:52 pmYou’re upset that your kid is dead? Maybe you shouldn’t have let him join the military… see, it’s your fault. Now STFU.
/sarcasm
September 26th, 2007 at 2:53 pmI think we should pack them all up and ship them over to Baghdad! The entire cadre of criminals called Bushco, the sycophantic, complicit Congress and the whoring mainstream media. They’ve all contributed to the destruction of this democracy.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:55 pmKrazny: Iraq became the 51st state when Bush renamed this country the “homeland” ala Reichstag fame.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:56 pmIf Ari Truly believes his own tripe then he should be demanding that Bush decalre a draft. That rationing of oil, gas, food and other essentials take place. He should be requesting tax increases and bonds to help pay for the fight of our lifetime.
He won’t be because he doesn’t believe in what he’s saying and he doesn’t understand on what it would take to complete what he’s spouting.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:59 pmAri ~ Tel Aviv is on the line, they’ve got your check in the mail…
September 26th, 2007 at 3:00 pmWhen did Iraq become the 51st state?
Comment by dim wit — September 26, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
It’s actually the 54th state, after Denial, Delusion, and Grandeur.
Strangely enough, they’re all red states. Go figure.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:02 pm“There is going to be an attack on America. … It very well may be in Iraq.”
So does this explain what Bush means when he says that if we don’t beat them in Iraq, they will follow us home? Is Iraq now home? Is home now defined as any place in the world where Bush sends the troops to be sitting ducks and human shields in the middle of a civil war?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:03 pmComment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 26, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
First laugh of the day. Thanks,
September 26th, 2007 at 3:05 pmAri Fleischer - born October 13, 1960 (age 46). Turned 18 in 1978. Cold War - not important enough for him to enlist. Gulf War - not important enough for him to enlist. Iraq War - important enough to tell other people to fight.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:14 pmWould someone please notify Homeland Security, and please have the FBI arrest Ari Fleischer for threatening the US?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:16 pmDraft Ari.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:20 pmRemembering that Ari Fleischer was granted immunity from prosecution in the Scooter Libby affair, I’m wondering who is now jerking his strings as he emerges as a mercenary for Bush and Cheney.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:22 pmAri knows a lot.
Stuff that he’s helped cover up.
I guess two words are the maximum their brains can absorb.-ZZ
Two legs good
Four legs better
I think it would be 5 words Zim.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:24 pmWhat if we did not attack Iraq? What if all the evidence acquired from all the different government agencies around the world were true?
And we did nothing.
That happened before…
September 26th, 2007 at 3:59 pmFleischer is just another neo - con, any similiarity between a neo - con and an actual human being is purely coincidential.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:02 pmWhen we attack Iran, we should make sure that Ari is loaded in the bomb rack along with Malkin, Kristol, the Kagans, the Podhoretz boys, Krauthammer, and Barnes. I’m sure they would like to give their lives to our country at the same time they get to personally impact the most dangerous adversary in our history.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:05 pmWhat if we did not attack Iraq? What if all the evidence acquired from all the different government agencies around the world were true?
And we did nothing.
That happened before…
Comment by ANeccessaryEvil — September 26, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
Too late, as we already attacked Iraq under false pretenses. And when we attck Iraq, it will be with the “Coalition of the Willing” consisting of only BushCo, the NeoCons and the Kool-aid slurping 29%ers.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:10 pmComment by ANeccessaryEvil — September 26, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
My 9 year old uses “What if’s”.
There was no rationale to do what we did. We could have squeezed the nut from both the North and the south like we were doing. At that time, Iran was aiding us in destroying the Taliban in Afghanistan. That should have been the focus.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:14 pmIn #47 Should be “attack Iran”, not “attck Iraq”, my Bad.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:28 pmWhat if all the evidence acquired from all the different government agencies around the world were true?
Comment by ANeccessaryEvil
What evidence around the world?
Did you see ALL the world claiming for Saddam´s regime destruction? You know the World is something else than Kentucky…
Keep living in your bubble.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:34 pm#48
I often ask my 7 year old niece why she did not do something when her parents, teachers or I told her too. And her answer is usually, “I don’t know.” I guess if we stick our heads in the sand, everythng will be alright.
I do agree, Taliban should have been our primary focus. We should have pressure the United Nations to do “their job” instead of allowing themselves to profit from oil kickbacks.
If we leave now, just like the first time, we will be back. And who will be wanting us to so then?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:42 pmAnd we did nothing.
That happened before…
Comment by ANeccessaryEvil — September 26, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
Conflating what has and is happening in the middle east to Hitler and WWII. How sad you cannot seem to think for yourself, and instead fall back upon useless and stale talking points. Saddam wasn’t a pleasant guy, but he wasn’t Hitler either. His attempts to invade Iran were stopped. His attempt to invade Kuwait was ended as well. The only people who claimed Saddam was a dark and gathering threat were Bush and his administration. Where is the WMD’s? Where are the nuclear bombs? Where is the threat of the Iraqi army? They didn’t even attack us you stupid git. They person responsible for 9/11 is still free. His network of operatives, and money is stronger then ever. Heckuva a job Bushie.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:37 pmComment by Krazny — September 26, 2007 @ 5:37 pm
Great post. You have more fire than I do today.
September 26th, 2007 at 6:02 pm—-
Nice hatchet job Shuster, I mean shiester
Comment by Toliver — September 26, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
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If Shuster got the soldier’s district wrong, then he should acknowledge it.
This doesn’t change the fact that Blackburn couldn’t name the last soldier from her district who died.
- Tom
September 26th, 2007 at 6:10 pmDo they think that the endless war in Iraq will keep terrorists away from our shores endlessly? Do they believe that all the terrorists in the world are going to be killed in the war in Iraq eventually?
September 26th, 2007 at 6:27 pmWhy do they simplistically believe that our presence in Iraq is keeping enemies at bay - they refuse to see that our presence in Iraq is breeding more enemies. Do they think that the young people who are growing up in the chaos we have brought to their country are going to be fans of America in the future?
Fleischer’s comments are disgraceful and inexcusable — they say more about his character or lack thereof than they do of anything else.
He is blinded by his partisanship to the point where he has no compassion - he sees only war, the killing, the mayhem and apparently gets a perverse pleasure from it.
His callous remarks are sickening.
Great logic, Ari. Try this one instead: There will never be a victory, so, since you want the troops to stay there until there is one, you obviously want there to be a lot more mothers like her. If there could ever be a victory in a hopeless situation like this, it would have happened already. The longer it goes on, the tougher it gets for our troops, and the more this world is in danger from terrorists. The danger is increasing, not decreasing. We’re making enemies faster than we can kill them. If this White House full of mental midgets could ever have conceived a way to “win” this war, they should have already done it. The fact is that they have no idea what they’re going to do, but they can’t bear the humiliation of facing up to what they’ve done to this country.
September 26th, 2007 at 7:54 pm#49 Toliver
That Shuster gotcha turns out to be wrong btw. It turns out the fallen soldier [Pvt. Jeremy Bohannon] didn’t live in Blackburn’s district.
http://conservativebelle.blogspot.com/
If only…
Sorry, pal. You and “conservativebelle” have got it wrong. Bon Aqua is indeed in Blackburn’s district. Check out the map here:
http://www.govtrack.us/ congress/ findyourreps.xpd?state=TN&district=7
It’s halfway between Bucksnort and Nashville.
Awwwww. Too bad. David Shuster’s a decent guy, though. I’m sure he’ll accept your apology.
September 26th, 2007 at 8:27 pmI’m so sick of all this. TERRORISM IS INSIGNIFICANT. When are we all going to realize that we are stuck in the middle of a mass hysteria over something that kills so few of us that your thousands of times more likley to die from the common flu.
Did you know that the odds of you getting killed by terrorism are significantly lower than the odds of you deciding to kill YOURSELF?
Please people, get the word out. The real story in all of this, is that there IS NO ENEMY. Certainly not any significant one worth wasting thousands of lives and a trillion dollars on.
Did you know that more Americans have died in the Iraq war than have been killed by every terrorist attack in north america in the last 4 decades?
There literally is NO ENEMY TO FIGHT.
Check HERE
and HERE
for solid sources on the statistics I’ve just given you.
Terrorism won’t hurt you. Bush will.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:10 pm.
Fleischer’s correct, you know.
The longer the troops stay in Iraq, the more there will be mothers like this one.
DUH!
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September 27th, 2007 at 6:26 amNot “unless we win in Iraq” but “if we want to keep trying to fool the people into believing we can win this war”.
September 27th, 2007 at 7:22 amIt’s a horrible thing that many have not had to think about and it’s also easy to become selfish just because you want that loved one to be home with you. I repect the guys over there. This is what they have signed up for, whether their mothers, wives, girlfriends, friends, etc. agree with it or not. These guys now what they are signing. It’s not fun to watch the buses drive away and pray every night that he/she is safe. -Speaking from experience.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:23 pm