Dick Morris: ‘We Went Into Iraq At The Invitation Of The Government, Not As An Invasion’
Dick Morris: ‘We Went Into Iraq At The Invitation Of The Government, Not As An Invasion’
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.” Watch it:
During the segment, Morris criticized Obama for “drawing a metaphor” between Georgia and Iraq. Colmes responded by noting it was John McCain who, despite having supported the Iraq invasion, made the bewildering statement that, “In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” “Isn’t there a little disconnect there?” Colmes asked a confused Morris.
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Morris would be a great candidate for McCain’s VP.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 pmI was amazed at the delusional mindset OJ Simpson displayed, but as this administration and supporters have shown, it’s actually no that unusual.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:26 pmAhh…Dick Morris, is’nt he the dude who got busted with prostitute
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:30 pm“The Telegraph alleged that Morris had a preference for “toe-sucking and dominance,” (from wikapedia)
Dick Morris was filmed by a press photographer sucking the toes of a prostitute, on the balcony of his hotel room, in Washington, DC, when Clinton was president!
Toe-sucker Morris puts foot in mouth…
Well, with Saddam dead and all, we can’t very well go ask him about that invitation.
Typical Fux News. Idiots.
PEACE
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:34 pmIf the God I read about in the Buy-bull actually existed, people who said such things would burst into flames.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 pmI mean, seriously, how can anyone who would say such a ridiculous thing remember to breathe?
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:43 pmMorris doesn’t sound like he denies that the U.S. invading Iraq is exactly identical to Russia attacking Georgia. He just doesn’t think Obama should be pointing that out. As if it’s the world’s best kept secret. Basically he wants Obama to carry on the Republican mantra of denying any wrong-doing. And this will probably resonate with Republican voters as they also believe that a knock against Bush & his policies is a knock against America.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:47 pmYou know times are bad for Republicans when Allan Combs nails them!
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 pmI like how Morris dodged that whole question and point Colmes made. I’m sure Saddam welcomed the U.S army in Iraq…(sarcasm)
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:49 pmWell Pete, the way you phrase that last comment, it’s as if you suppose Morris has a conscience. Clearly his objective is to lie. To me the almost more sickening thing is the pathetic indignance (?) that Colmes displays. His behavior is more akin to the Grinch’s dog than a journalist.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:52 pmDick Morris turns my stomach–the man is repugnant and a pathological liar. Ick!! He couldn’t find his fat ass with both hands tied behind his back.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm.
So, Saddam asked America for a good “Shock and Awe”?
So, Saddam asked America to come and topple his statues?
So, Saddam asked America for help in deposing the Iraqis government?
So, Saddam asked America to tear apart their national identity?
So, Saddam asked America to assist in looting the national museum?
So, Saddam asked America for purple fingers?
So, Saddam asked America to come take their OIL?
So, Saddam asked America to please, use my TORTURE CELLS?
So, Saddam asked America to send him to trial?
So, Saddam asked America to come hang him?
So, Saddam asked America to bomb the power plants?
So, Saddam asked America to disband the Iraqis military?
So, Saddam asked America for help in starving his people?
So, did Saddam ask Bush to keep his seat and continue reading My Pet Goat?
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August 22nd, 2008 at 10:57 pmI don’t know if Morris is a Republican now, but he worked for Clinton for years, beginning back in the years when Clinton was Governor. After the incident with the toe-sucking prostitute, he was fired (allowed to resign). He’s hated the Clintons since then, and because he’s a sick little man, generalized that to all Democrats.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 pmI bet if Saddam had realized that he was going to be sentenced to death and have his head nearly ripped off during his hanging, he would have canceled the invitation for Bush to send US troops into Iraq. The stupidity of some people is absolutely amazing. They are so stupid, I wonder how they get themselves dressed each day.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 pmYeah, shock and awe is a firework show for the Iraqis.
What a lying, imbecile.
Didn’t dick morris get caught doing something with his dick?
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 pmThe Iraqis and Saddam didn’t want the American Empire to come in, The American Empire wanted to go in and manipulated and lied their way in.
If you’ve been a Loyally silent American, there’s blood on your hands.
PR Push for Iraq War Preceded Intelligence Findings
“White Paper” Drafted before NIE even Requested
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 254
Posted – August 22, 2008
For more information contact:
John Prados – (202) 994-7000
I suppose Dick Morris would argue that it’s not Lying to the Senate when Bush does it… NO?
p.s.
WHY WON’T T.P. PUSH FOR IMPEACHMENT?
They’re recording the crimes but not calling out the criminals.
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August 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 pmOn behalf of the entire human race… I’m embarrassed. Even Bullwinkle nails Morris in the brains department.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 pmAlan Colmes has always struck me as a pretty weak liberal. But he’s able to make simple observations that totally tie the RW noise machine in knots. Way to go Alan…I admire your willingness to hang in that pit of stupid.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 pmFOX is getting a reputation much like Worldnetdaily what with the unoiled hinges they require to operate.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 pm…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.
Faiz,
I love it when you tell it like it is. :-)
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pmMorris is a moron.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:28 pmSorry Dick, that makes as much sense as Duncan Hunter saying Japan was our ally during WWII.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 pm“We are in Iraq now at the invitation of the government.”
Thats not really so, the UN resolution set a deadline for withdrawal and extended it for one year which will expire soon. The SOF agreement would be an agreement to keep American forces in Iraq but thats a statement well after the fact we were not originally invited into Iraq.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
‘We Went Into Iraq At The Invitation Of The Government, Not As An Invasion’»
That is a new one. Is this LIE now going to be repeated over and over hoping to recreate our memory?
The historians must be going mad….
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 pmDick Morris will soon have an entry in the Dikipedia
:-D
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:44 pmLol Zooey.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 pmYeah. Normally it’s the historians job to tell the same lies over and over again until they recreate our memories.
Remember the 80’s? When the nation was whacked out on Cocaine, the aids epidemic took off and The President was Ronald W. Gipp? Now thanks to the historians the 80’s were the greatest decade ever and the second worst president in American history is commonly thought of as one of the greatest.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 pmSheesh………Invitation for shock and awe, disaster capitalism, mass murder, mass dislocation and the creation of a new eternal enemy to make the rich richer and rest of us suffer. Sheesh…….everything is going the way of the war criminals – the are profitting enormously and all the real people worldwide suffer. We are just pawns in their game. All of us. Shame!
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:53 pmGee, what happened Mr. Morris? Have you been smoking those funny cigarettes again? Oh, now I understand what happened back in March 2003: Saddam called up Bushie and said, “Come on down, to downtown Baghdad, Bush, I have a deal for you… And you can hang me for sure if I don’t show you a very good time…”
Attempted GOP History Rewrite No. 6,567.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 pm“Dick Morris: ‘We Went Into Iraq At The Invitation Of The Government, Not As An Invasion’”
And this clown makes this idiotic comment on where? Fox Clown Network, the gumby news station. Why argue with an idiot on false a statement. If Iraq war was an invitation and not an invasion, then it is safe to say that Obama’s veep pick is Homer Simpson.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:58 pmHow was he a Clinton adviser?
It’s Delaware’s U. S. Senator Joe Biden. All indications point to him!
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2008/08/breaking-news-unofficially-barack.html#links
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:09 amYou know the really scary part about this?
He’s using the pretense–not that we used–but that the Russians used in their invasion of Afghsnistan.
Did Dick Morris suddenly get possessed by the ghost of Mikhail Suslov?
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 amWhere he’s wrong is that we went into Iraq at the invitation of the government, not as an invasion.
Uh… which government? Saddam Husseign’s? It’s amazing to think that clowns like Morris are well paid for their opinions.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 amso let me get this straight: it’s “dumb” to point out the hypocrisy our condemning russian “aggression” against georgia because we didn’t actually invade iraq, we assisted the iraqi government in transforming it into a democracy?
holy sh*t that’s stupid!
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 amI think Morris was drunk. He had a bet with Rove that he could get a discussion riled up suggesting we were “invited” into Iraq. The winner gets to “hang” with Rev. Ted.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 amDickie was sucking a prostitutes toes when we invaded and missed the part about us invading because of WMD. Someone please bring this lying piece of crap up to date.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 amHe meant our government. Our democracy invited us to, you know, tour the country, with our military, but it’s not an invasion.
Oh yeah, we got an invitation. Thing is it’s National Security Executive Privied and putting it in the public domain would lead to more terror attacks, and no, it wasn’t faked or forged at all, really.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:23 amSo until he got nailed on it by Colmes, Morris was saying that Hussein invited the US to come into Iraq to depose Hussein?
Someone’s saying stupid and dumb things here but it sure isn’t Obama — can you say Dick Morris?
This made no sense at all.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:28 am.
Paul W,
That people like Morris get paid for espousing mistruths… THATS what people should be in the streets about. Forget that his corrupted a$$ accepts money to LIE.
P.s.
Did you read my post at #17?
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August 23rd, 2008 at 12:29 amWow, I was so depressed today and then I click on here, and didn’t realize that Dick Morris was now doing comedy. Made my hubby laugh too. Bet Saddam wishes he could take back that invitation…….
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 amMax-1 said:
Paul W,
That people like Morris get paid for espousing mistruths… THATS what people should be in the streets about. Forget that his corrupted a$$ accepts money to LIE.
I agree completely. I just finished reading an article on Common Dreams that argued it was too difficult to sue people like Corsi (of swiftboat fame), for defamation. The author may very well be correct but the real problem is that liars like Corsi and Morris are too easly believed and that their lies still stick even after being thoroughly refuted.
Personally, I think the main problem is something I discussed in one of my posts on patriotism.
P.S. Your #17 comment was spot on. If you stood by silently, or worse, while Bush pushed this country into war, you’re culpable for the results. After all, this is our democracy and we are ultimately responsible for what happens with it.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 amDon’t tell anyone, but Iraqi government asked me to ask Bush to invade Iraq. And since I’m Scandanavian and Irish, I have deep roots in Iraq. So I asked Bush to invade Iraq, because it was right and it was moral and it clearly was the only alternative. YUP!
Did I tell you that I had deep roots in Iraq because of my heritage? Mr. Morris knows all abut me
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 amIt seems as though there is always a lack of seriousness from the GOP and right(Wrong) in general. It is safe to say the 100% of the time 99.9% of what they say is complete BS.
Frankly, I don’t even get where he’s going with this.
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 amwell, CHALIBI did visit Cheney, so maybe he delivered a personal invitation and it just missed getting put in the Official Calendar . . . .
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 amIs Dick Morris a POW?
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:04 amDidHeJustSayThat Says:
Is Dick Morris a POW?
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:04 am
No, he’s a toe-sucking fat pig. He’s just never been quite right since he got caught at it.
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:13 amIt has already been well documented that Dick Morris is a pathological liar, not to mention completely unprincipled. In other words, he is the perfect Republican pundit.
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 amThe media needs a regime change.
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:40 amThis blithering by Morris is right up there with Karl Rove’s claim that the Dems forced Bush Jr to invade Iraq.
Rove & Morris, the two most discredited “strategists” US politics has ever seen.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:17 amThe double-speak increases as their hegemony becomes more tenuous.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:45 amdemocracy asked us to be in there?
good golly miss molly.
in that case i got laid with democracy tonight.
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:47 amPaul W,
How does that go again…?
Just tell the people that they are being attacked(read: imminent threat), wave a flag in their face(read: lapel pins), denounce the dissenters as being weak(read: appeasers) and you can tell the rest anything(read: WMD’S, ties to al-CIA-duh, drill-bomb-wiretap) because those that follow will then be Loyal to the cause and keep the “lunatic fringe” in check.
Good article you wrote. I concur. Patriots stand in the face of imminent threat and demand that their country NOT fail them.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 4:09 amIt’s a miracle: my capacity to be surprised by wingnut has been restored. We never invaded Iraq! It explains a lot.
August 23rd, 2008 at 7:18 amThis man seems to be wearing his own arse for a hat.
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:06 amWow! Wow! and double Wow!
The more idiotic the premise the better the ratings. However, they can only do this so long before they run out of stupid shit to say – hit the wall if you will. A democratic victory is going to save the ass of Hannity and Morris and all the other nasty, idiotic conservative zombies by changing the topic in November.
Protect the polls. The GOP, the neocons and this administration have no other option than to steal another election by perpetrating again the most heinous crime – negating American’s right to freely elect our representatives.
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 amYou know there was a time when the talking heads would spout crap like what Morris did and Alan Colmes would let them get away with it. But of late, it seems Colmes is finally feeling his druthers. I’ve seen clips of him actuall ytaking on Hannity!! Maybe, Morris thought he was with the old Alan and could get away with his stupid comments.
I’m just saying….
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:24 amNot since Gerald Ford pronounced that Poland was not under Soviet domination in a 1976 debate with Jimmy Carter has there been a public pronouncement as contrary to fact as this.
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:46 amNot the first or even the second time this has happened.
Martha.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. You say you want nothing short of victory, that leaving Iraq would be catastrophic; you once again mentioned al Qaeda. Does that mean that you are willing to leave American troops there, no matter what the Iraqi government does? I know this is a question we’ve asked before, but you can begin it with a “yes” or “no.”
THE PRESIDENT: We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It’s their government’s choice. If they were to say, leave, we would leave.
Q — catastrophic, as you’ve said over and over again?
THE PRESIDENT: I would hope that they would recognize that the results would be catastrophic. This is a sovereign nation, Martha. We are there at their request. And hopefully the Iraqi government would be wise enough to recognize that without coalition troops, the U.S. troops, that they would endanger their very existence. And it’s why we work very closely with them, to make sure that the realities are such that they wouldn’t make that request — but if they were to make the request, we wouldn’t be there.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070524.html
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 amHow is fish and US occupation in Iraq similar? After six years it really, really stinks, smelled throughout the world and everyone is tired of the smell.
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 amThat’s an ‘invitation’ not many countries like to send to Bush and Cheney.
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 amTo be brief, what a dickhead!
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:47 amA slimy little toe-sucking homunculus…
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 amSaddam invited us to illegally invade and occupy his country ?
Along with tearing his head off at the end of a rope ?
That Dick Morris ; ever the intellectual………..
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 amColmes says: We are in Iraq now at the invitation of the government.” But seconds later, Morris repeated his false assertion:
And so it goes. One idiot neo-con makes a completely false statement and the statement is then repeated a thousand times as truth. BTW we all know that Saddam invited us to come in and depose his government. Let’s see how that spin that one.
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 amIs Colmes trying to grow a backbone? He’s a little late.
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 amWe’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.
If we are not in a takeover of Iraq, then why is the Bush Administration having such a hard time letting go?
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:43 pmInnocent Bystander Says:
Alan Colmes has always struck me as a pretty weak liberal. But he’s able to make simple observations that totally tie the RW noise machine in knots. Way to go Alan…I admire your willingness to hang in that pit of stupid.
The requirement for working with Hannity is that you be a weak liberal. If they got a strong liberal, Hannity would be shown to be the fool he is on a daily basis. Personally I detest Alan Colmes. I think he has sold his soul to the devil. If I had his job I would have to go home every night and wash the stench off my body. I would make it maybe a week.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:48 pmTHE PRESIDENT: We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It’s their government’s choice. If they were to say, leave, we would leave
Well, we now know what a big lie that one was. But, it was an expected lie because Bush is incapable of telling the truth.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:49 pmIsn’t it funny how some people are appropriately named “Dick?”
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:23 pmCan anyone produce the RSVP we sent to Saddam ?
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:32 pmDick Morris is the one who doesn’t have a clue…but then again, he is a Dick…like Cheney…although I don’t view him as being as evil a Dick as Cheney has proven himself to be.
August 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pmI’m so glad Dicky finally told us all the reason wer’e in Iraq.Saddam invited us.
I heard ol’ B.Clinton knocked him on his old no neck fat ass. Apparently that made him dildo-lusional.
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 pmWingnuts are getting lazy. They learned there is no downside to lying to their base, they will belive ANYTHING, and they arent going to convince real thinking people anyway. So they just factor lying in. Not in any way concerned with FACTS or really reality they say whatever is useful for propaganda. Apparantly they are willing to take this to galactic level stupidity. At this point they no longer seem to care HOW ludicrous what they say is.
August 24th, 2008 at 7:32 amsee . . . i knew we were in iraq because we were formally invited by the iraqi government to lay waste to cities in iraq. it only “looked” like an invasion. some people can be sooo dense.
August 25th, 2008 at 1:39 amSo the re-education of the American people begins at Fox News. The sad thing is that there will be many Americans who will end up believing this, just like many Americans now believe that Iraq had something to do with 9/11, and that Iraq had WMDs.
The Fox News Republicans have no choice but to insist there is no moral equivalence between USA invading Iraq and RUSSIA invading Georgia. They can’t very well criticize Russia otherwise. Fox News Republicans are perplexed at the sight of people everywhere taking note of our hypocrisy in criticising Russia.
August 25th, 2008 at 1:04 pm