Posted on 01/13/2009 8:32:36 PM PST by The Big Feed
Interesting. I don't think he gives Bush enough credit, but he's definitely right about the situation Bush inherited. And I give him a lot of credit for having the guts to say this.
He tells the publication, "President Bush was in the wrong place at the wrong time, I don't know how anyone could have handled this situation.
"I don't give a f**k who's in office, Bush or whoever, there is no simple solution to this problem... I'm not one of those who blames Bush for everything. This s**t between Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn't it.
"It's too easy to blame everything on one guy. These are unpredictable, dangerous times, and I don't think that anyone really knows quite what to do."
Rourke also confesses he was so angry after 9/11, he wanted to fight the war on terror himself.
He adds, "I'm not politically educated. But I do know that after 9/11 I wanted to go over there, you know what I'm saying?"
And the star is baffled by the U.K.'s approach to fundamentalists - insisting he was taken aback by the freedom of speech allowed in the U.K.
He explains, "I was in London recently and I couldn't believe all these hate-talking fanatics you have over here who are allowed to carry on doing their thing even when a bus full of women and children gets blown to pieces.
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He’s not afraid to say what he thinks because nobody cares what he thinks anymore. That’s one advantage of being a nobody. You get to tell it like it is without holding back.
Actually, it goes back before the Crusades, doesn’t it?
I think it goes back at least until the creation of 7-11s
BTW: Check out "The Wrestler." Not as great as many of the critics say, but still a great study of a man's struggle to redeem himself beyond his capabilities.
Rumblefish.
Year Of The Dragon.
Darn! He shouldve shut up for now and let loose AFTER the Oscars, which he’s got the best chance after the Golden Globes win.
He was great in Barfly
He was really hot back in the day.
Yes, he IS. I saw it a year ago on one of those midnight stations and his depiction of Bukowski was amazing. Also probably one of Faye Dunaway’s last great performances as well.
I'll see your Year of the Drago and raise you a Pope of Greenwich Village. The book is pretty good too.
This “thing” isn’t between the Christians and the muslims - it’s between the muslims and the rest of the world.
Who the heck is this guy?
He played “Marv” in the movie “Sin City”, he won a golden golbe on sunday night for the movie “the Wrestler”, but he is best known for his role in 9 & 1/2 weeks.
Amazing how things become clear once you sober up.
Actually, it goes back before the Crusades, doesn’t it?
Yup-—way back before the crusades to the time when the muslim hordes were slaughtering everything in sight in the 7th century and take it from there. But Mickey and most mushheads wouldn’t know that because the predominant culture doesn’t talk about the origins and savagery of islam.
As for Mickey Rourke—he’s a great actor-—his performance as Marv in Sin City is one of the best ever.
Actually he’s still lots better looking than what passes for hearthrob males of today’s Hollywood.
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