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Tony Bennett: We caused 9/11
Tony Bennett's conversation with Howard Stern turned political when he stopped by the radio host's Sirius XM program on Monday.
Bennett told Stern that when he was being honored at the Kennedy Center in 2005, then President Bush revealed to Bennett that "he made a mistake [about the Iraq war]."
And with that, Bennett and Stern were off into a discussion about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"You gotta eliminate war, but what do you do with these terrorists who blew up the World Trade Center?" Stern inquired, to which Bennett replied, "Who are the terrorists? Are we the terrorists, or are they the terrorists? Two wrongs don't make a right."
He continued that he wasn't on board with the statement that those who attacked started the conflict. "They flew the plane in, but we caused it. We were bombing them, and they told us to stop."
Later on in the conversation, Bennett added that he believed "To start a war in Iraq was a tremendous, tremendous mistake internationally," according to Mediaite.
The singer, who was promoting his new album "Duets II," has since posted a statement to clarify the comments he made on Stern's show, and to apologize if they were misconstrued.
"I am so grateful to be an American and as a World War II veteran, I was proud to fight to protect our values, which have made America the greatest country on the planet," the 85-year-old singer says in the statement.
"There is simply no excuse for terrorism and the murder of the nearly 3,000 innocent victims of the 9/11 attacks on our country," the statement continues. "My life experiences -ranging from the Battle of the Bulge to marching with Martin Luther King – made me a life-long humanist and pacifist, and reinforced my belief that violence begets violence and that war is the lowest form of human behavior. I am sorry if my statements suggested anything other than an expression of my love for my country, my hope for humanity and my desire for peace throughout the world."
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April 12, 2012 at 3:22 am | Report abuse | Log in to Reply
tmktwo
did gaga help you with your depends when you were (singing) with her?tony please go away you old fart.they are all making fun of you while acting like they care.nobody wants to hear your old voice anyway!you are a big bore.do us a favor and stay home with your diapers you idiot.
December 15, 2011 at 5:55 pm | Report abuse | Log in to Reply
Tony Bennet is absolutely right. Do Americans even know what your country had been doing before 9/11?
the shooting down of two Libyan planes in 1981
the bombing of Lebanon in 1983 and 1984
the bombing of Libya in 1986
the bombing and sinking of an Iranian ship in 1987
the shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane in 1988
the shooting down of two more Libyan planes in 1989
the massive bombing of the Iraqi people in 1991
the continuing bombings and draconian sanctions against Iraq for the next 12 years
the bombing of Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998
October 17, 2011 at 9:52 am | Report abuse | Log in to Reply
And I should be interested in Tony Bennett's policitical views because.....? It is a slap in the face of all those who died to say we caused 911. There is NO excuse for attacking civilian targets in war, let alone without declaring one. It was cowardly. If I were a loved one of one of the victims, I'd be enraged. Tony, stick to singing "I left my heart in San Francisco'. There is no question that the US has made and continues to make a lot of mistakes in foreign policy. However, there is never an excuse for deliberately killing innocents. NEVER.
September 22, 2011 at 4:47 pm | Report abuse | Log in to Reply
christopher M
Absolute utter nonsense. Quite the contrary is true-9/11 occurred because we didn't bomb Al qaeda.
Bennett says Al Qaeda attacked us because "we bombed them"? What? So, Mr. Bennett, we are to blame for 9/11 because we bombed Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11? (tongue-in-cheek). When did we ever bomb Al Qaeda before 9/11? Never. In fact, 9/11 came about because we didn't take stern action against al qaeda after they bombed the wtc in 1993, the USS Cole, our Embassy in Nairobi, et. al .
If he meant Al qaeda attacked us because we bombed Iraq, then that is a tacit admission Al qaeda and Saddam's baath Party were in bed together, an argument which (already dispelled) would have justified the second invasion of Iraq. It is simply preposterous to state or imply such a claim.
Mr. Bennett, of all people, should have drawn on WWII history as a lesson against the dangers of appeasement and indifference to extremist/totalitarian movements (i.e., Chamberlain appeasement of Hitler), but he clearly instead drinks Hollywood "blame America first" apologist kool-aid. President Clinton could have stopped Al Qaeda but did almost nothing, aside from a few cruise missles at an empty tent.
He also seems to buy, at least by implication, the same tired old Al qaeda and liberal apologist mantra about US imperialism for Middle east oil and alleged western hate of Islam. Fact-had the US wanted Iraqi oil, Bush I could have invaded Baghdad in 1991 and taken it, but this never happened and the US has since left Iraq again, leaving Iraqi oil on the world market. fact-the US has intervened to protect muslim lives on numerous occassions-the 1990's US bombing of Serbs in Kosovo to protect Albanian muslims comes to mind, but the US has also intervened to protect muslims from the Soviet invasion in 1980, the liberation of Kuwait from saddam, and even stopped the Anglo-Franco-Israeli attempt to attack Egypt and grab the Suez canal. Hardly a pattern or practice of deliberate subjugation of a religion.
Conclusion-Bennett's a great entertainer, but a senior moment he himself caught and apologized for. No rational person believes America deserved 9/11, that it was justified in any way, or that America caused it. Al qaeda's litany of grievances they used to declare war on civilization (yes, civilization) are pretextual bulloubaise, an Islamo-fascist mein kampf. I believe Bennett came to realize this, and pulled the foot from his mouth.
September 22, 2011 at 12:31 am | Report abuse | Log in to Reply
earth2loons
What an unsophisticated and naive take on 9/11, another example of leftist unreason and illogic. Significant percentages of Muslims worldwide justify suicide bombing and terrorism as an acceptable tactic. During his time of hiding following 9/11, Osama bin Laden was viewed favorably by large percentages of people in the Muslin world – Pakistan (65%), Jordan (55%) Morocco (45%), Turkey (31%) . Placing the blame for these figures entirely on US foreign policy is just willful ignnorance, obviating the role and influence of Islam, their culture, Arab-state policies, centuries of repressive and backwards thinking, not to mention the obvious pathological hatred for the West in the Muslim world. What a joke to think you can change the world through foreign policy. Only a shallow assessment and understanding of human nature combined with blind conceit could lead a person to that conclusion.
Eric M
Tony Bennett should stick to singing and do a little more reading. We didn't bomb them for no reason. They blew up our embassies. Violence sucks, but sometimes it's the only way and necessary to speak to people in their own language.
V. P.
Why is it that evey time one of thse celebs states someting and then gets backlash for it they end up apologizing. Why even start saying things that you don't mean. And if you do mean it then stick to it, after all those were your thoughts when you said it, own them!
September 21, 2011 at 12:56 pm | Report abuse | Log in to Reply
BENNETTFAN
GOOD JOB TONY
Mary Uhlik
We always blame someone else.. When we are the ones that cause it.. :::We can Dish it out be WE Can't Take it..
People in USA say Let Then Distroy each other over seas....
Name*Kam
Think about it- they flew the planes into financial district – knowing it would do damage. It did more than that. – the cost of two wars with loss of life, liberty (securing our borders) and pursuit of happiness (teaching our children to fear instead love honor and respect) and most of turn against each. Hmmm their mission accomplished!!!!!!
hmntrffc
my parents immigrated from russia to the u.s. to attend graduate school when i was five years old. i love the united states, but that doesn't change the fact that the leaders of any nation are capable of making great and terrible mistakes, as well as resolving them. what we believe to be true in the united states isn't necessarily believed to be true in another country, and it hurts me to see how many ignorant people condone bigotry and violence worldwide. OPEN YOUR EYES AND YOUR MIND PEOPLE, otherwise we will all degenerate into likenesses of sarah palin's youngest child.
The man made a value point. Kudos to those on here who are willing and able to say that even though they love their country, the US HAS made some mistakes. That is how we learn, from our mistakes. Now let's try & keep the peace, ALL countries!
Remove oil, remove the problem. Replace oil with renewable clean energies that WE produce and all these problems just evaporate with so much as a trickle of water from your tailpipe.
Continue to depend on other countries, we continue to protect our interests, thus the problems will never go away.
RON PAUL 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Members of the mafia think that they are honorable. They go to church, They profess love for their wives and children. They claim to love America. And, they actually think that they "go to work" like the rest of us.
If a mafioso ever crossed me, hurt my friends or family, ever tried to press or extort from mine, or intimidate, I`d take them out. I`m smart enough to know how to build a rocket propelled grenade in my garage and I`d get them from afar.
What Bennett is saying is that, through out self-serving rationalizations, sometimes we act like the Mafia and when a human has had enough, they will lash out.
Cheney did 911 to prove his point. Bin Laden was trained by the CIA. All Americans are being duped into these wars
frankbear
It just boggles my mind that people of any faith are in favor of killing anyone. Life is a precious thing and God would be the last one to teach anger, hate, destruction of your fellow humans no matter what. Religion should be teaching to refrain from all these actions of hate and destruction every day. Just believing in God and going to church is not enough to make you a better person in the eyes of God. You have to respect your fellow human beings short life on this earth and make this a better place for everyone.
Geez, keep singing and your views to yourself, Mr. Hollywood. . . or join the girls . . . and Joy . . . on the View who think they also know what is going on in America!!!
If you do some real research into the 911 events, you will find that something really STINKS about the so-called facts the government wants you to believe. The controlled mass media does not speak the truth either. They tell you what they want you to know and most sheeple believe it like good little lap dogs. Of course, people can keep their head in the sands all they want. Tony is not some old senile man. He is speaking the truth. The truth hurts. I am a firm believer that the 911 events need to be investigated...for real this time. Here's a few items to consider and do your own research... It's a real eye-opener...
The most secure air space in the US, and NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) were told to stand down, by the CIA, to allow a drill to take place of simulated planes flying into buildings. What they didn't know, it was happening for real. Never in the history had NORAD been told not to do their job, but on this date of Sept. 11.
There is nothing on record of a steel framed building coming down from a fire, unless from an earthquake or a controlled demolition. Steel doesn't weaken until about 2,000 degrees. At 3,000, it starts to melt. Look into the Windsor building in Spain that burned for days, but never fell, like the mainstream media tried to predict because the WTC towers fell. The Jets and jet fuel DID NOT BRING THOSE TOWERS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Various witness of 911 who have spoken about witnessing the atrocities have died or are so scared to speak, for fear of being murdered or their familiies harmed or murdered.
Bush fired all FBI agents who dared to question the 911 tragedy and who wanted to do a real investigation.
There is no evidence a plane EVER hit the Pentagon. The round hole of distruction displayed does not add up to a 757 jet hitting it. There were about 84 camera angles of the pentagon in that section, but the tapes have been confiscated and they will only show that one angle of a blast because A PLANE NEVER HIT THE PENTAGON!!!!!!! Jesse Ventura spoke with a witness who was so scared to talk about it, but she mentioned seeing a missile and not a plane. She was corrected later and left the state for fear of her family and will no longer speak to the public about it...
You have to ask yourself, why is the government so unwilling to open this up and get to the real truth?
Call me crazy all you want, but something is definitely wrong with the "story" and 1+1=2 not 3...
Carmina Villarica
Tony Bennet is a legend and definitely not senile and a moron. I pity some of these stupid americans who gave negative comments about Mr. Bennet. Mr. Larue is right! War is a trillion dollar business! Wake up earthlings!
GO BENNETT
Istrt
We need more educated Americans like him. Go You!
And then he apologized, really?
jack larue
war is a trillion dollar business!!! Without war, some country's economy will crash! Who do you think are the terrorists? Tony Bennet is right. The rest who said he is senile and a moron is probably 10x moron plus a dork head! That is why there will never be peace on earth. God please destroy this evil doers once and for all!
HE'S THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER IN HISTORY...AND HAS A RIGHT TO THINK WHAT HE WANTS...RIGHT OR WRONG
jen n
It really shows who didnt pay attention in history class in h.s. Very sad, that most are only seeing black or white and missing the gray middle. I feel sorry that some grown adults on here are uneducated and prob passed that onto ur kids. Well u knw what they say, "YOU CANT CHANGE STUPID"
I just love it when I here pro lifers on the radio talking about bombing people.
mejazzbo
Mr. Bennett tells it like it is and anyone with a spark of objectivity knows he is correct.
September 21, 2011 at 9:59 am | Report abuse | Log in to Reply
Truth is the USA is nosey to get in every other countries believes and ways and if we dont agree we try to make them change! How is that morally correct? This is why everybody dislikes America, and I dont blame them. If only we concentrated on our own and didnt try 2 change others, than 9-1-1 wouldnt happened. So a pat on the back America for getting our people killed
Good job!But there is still more research for people to do.. the fact is..most people DONT read. America is at a 5th grade reading level on average. Bin laden- al queda was used by the CIA in the 70s and 80s. The twin towers was a CONTROLLED DEMOLITION falling at nearly freefall speed.. impossible for just planes hitting..But asking urself why the government did this is not enough. Its simply said whenever we're faced with something threaterning..we will give up our rights for so called security. But realize that WE are the targets of homeland security, and not this pretend enemy of terriosts. Im no "conspiracy theorist" but a researcher who connects dots and is able to do critical thinking which sadly most are losing that ability..The 85 percent of you who get info from mainstream media. Try alternative media..Infowars.com.
@KevinC
Right on! People don't read. That's why all the truth is in print because they know this. All people have to do is open their eyes and stop just trusting in the government and believing all the lies. Become a "thinker" and a "doer" instead of a constant naysayer to a contrary opinion. A reasonable person who wants to know is going to do their research and see that 911 has so many holes in the investigation it's ridiculous! WAKE UP AMERICA! STOP SLEEPING!
Glad that we live in a country where we can all express our views – right or wrong – and not fear retribution for them.
That being said – I happen to agree with him 100%.
Emeka.I
Is it possible to have an informed discussion,on subjects like the topic of the causes of 9/11,without the usual ignorant knee jerk reaction,from certain respondees.
Yes being able to hold a viewpoint different to the official line,and argue as such neither makes you a sympathiser,or a traitor.And as such shows a lack of imagination,on the part of the person making such accusations,and is purely a mechanism to stifle and curtail any real debate.
In my lifetime,The united state,s govermen
October 2, 2011 at 10:18 am | Report abuse | Log in to Reply
boocat
He's right. This country LOOOOOVES to interfere where it IS NOT WANTED. How would the citizens of this country like it if some nation declared war and invaded us and tried to tell us how to live? You all know we wouldn't like it one damn bit. At least Bennett has the cojones to speak the truth. WAKE UP PEOPLE! Until our government stops with the arrogance and war mongering, the terrorists are going to keep coming after us and our civil "rights" will continue to be stripped away from us.
God bless you Tony!!
TELL THAT TO THE 3,000 INNOCENT VICTIMS FAMILIES WHO STILL MOURN THEM
Lacy – while I'm sad that innocent people died, they frankly have NOTHING to do with it.
Point is, our country had its nose in business where it had no place belonging – and we were retaliated against.
Would you stand idly by if someone forcibly went into your home and tried to tell you how to live your life? I'm betting you would probably fight back, right?
Wow I have never read so many disrespectful comments in my life. Remember people this is an 80 year old American war veteran. This is the arrogance that the world is talking about when pertaining to the United States. We as Americans always think we're right and the one who disagrees best beware.
We thought we were right when we invaded the Indians, you know when we discovered America lol. We thought we were right when we enslaved millions on Africans. You know for a new and upcoming nation there's nothing like free labor. We thought we were right when women had no voting rights; American men thought women were not smart enough to choose its nations leaders. Segregation again we thought we where right. And now we have the nerve to think that just because someone stood up to us that some how we are right and they are wrong?? As you can see we have a long history of thinking we're right when most of the time we've been wrong. The horrific act of 9/11 was not because of jealous "which is one of the statements I heard". Please think about it, if Russia bombs England, or Israel you better believe we are going after them. Not on the same note the Russian citizens will look at America as terrorists because they haven't a clue of Russia's back door schemes. The United States does this all the time and then they look shocked when some one attacks back.
This very country was established in an illegal fashion. Believe me if a country tried to do what we did to the Indians the world would be in an uproar. I applaud Mr. Bennett in speaking his mind just as I do Ron Paul. There is always two sides to a story, just as most of you believe what the US says happened, you best believe that there people who think other wise. It's amazing; if we Americans would get out of our bubble you would see that most of the worlds really do not like us. And it's our arrogance that tells us that it's because others are jealous us of our freedom. We are quite possibly the youngest country in the world and for us to come on the seen and think that other countries are jealous of us reminds me of a young man who finally comes of age and thinks he's going to teach an older man something new. It's his young arrogances to think that what he just discovered is new information; it's just new to him. I could get into the fact that we have troops in Germany as we speak. Why Hitler is dead? But most people believe what they want to believe. I'll close with this; it's very dangerous to think your right when everyone else in the room thinks you're wrong.
ShutUpAndSing
Shut up and just sing...
People!! Look at the history of our dealings with the middle east–you cannot donate arms for one country to obliterate another and turn around and do the same thing for their enemy without consequences! No one is happy that 9/11 happened–it's awful! But our foreign policy with the arab world set this up to happen, and that's what Mr. Bennett is talking about. This has been going on for a long, long time but we're so removed from what people in other countries go through that it doesn't occur to us that they might be incensed to the point of turning on us. I actually talked to a woman at work who said the 9/11 bombing was worse than the bombings in the middle east because "they're used to it." No one gets used to having their family blown to smithereens. We didn't start these cultures who can't stop being at war with each other, but we threw fuel on the fire time and again to try to work a better foothold in the oil market, and surprise! It came back on us. Now we send our brave service members across the world and they return to us maimed or in coffins, because we are too proud as a country to admit when we are wrong. That is a damn shame. Also, if you think we're in the middle east to "free the people from oppression of ruthless dictators and religious zealots, you're very naïve. There's oppression and genocide everywhere in the world–our government doesn't get involved unless there's some kind of resource or strategic power to be had. Politics and foreign policy are ugly and there's no humanitarianism to them. We live in an imperialist nation whether we want to admit it or not and we need to take responsibility and put people in office consistently who will change our policy with other countries and lead us down a better road of fair trade and hopefully self sufficiency. Our government needs to stop it with the hypocritical, fake "humanitarian" reasoning they use to convince our citizens that wars are justifiable–we as citizens need to stop being naïve and start questioning our leaders more and hold them accountable for the lies they perpetrate! That's one of the ways we start to make the world a better place and hopefully stop things like 9/11 from happening again. Also I, like Mr. Bennett, am a veteran, and I have earned the right to speak.
Um...to the idiot talking about turbans...Muslims don't wear turbans. Seihks do.
Also, to the people saying Tony isn't American for what he's saying...America was founded on the idea that we can speak our minds, and be critical of our leaders and their choices. If anything, Tony is being extra American by saying what he did.
And perhaps he's right – maybe we should mind our own business sometimes. Most Countries hate us, and view us as stuck-up and ignorant. We've just got our heads too far up our asses to know that's how we are viewed!
He's a moron. How then, does Bennett explain the first bombing of the World Trade Center under Clinton, or the hundreds of others world-wide way before 9-11. Even under the coward Carter our embassy was taken over and hostages taken for a year. Give me a break. THEY are evil, and have been attacking people world-wide for centuries and since the early 20th century have amped up their mayhem. Bennett, you need meds.
The truth of the matter is terrorism is attacking the civilian population not other countries military's. Yes there is civilian casualties we cause but the "intent" is not to kill innocent civilians. So Mr. Bennett as much as I respect you and fully believe you do love this country, what you just said was pure ignorant. Freedom of speech is alive and well and that's a good thing.
bezerkur
tony saw war alot differently then how war is waged now. the death tolls and devastation in wwll was unimaginable in todays style of modern warfare. not to trivalize the solders who have sacrificed in this operation already. wwll would have been alot more psychologically difficult to handle for most of the americans to deal with. especially the european campain. battles like the bulge, bunker hill and d-day would of been hell on earth and will probably never be fought like that again. point is the guy went through that and then had 65 years to mull it over. his life experiance is vast and his opinions are better then some peoples facts.
George Pope
Another Hollywood Liberal doing and saying what's expected of them to stay on the in with the Striesand's and co.
Jack Mayhoffer
I wonder if the terrorists would enjoy rubbing aloe on the ingrown hairs from Howard Stern's taint?
Wendy T Ritard
Maryann from Brooklyn has small earlobes.
David Chowes
Interesting how someone who is against war and killing has received so many critical comments. As Oliver Stone said, we all have the potential to be NATURAL BORN KILLERS.
He is right! We have made sure that the world kept the Arab world held back! We kept supporting Israel while they constantly murdered thousands of Palestinians! We could have prevented 9/11 ! We have helped terrorize them for years. Until we stop... they will stop!
9/11 had nothing to do with israel. The isreal situation was a latter day rally cry for muslims and AQ affiliates...but has little to do with their original plight...which was american troops in the muslim holy land of Saudi Arabia. Please don't mix up my words.
As a former military intelligence analyst, I can say from some aspect he's not far off the mark. It wasn't our involvement in the gulf war that sparked al quaida's rise to prominence. It was the fact that after Kuwait was liberated, we maintained numerous bases in in one of the holiest muslim countries (though at the behest of those in control). Had we not remained there and bin laden not been exiled in the process, 9.11 may not have happened! Iraq on the other hand was a different beast. It was a wrong move due to the resource drain on what should have been our only objective...afghanistan. But to bring it back around to the original thought on what fueled AQ, if Iraq didn't happen, we would still be flying no fly zones at the behest of the UN and providing security to the Saudi's who frankly were ill-equipped to fend off a retaliation from Saddam for the Kuwait debacle. Also if you notice...there are no more US military bases in Saudi Arabia. 🙂
Lest anyone forgets, the US was enforcing the UN imposed no-fly zone in Iraq, which was repeatedly violated by Hussein. And he refused to let UN inspectors in to see whether he had restarted his nuclear program.
A Frank Sinatra wannabe without the talent. Ashamed to be an Italian, that's why he changed his name.
michaelfury
"Are you one of those conspiracy guys who actually thinks they didn't fly the plane…that the government started it?"
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/black-box/
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/darkness-visible/
Searching for an Atheist Extremist
The truth shall set you free. Tell it like it is Mr. Bennett.
YEAH LIKE BUSH IS REALLY GOING TO TELL HIM THAT,WHO BELIEVES THAT CRAP,GO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE RIGHTS.TELL THE INNOCENT VICTIMS FAMILIES THAT ITS JUSTIFIED.
p zombie
All I see are a bunch of conscious people trying to stir up non conscious people that are waking up to their organized bs. Stop thinking you are elite. Your time has come. Enjoy the bed you've made haha.
Excuse me. I meant: choosing 1) or 2).
Today, one New York State reporter has said that Mr. Bennett's recent 9/11 comments were-just dumb or silly stuff that an old man says. So I guess that Bennett's choices, according to that reporter are: 1) a guy who accidentally acted like a total jerk, and blamed the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the USA, or 2) a claim that Bennett's personal old age problems have caused his brain to go soft and say dumb things about "world events", and "women drivers" and the like. If those are the only two opions, I don't envy Mr. Bennett for having to chose 1) or 20.
tigresse
I admire Tony Bennett for his candor AND HIS WISDOM: we had NO business going into Iraq and starting that war. We DID cause 9/11 by our aggressive foreign policies in oil-rich countries. And until Americans can face this fact, there will be NO positive changes in the world of terror. This doesn't mean I don't feel for the victims and their families of 9/11 but I think it's very telling that Bennett was pressured to revise his statement in light of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Sometimes people just don't want to face the truth. The truth will set you free....now there's a thought!
According to research and history president reagan and ronald rumsfill sold Saddam hussein military weapons n the late 80's. Hussein was at war with Bin Ladden and Iran. SO HELLO That put us on guess who's _hit List...and now u know why were n this war with the middle east!..I think were n this for the long haul. Thank u Mr.Reagan and Rumsfield....
Right on! How easily people forget: in the dirty world of politics and politics and oil, one dictator is your friend for one decade (ie. Saddam Hussein against Ayatollah's Iran) and the next decade he's your enemy, ie. Iraq War. We did business with Bin Laden in Afghanistan against the Russians and then he became our enemy, ie. 9/11.
HOW CAN ONE FIGHT IN A WAR, KILL PEOPLE AND THINK THEY ARE BEING PEACEFUL? CRAZY
May Peterson
Tony Bennett said this right? You people act as if it was Sara Palin who said it.
we were hit in 9/11 by people who one month before that used heavy artillery to destroy unique ancient Buddah statues. Mr Bennett and his fellow ego-centric kitchen intellectuals obviously have no clue as to who we are dealing with here.
Sokman
Why would Bush confide in Tony Bennett of all people that the Iraq war was a mistake? I cant help but feel, being around the anniversary of 9/11, this was a call for attention while pronoting his new album
I AGREE WITH YOU, LOVE THE USA OR GET OUT NOW...
Everyone has a right to their opinion good or bad. http://www.proimagesphoto.com
Scor Wang.
That website is Indonesian language. So find an Indonesia good translator. @ Tony Bennet, Scor knows you from advocates of change. In Michael Moore episode.
Whether you agree or not with Mr. Bennett, you should respect his right to speak his mind. We are, after all, supposed to be about free speech. Lots of people in this Country of ours exercise that right without ever having lifted a finger to help anyone but themselves. The man served in the Army in Europe during WWII, so he especially has the right express his views. I happen to agree with him, as well.
9/11 happened because USA supports Israel like the little brother that always gets picked on. And the arabs hate Israel and our support makes us vulnerable to attack. Why doesn't the usa support israel sharing the land with arabs. Seems obama is unwilling to compromise just like tea party
Tony couldn't of said it better.We are always going to other countries,trying to take over,throwing our views and ideas on others.If we leave them alone then they have no reason to do anything to us.Let them live there lives and vise versa.life had a cause and affect.We can sure see how war starts from some of the statements mad.People are so hateful.
Truth hurts and that's why so many angry extremist right wingers have to use insults to make a point.
Wait, why did that comment of mine disappear? Was it because I mentioned Osama was armed and trained by the US? I mean, that's not just some crazy conspiracy theory. Spend five seconds googling it.
Could have been because I said Americans should take personal responsibility for the problems in their country too, which I guess is pretty radical. WHO KNOWS?
The way this country was founded was a terrorist act. We can't change the past, but America is very hypocritical.
WOW!!!!! Airforce 1 u nailed it.
Oognok
If you don't believe that American actions and policies played a large role in the motivation for the events of 9/11, what, then, is your explanation for why people decided to die in order to attack America? To say that American policies were the reason these people did what they did neither justifies nor condones their actions, it merely explains why they did it. I would think confronting and understanding the truth in a matter such as this would be viewed as more patriotic than letting emotions rule and blindly blaming millions of people for the actions of a few. The former may prevent future attacks such as 9/11, while the latter does nothing at best, and at worst incites the same hatred and anger that motivated the attackers in the first place. Does no one else think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan made recruitment a lot easier for groups such as Al-Qaeda?
Tony Bennit Fan
Communists like him should all be shipped out of country. If he is gonna spread proppa ganda sayin we deserved this or brought it on ourselves then ship him to Somalia and see how many millions of dollars he can make there. I am about tired of listening to "Americans" talk about how it was our fault that thousands of civilians died. I think its about time that all the bleeding heart liberalists be shipped off to other locals to make a living. I bet every cry baby, oh wo is me, whiney little rich socialite will sing a different tune once mommy and daddys millions are taken away.
Correction: The atrocious shams wall street has perpetrated over the past decade should convince everyone we should be living in a democratic socialist country. We've even got a democratic socialist senator now in Bernie Sanders. That's a little thing called progress, grandpa.
ps i'd think a so called "fan" of Bennett could come even close to spelling his name right.
If you think I'm a fan oh this communist pike then the half an education you got from that bleeding heart media funded school ya went to gave you exactly what you paid for lol. If you seriously think wallstreets actions in any way contributed to 9/11 then remember. So did you since you spent money in America, which fuels them.
to fan, accidentally click report instead of reply, sorry.
anyway i was pretty clearly addressing the guy whose name said he was a fan of tony bennett. you know, the guy i was replying to. i'm not sure why you came flying in like that.
and i said IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, not that wall street contributed to 9/11. i'm not replying to you again because i'm honestly concerned you're illiterate.
As in, the massive and crippling financial crisis. That was more the thesis statement there, fan-i-wasn't-talking-to. I really can't believe I need to clarify this this much.
To me it sounds like he is justifying the attacks that took the lives of thousands of innocent Americans! Disgusting! As a life long fan of Tony Bennett I have lost all respect for him.
You need to take your emotions out of the equation. He just said he understood WHY they did it, he never said he condoned their actions. And, if you care to actually look at the TRUTH of why terrorism is happening and the West is a target, you need to take a long, hard look at American foreign policy in oil-rich countries. Once you do that, you'll understand better WHY they did it. We had no business going into Iraq or Afghanistan. That was the turning point for all this mess and the US is largely responsible for it.
Smallmansion
If we caused 9/11, then who caused WW2? Oh yeah, a radical Dictator whose goal was to convert the world according to his belief system. Sounds familiar : Hitler , Osama. War has been human nature since the dawn of mankind. A dream of peace is only a vision for those who desire it, but it will never be realistic.
He shoulda kept his mouth shut, now he looks like a kid who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and makin an excuse for it. If you don't stand up for this country, if you don't love it, if you don't believe in it, then move out!
DD-214
Tony fought in a real War while the Bush empire created faux wars for profit. 11 September was a B41 Blow-Back.
madhater
Luke is absolutely right. We are the Nation of bullies. And they snapped back.
Name*bob
The replies that suggest Anerica is responsible for the choices made by the terrorists to attack America are so blind and ignorant. Your POV is appallingly uninformed and shows a blatant disregard for human life. Shame on you and Tony Bennett!!!!
Where is the democracy people? this man used same rights to give his opinion on 9/11 as you have done so ignorantly on this webpage about him! He shouldnt have had to apologize, but did to appease the crybabies in this country. he never said anyone deserved to die or that he hated America, but made valid points about our failing foreign policies. 9/11 was our wake up call/bubble buster. wake up! when will some of u?
Tony Bennett go back to IRAN......you loser......
SHUT YOUR TRATER MOUTHS & QUIT BASHING TONY
HATE CRIMES NO MATTER WHAT ETHNIC RACE NE TO BE DEALT WITH RIGHT AWAY TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD TO SEE IF ALL COUNTRIES FOLLOW THIS POLICEY THE TERRORISTS WILL BE DEPLEATED EVERYWHERE
I AGREE SHUT YOUR MOUTHS..MOST OF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO TONY BENNETT IS...AS SOME OTHERS HAVE SAID TO REVIEWERS...GET LOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT–YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THIS MAN HAS DONE FOR SOCIETY...HE CAN SAY WHAT HE WANTS....GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTT
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hdhdhd@aol
Seriously, you "right wingers" are the angriest, meanest bunch around. Apparently, only your opinions matter.
That's your party though. No comprimising and calling your views "G-dly".
THAT'S RIGHT, WE RIGHT WINGERS ARE RIGHT, YOU ARE FINALLY SEEING THE LIGHT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, NOW SHUT UP AND GO WATCH BENNETT SING.
lotsahelp
We didn't bring on 9/11. We weren't actively attacking bin laden. And the people in those airplanes and buildings were definitely non-combatants. I am tired of people trying to outweigh all of the good the US does with the bad that also comes from being fallible. Maybe the radical Islamics need to evolve. Christianity has.
Your ignorance is stunning; if you – like many Americans believe – you had NO responsibility whatsoever (I mean your government) for bringing on 9/11, you are quite simply deluded in your thinking. Many Islamic leaders the world over, warned the USA, not to invade Iraq. They did – and it was NOT a popularly supported war – and this is the end result. Many, many more innocents died in the Iraq War than the 9/11 bombing and while I feel for the victims and their families, there are thousands of people dying the world over every day, due to violence, greed for oil, and drugs.
It's unfortunate WE cannot be honest about anything in our society without fearing backlash.
I wish more famous people had been willing to talk this way 10 years ago. And I wish Bennett hadn't felt he had to apologize.
Apologizing for what and to whom, Mr. Bennett!
You told the truth and stick with it. Some people do not deserve apology, they deserve to be told the truth, and you did it. Thank You.
Have to Agree with Mr Bennett on this one.
USA policies were the cause of the 9/11 attacks...which attack neither I or Mr Bennett condone.
As the man said, violence begets violence. Time for peace brothers and sisters.
DTQ
Anyone who claims or even insinuates anyone or anything except Muslims caused 9-11 is deluded at best traitorous at worst. Plus don't ever forget that the Palestinians CHEERED the 9-11 attacks they celebrated and passed out candy in the streets!Never forget that as well
F Islam
BingoTony
If there was not oil in the middle east American greed would have never been there, same reason we are not in Darfur. When American greed is not present, there is no one to be mad at. Therefore, honest use of common sense dictates 9-11 would not have happened had there been no oil in the middle east because American corporations/government would never have gone there..... thus one can conclude American behavior created the enemy that lashed out at the greedy intruder who brings poverty and war in it's wake. Tony was absolutely correct! Suck it up and take responsibility for your actions America, and stop trying to justify greed ridden deregulated behavior that kills our soldiers.
Anyone who claims or even insinuates anyone or anything except Muslims caused 9-11 is deluded at best traitorous at worst. Plus don't ever forget that the Palestinians CHEERED the 9-11 attacks they
R DANGER
I've been saying the same thing since I was fourteen and gotten grief for it then, still getting it now. How many brown people are we going to bomb before we realize we are a nation of murders.
Name*Seriously?
if the US caused 9/11 then Muslims caused the War or Terror. Hey violence begots violence right?
Amazing how many of you use words like: "idiot", "moron", "Stupid" and the like. Does that give you some sort of power rush or something? What would happen if people were polite to each other for once... What gives with that crap? Are you in fact, what you call others? Get a life and let's try to respect each other!!
Tea Party Is The New Jesus
Let's Roll!!!!!!!!!
testing, cant get comments to post.
Shut your mouth you bafoon!
How dare he when the same country that was terrorized is the same country that has made him a multiple millionaire! And I former president Bush did say that to him, he should keep his beek shut.
tnmtl
I think Al Franken said it best, and many of the responses on this page prove his point: liberals are capable of self criticism, while rebub/conservatives love their country like four year olds love their mommies. "My mommy's pretty. My mommy's nice. I love my mommy, and if you don't too, your real baaaad".
No one can state their opinion anymore without having someone else state theirs in a form of "being offended." SOOO ANNOYING.
Correction....we did not cause 9/11...
I think we need to start helping our own and let the others do as they please..
I love Tony Bennett's voice. So my advice is don't discuss politics or religion just sing your heart out.
Larry Henderson
Okay smart Americans. America has engaged in preventing the spread of communism since post cold war.So would it be cynical to say that because the USS Destroyer the (I believe) Lutsiana was the reason for Pearl Harbor when we demanded we (America) to open their ports to markets years before Pearl Harbor took place??? He isn't a pacifist nor do I know who he is, but to his defense he is right. Understand everyone that isolationalism isn't the key and September 11th happened because of this thing called prevening the spread of communism.
If by "smart" you mean "scared old white men clutching to their boogeymen" then yes, we've done an excellent job of combating communism. Except for that part where China sort of owns our entire country.
What do you expect from a lifelong B-list wanna be?
Although my son has informed me that ostriches don't bury their heads in the sand, I will use the analogy and say most of you here are burying your heads in the sand. You can't stand what Bennet said because he is telling the truth. Iraq was an unjustified war, truth. Our involvement and nosing around in the middle east created the climate that made 9.11 a reality, truth. Wake up.
What a jerk. Figures he went on Howard Stern. Loser
You have right to return to Israel. Go and stay in the country you love above all.
Sad day when the people who speak the truth are made to look like they hate their country. Most americans today are a sad bunch that thinks are goverment can do no harm, why at the same time their same goverment takes away all their jobs and have turned this country into a police state. People who speak out about whats really going on are the people who truely love their country. The ones attacking Mr. Bennett are the same ones who would be wearing your nazi uniforms by now if it was the 1930's
Iraq had nothing to do with al-qaeda, and we invaded that country on a LIE FROM THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. we should've gone after Ben Laden personally, with a special legion with that specific aim of killing ben laden, instead of using the official military against a country that had nothing to do with it. why dont people remember the damage created by Bush is absolutely beyond me. this country is still strong, but is dead as a democracy. and that is you people's fault. no memory, that's a tragedy.
Many Americans disgust me WAKE UP and actually think what drivel you chat about driven by political arguments live life to the full and stop defending what the government does defend those that suffer, give to charity and not to political parties as when tony bennett says WE he doesn't mean YOU.
"drivel we chat about"????? Why are you on this site?
Merry Adams
I'm thinking maybe he doesn't have all the facts. Being President of the US is hard enough with a terror attack happening right in your own back yard. Don't criticize unless you are willing to take his place under the same conditions and make decisions.
erin mccloskey
People have their own opinions but public figures need to take theirs into consideration as well...I'm not a fan of his comment and ill leave it at that
Thack©
I expect that the republican brown shirts will be attacking Tony at his next concert.
He's right. We helped overthrow the Iranian people's elected government in 1953. The Iranians had finally ousted the hated royal Palavi family. The new Iranian government wasn't going to be as generous with their oil contracts so we helped remove it. They remember. Few Americans do. They don't even remember that American capitalists, led by the DuPont family, tried to raise a private army to take FDR hostage during WW2.
Ignorance is rampant in the US. It's going to destroy us. You can tell when the end is coming by the nationalistic rantings of the most ignorant. We chat "We're Number One!!!" as American manufacturing dies due to the greed of investors. We will bring you democracy at the point of a gun, but if you try to bring democracy to your workplace, you are a commie pinko.
Tony Bennett is just telling the truth. We've had blood on our hands in the middle east for many generations.
What many of you don't understand is the terrorists and their attacks on 9/11 did exactly what they intended – brought the United States to its knees financially. Look at what's happend to our financial system and economy as a direct result of fighting terrorism. In another 30 years we're going to be a third world nation if we continue to spend countless billions of dollars fighting an enemy we can't even find of defeat – that was their goal, and the terrorists have won. Its high time we as a country realize that, pull out of the middle east, tap our OWN oil reserves and close the damn boarders.
You are right on! Does anyone remember there was a video clip of Bin laden stating that they would get back at the U.S. but it would be 'financially'. Take a good look at what's going on. And Tony, you should be ashamed of yourself. Or, is this for publicity? Hmmmmm
Americans are so stupid since they are born. The govt allows you fluoridated water, chemicals in your foods, poor public education, and brainwashing by media, hollywood, videogames, music... The new world order will prevail cause of all you stupid people. You deserve to be depopulated cause you're so stupid!
USA USA USA
Cris, where are you from? Obviously not America, or you would have counted yourself as one of us stupids as you call us. Go back where you came from and see if you can exercise your freedom of speech from there. You jerk.
bababooey
Howard Stern is one of the best interviewers around. He squeeze blood from a stone.............and sometime his guest say a little too much
Sallei Cwik
AMEN to Tony Bennett – we did not "cause" it – but we constantly exacerbate the problem. Dessert Storm, our policy with Israel and Palestine – causes great hatred. We ALL need to take a second look at our policies.
Funny how people wein about his comment when hes absolutely correct. Have the republicans not already proved by their selfish and uncaring personalitys that this is not a perfect country. God bless america and god help us as well!
He said please pass the steak
Knee jerk anyone. Those who refuse to question the "official" reason for anything have no curiosity.
USForce1
Boy oh boy ...you ARE evil!...and ignorant
justfacts
For the uninformed idiots, the US has invaded Iraq twice – remember Desert Storm and the patriot scud missiles under Bush the father. Bennett makes a valid point here; 9/11 was due to our policies in the Middle East. When you stand by all of Israel's anti-muslim tactics you will become an enemy of the muslim world.
I'm amazed at how many stupid, close-minded, brainwashed, good-for-nothing Americans there are. No wonder America is the way it is now. FML!!
I hope the world would hurry up and end soon. Look at all the comments. Do we have anything worth living for ? The good and evil balancing? One can't exist without the other... The best is to eliminate both and find the truth and reason for all this nonsense that we all are.
Who cares what Tony Bennett has to say...I thought he died several years ago
scarspro
tony bennet he knows whats goin on of course somebody flew the plane but inkow amirian gov know http://scarspro.com
Terri Pinkston
ummmm, What?
why should he be ashamed of himself? for speaking his mind? "war is the lowest form of human behavior"... well said! all of you so-called Christian right wingers need to go back and read the bible... pretty sure Jesus wasn't promoting war or that violence resolves violence. ignorance at its best here!
Tony Bennett and Howard Stern discussing war and politics! This passes for enlightened discourse to sheeple on the Left – who are only "left" because Tony Bennett and Howard Stern are.
american daughter
Tony Bennett is a jerk,schmuck,I am returning his cds. Howard I didnt hear but everyone is calling me to tell me about that jerk. america keep away from westbury next week.
oooooooooooo i'm scared of you american daughter...get lost...the man has a right to say what he wants just like you just did jerk.
I would have to agree. Everyting has a cause andto think that people would fly planes into buildings withouut cause or provocation is ignorant and dense. "knee-jerk" comments for the most part...
Human with Brain.
You're all idiots. Ignorance will ultimately be your cause of death.
NO, IT WILL CAUSE YOURS FOOL, TAKE YOUR A$$ TO ISLAM WITH TONY AND SEE HOW LONG YOU LAST BEFORE YOU GET BLOWN UP.
Proudamerican
Tony Bennett can say whatever he wants. He is senile, demented and has Alzheimer's. I'm sure he already forgot what he just said. Some of you, on the other hand, are just plain stupid
YESIAMLIBERALDEALWITHIT
Frank, you are so right. I can't even begin to comment on these idiots making asinine comments. It's scary how the only people that leave feedback on these posts are the uneducated ones who rely on FOX news.. hahaha what a joke! You people are so ignorant... why not crack a book for once instead of believing everything that is told to you by your fellow trailer park neighbors. No one is saying we deserved what happened to us on 9/11... but you are incredibly naive if you think we did nothing to provoke it.
You'd change your tune if it was your loved one who died on 9/11....Islam is evil and Tony Bennet should be ashamed of himself...old fool needs to retire his mouth..
You are an idiot too
Islam is evil? Why? Cause a terrorist group uses Islam as its excuse for doing what it does? Don't be a moron! ETA a terrorist organization in Spain is mainly composed of Christians and Catholics, does that make Christianity evil? You should retire your mouth!! AND YES I AM CHRISTIAN IF YOU ARE WONDERING
Root of all evil
I still ponder how Muhammad was able to brain wash masses of people to follow him. He was a child molester marrying numerous little girls ......disgusting. This is who leads Islam.....no wonder they blow up people.....it's written in their sacred text inspired by a pedophile.
And the Holocaust was the Jewish populations fault? And Pearl Harbor ours? Sensless acts of violence by madmen are only the fault of the perpretaors and if this 85 year old hack isn't greatfull for the freedom of speech we die for that allows him to spout this nonsense, I suggest a one way ticket to Islamabad.
Did you read the part where he stated he fought in WWII? My husband has done 4 tours in the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts and he is the first one to say that freedom of speech is exactly that. Just because Mr. Bennett opened his mouth and inserted his entire lower torso doesn't mean he hates America.
Tony is right! Those terrorists warned us: "if America didn't get off their holy land they would attack us. And they did!" Stop attacking him. He is very talented.
Americans don't live by blackmail; what planet are you from?
I read an analysis that said that the US involvement in the middle east and in particular its support of Israel is the reason why 9.11 and the escalation of hostilities against us happened. I absolutely believe this. You call it blackmail that people are attempting to protect themselves? They made a threat, leave us alone or else. We didn't listen, so got the or else.
Ladyely
"Americans don't live by blackmail"
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/movers-and-shakers/
I was looking forward to purchasing Tony's new CD, but sorry...won't be buying it now. I am very disappointed in his beyond liberal statements and ignorance. I'm sure I am not the only one to feel this way. Your mouth engaged at a very critical time for your pocketbook Tony.
Perhaps Mr. Bennett ( unlike yourself) places more value in the truth than his pocketbook
John from Madison CT
Tony, You're a dirt bag.
I agree with much, but not all, of what he said. The truth really does hurt doesn't it John.
QueenBee59
Clearly he's lost his mind.
Wow all of you are idiots. Sometimes I wonder how slavery prevailed and now I know why. Ignorance is bliss. This man is telling the truth and you all attack him for it.
Frank...perhaps you forgot to take your medication?
OneTwenty
Ad hominem, nice work Frank. Attack the person, not the statement – that's how you get a point across. If you look at what he said and take a look at the factual basis for his claims it becomes very apparent that based on the reasons Al-Queda cited for attacking the U.S. on 9/11 that his statement about us "causing it" simply doesn't add up. I think the ignorance comes from Mr. Bennett. I'm all for peace, but at the same time I'm not going to sit back and shrug when someone breaks into my home and tries to hurt my family.
FRANK, IF WE ARE ALL ATTACKING THIS IDIOT, YOU AND TONY BOY MUST BE AT FAULT, NOW GO GET SOME GERITOL OR WHATEVER YOU ARE ON AND GO SIT DOWN WITH TONY AND GO POUND SAND.
SONY LEGEND
9-11 was an inside job.... everyone knows!!!!!! The United States is not a country it is a Corporation just like SONY is for example. Unplug from the matrix PEOPLE!!!! http://WWW.SONYLEGEND.COM
jujubeans
and the moon landings were a hoax. They filmed them in my back yard.
jujubeans.....
Excellent comment...cracked me up........A+.....
My Father fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Tony Bennett is now off my list. What a jerk!
down south:
God Bless your Dad....
My father was at normandy and I support Mr Bennett's right to free speech
Yes, and Tony Bennett withstood the German 88's and fought house-to-house. Of course, I can understand your venom since we Americans can brook NO speech against our myths. We are the men in white hats (Iran, Chile, Honduras, Colombia, Cuba, etc, etc). Consider the book "Blowback". But hey, I'm just pixxing into the wind here; I know that. The Hard Right Wing Republican't Fascist Party of America loves war. Any war. Just give 'em war. They'll cut all spending to the bone – except of course the Pentagon's budget and any politician who seeks to reign in spending by this agency will be labled un-American (over and over and over and over and over again) since, as they learned from Dr. Joseph Goebbels, if you tell a lie long enough it becomes the truth (Weapons of Mass Destruction). Well done Mr Bennett!!! I think I'm going to pick up a box set this evening.
We could crash the serve just listing the names of our fathers who fought in wars, buddy. That you think it adds credence to your argument is pretty hilarious.
Whew. Good thing your dad fought in the war... Now you can borrow his credibility. So while I was in my 2nd tour in Iraq, you were where???? Gain your own credibility like Mr. Bennett did.
If my son ever uses my sacrifice to gain an edge, instead of achieving on his own merit, I'll teach him about sacrifice....
Here's a reason people should think before they speak...he just put his foot in is mouth...this is America and people can say what they want.. But when you say stupid things, you got to pay the price...from this point on, i am goona boycot Tony Bennet, because i can...
MAngeline
Have to say I agree with you. Sounds like he has had second thoughts after opening his mouth and making stupid statements. Guess you have to overlook it a bit though...he is 85! Probably loosing it a bit. Didn't he drink quite a bit at one point? Maybe he's hitting the sauce again.
I think you meant to say "I am going to boycott Tony Bennett".
I'm boycotting too. So sorry I saw Bennett in Vegas and spent my money and thinking so highly of him. You're pathetic and a real let down; and no I am no teenager. I'm old enough to have seen wars and what they do to people but for you to stoop this low.... WOW We are a nation that HELPS so many others; how can you say we caused 9/11? Had it coming did we? Now let's blame Bush for the nuts in the world. I have a feeling your ratings are really going to drop; just like the current pres...
SRSeattle
What was he thinking? I was looking forward to buying his new CD but I just can't support his US-bashing. So dissapointing that he holds this opinion.
Peter Kane
Our inability to be objective and fair-minded is what has brought us all these enemies and attacks. We project the image of being democratic and act otherwise in various situations. How can we continue to support nations who are occupiers and expect the occupied and their allies to leave us alone. As I'm writing, we are the main backer of a nation that is occupying another nation for the past forty years and don't seem to regret our actions. It's sad to see the thousands of lives we lost during 9/11 and yet we seem to ignore the plight of thousands of Palestinians murdered in cold blood in their struggle for freedom. We need to completely overhaul our foreign policy to suit the changing times.
Canada the new middle east
humanity is gods worst creation. We are fools.
I"m fascinated by folks who see all injustice in the world as emanating from Israel. Do you worry that as an American (which I take you to be), you live in a country that brutalized and cheated Native Americans out of their land, and continues to treat them as third class citizens? Do you hesitate to buy items from China, which doesn't think twice about jailing or executing people who disagree with its government? Do you cry tears for Aborigenes in Australia, or for Christians slaughtered by Muslims in Africa? Do you care about the outrageous acts of Muslims killing other Muslims at funerals, weddings and in schools? And not to let facts get in the way of your outrage, but Israel wound up with the West Bank because it had the audacity to win wars in which it was attacked by its Arab neighbors. And had the Arabs won, there'd be no Jews, because they would have been summarily slaughtered. Does it concern you that Palestinian children are taught in their schools that Jews are dogs and monkeys? Whatever your religion or not, that should be offensive. Do you care about the Palestinians in Jordan and Lebanon who are treated like dirt and denied rights by their Jordanian and Lebanese "brothers?" If you are going to be morally outraged, there's much in the world to be upset about. Israel is not the source of the world's problems. It was a Palestinian who killed Robert Kennedy, Palestinians who gave the world hijackings, and Palestinians who perfected suicide bombings. And way back in the early 70s, it was these same brave freedom fighters who slaughtered a classroom of kindergarten kids in Ma'alot, in northern Israel. They should have a state, but not because they deserve one, but because it might get them off the world's back. Though I doubt it. They'll always find others to blame for their troubles. They've perfected victimhood about all else.
WBw
@Beth, two wrongs don't make right. in some cases Israel and the US are wrong! the issue how to move forward and so far none of them is!
Well said Beth. As intelligent a reply as that was, it's hard to argue ignorant fools.
I think many on this board need to go back and study the history of the middle east and exactly who is the "occupier". Most Americans are quite ignorant of world history.
First this man is stupid and senile. Hasn't anyone caught this- we only went into Iraq after 9/11 not before. He is a moron and a person who thinks that all those who wear turbans are poor, misunderstood, innocent victims of all the horrible things the world has perpetrated on them since the time of the crusades.That is why the middle east is such a mess. They are not victims but perpetrators themselves. Every country in Africa that has problems are in strife because the Muslims are brutally attacking non-muslims. There are problems in Israel, China, Phillipines,Russia,Europe, and multiple other countries with the Muslim "victims" where they have done brutal acts of violence for their cause. Maybe they should have Martin Luther King as thier role model not Mohammed. Read the books "Infidel " and then the follow up "Nomad" by Ali Hirsi -unbelievably good books written by a muslim and get insight in to the muslim religion.
idiot, where do you think his father was bombing?
Were you alive in the early 90s during the first Gulf War. The US bombed Baghdad and if you think the people living in the city felt any different to the way Americans felt on 9/11 then you have no understanding of humanity.
Do the American people even know what the government does in their name?
What's your point? We only went to war with Iraq after 9-11? What did Iraq have to do with 9-11?
Tony Bennett is a no-talent liberal hack. Do not give him any attention and he will go away eventually.
So typical though of the party of hate to spit on our service people.
has nothing to do with a party. It's his personal opinion. and he's got more talent in his little finger than you have brains.
He IS a sevice memelber you idiot. i hate when conservatives refuse to read.
HARD CENTER
Wow "observer". how's the weather in alabama. you and those like you are a dying breed and the walking de@d. Get a clue,,the empty and flat rhetoric you spew probably make's your grand-pappy proud, but it leaves nothing to the imaginatiion. you make your ignorance and fear all too obvious.
@Observer. 2 tour OIF vet here. I in no way took that as spitting on me. As a infantry rifleman in WWII, he understands that what we do is the business end of failed policy.
As for the no talent hack, he's been going strong since WWII with this singing "thing". I haven't checked the definition of "talent" lately, but I'm sure a vibrant 60 year career fits the bill.
Ron Paul has more donations from active military personnel than any other GOP candidate combined, and more than Obama (with his pull-out promise). Ron Paul also wants to walk right out (which I support). Think that means something? Oh, and he blames our policies for 9/11 too – you think military donations would come from that if the people on the front lines didn't agree with him?
He's an old pacifist- self admitted. He's always been a lib...why change now?
A liberal and a pacifist – who also fought his way into Germany during WWII witnessing first hand the hell of the German 88mm cannon and house-to-house fighting. Of course, you sir are a courageous fighter...on the internet.
it's okay mb, when the facts don't agree with you you can always just slander the guy. check this out: i am utterly positive tony bennett served more admirably in the military than you did (and i have a feeling your service is playing call of duty on your couch)
Yeah he was drafted so didnt have a choice So dont make him to be super patriot like all those volunteering to protect our interests
He is only stating a fact we would all like to believe is not the case. For anyone to question this man's love of country and humanity is pure ignorance.
Yolanda Weiner
Well there it is. I guess put Mr Bennett in the same dumpster as Chrissy Hiney.
Count me in the same dumpster than. This all leads way back to World War 1 and before. Cold War with Russia after WWII. Afghanistan fighting in the name of preventing occupation of foreign countries, allying with Bin Laden. Breaking a vow to stay out of others affairs and not occupy others' lands. Can you imagine if it were Britain doing the bombing and fighting? We'd be crying fowl when we hear about thousands of civilians killed every month from the bloodshed they're causing, and at the same time Britain supporting dictators and regimes around the world in the name of "peace".
We are one government-corrupt nation. The question will be how do we look back at 9/11? Like Vietnam? A big waste of time and sacrifices that didn't need to be had? What's not-very funny is that they are quite directly related. We are trying to clean up our cold war mess, and it's growing mold.
He is eighty five maybe he knows more than we know.
Krewzer
This limousine latte liberal has outlived his usefulness.
AntiPalinAlaskan
Kreuzer, Tony Bennett never drank a freaking latte in his life...and he's a working-class guy by birth who just happens to also have progressive views. Not everybody from the World War II generation ends up as right-wing as Sinatra got in his toupee years.
What shocks me are the responses from the "America or else" crowd. There are extremists and terrorists in every culture. There are extremists and terroists in every religion, Christian, Jewish, Islam and Hindu and all of these extremists are wrong. All propose that their god is the only god and, as a result, I am sick and tired of the next death in the name of religion.
Tony wants peace. What person, what sane person, can argue that thought? To challenge his thinking is ludicrous. It stems from either pure hatred or pure stupidity.
I love this country, but it is time to stop saying our way is the only way at the expense of the rest of the world. Likewise, it is time for every extremist Jew, Muslim and Hindu to think the same way. I am sure these thoughts I am expressing will be challenged, but those that challenge will only be the uninformed, ignorant or afraid.
I agree with Marshall. I lived and survived 9/11 and for many years I looked for someone to blame. The truth is that turning your eyes one way and ignoring the other is ultimately ignorance. America does make so much of its own misery. It's foreign affairs policies need to be overhauled and its countrymen need to be better educated and taught more about the art of sharing responsibilty and less about pinning blame. I love how everything is the liberals fault and the republicans fault. Left, right, backwards forwards. People you just don't get it.
Anomic Office Drone
i agree with Bennett. We may not have said that we wanted them to come attack us, but they didn't just do it out of the blue, either. It was a reaction to our policies.
haha oh wow krezer had that alliteration all planned out and everything. how many times in any given week do you think he says "limousine-riding latte liberal"?
"They flew the plane in, but we caused it. We were bombing them and they asked us to stop."
What? Al-Queda declared its reasoning for the attacks were our alliance with Israel, sanctions on Iraq and U.S. Troops in Saudi Arabia as part of operation "Southern Watch." The sanctions and troops were part of a UN Security Council resolution. Operation "Southern Watch" was the "no-fly zone" after the Gulf War. So to say that we in some way caused it is baseless. Unless which of course you would consider the former Iraqi regime as being welcoming towards Al-Queda, and I thought that topic had been put down long ago?
I agree with peace, but to say that we provoked Al-Queda into attacking us is crap. Unless of course you consider the U.S. agressors based on the freedoms we enjoy here in this country. And what exactly were we supposed to do after 9/11? Just roll with the punches?
He speaks true
Finally, someone with balls AND a brain. America has always been an international bully. Sometimes we get what we ourselves dish out.
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/truth-crushed-to-earth-shall-rise/
He knows nothing, he is an idiot, stick to singing or do what ever you but don't you ever say we caused that horiffic 911 terror. Better start apologizing Bennett, GET OFF THE QUALUDES OR WHATEVER YOU ARE ON, MOVE OVER TO THE ARABIC SIDE, WE DO NOT WANT YOU IN THE USA, YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO BELONG IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY, I DID NOT KNOW YOU WRE SUCH A LOSER.
He is 85 and maybe he doesn't remember the order of events. "We were bombing them and they told up to stop" ?????? I believe he has a definite political view but was running his mouth in a different gear than his brain.
Actually he's right, but it's a sequence of steps and time lines.
Nobody wants to admit "we deserved it", but we DO deserve a lot of things because we created the "messes". Israel? We created the state out of thin air and took land away to do it. You don't think that will tick someone off? We gone and done it to the Native Americans and we gone and done it to the Palestinians.
Know what else we did? Allied with Bin Laden against Russia to "protect against invaders and occupiers". Look what we gone and done as a hypocrite? Support dictators and build bases and occupy/bomb other middle-east countries. You don't think for one second we deserve the messes we created?
Lunacy is the only explanation to denying America wasn't going to be retaliated against, considering the countless bombings of embassies and military bases around the world leading up until 9/11.
We are one heck of an arrogant nation to consider us always right – we aren't.
Bill Kilpatrick
Tony Bennett is a war hero and a great American, but at age 85, he's obviously a little confused. People shouldn't pick on the man for being a little fuzzy-headed. We didn't bomb Al Qaeda. We did bomb Iraq, but if that's the rationale for an attack by a group based in Afghanistan (one ideologically at odds with everything Saddam stood for), it's as dicy as Bush's infamous 16 words. Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11, though the Bush administration went out of its way to associate the two. Nor did Osama bin Laden claim the no-fly zone policy as a justification for his own campaign of terror and destruction. One factor in all of this is Tony Bennett's pacifism, a stance he adopted after The Battle of the Bulge, where he came face to face with his first dead German. From a pacifist's point of view, any violence risks more of it. As most of us are not pacifists, we may view Bennett's comments as misguided but the man's age and his lack of command of the facts say more about why he spoke as he did. Those who would make more out of this than it is are doing the man a great disservice.

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#include <string>

#include <mesos/executor.hpp>

#include "jvm/jvm.hpp"

#include "construct.hpp"
#include "convert.hpp"
#include "org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver.h"

using namespace mesos;

using std::string;

class JNIExecutor : public Executor
{
public:
  JNIExecutor(JNIEnv* _env, jweak _jdriver)
    : jvm(nullptr), env(_env), jdriver(_jdriver)
  {
    env->GetJavaVM(&jvm);
  }

  virtual ~JNIExecutor() {}

  virtual void registered(ExecutorDriver* driver,
                          const ExecutorInfo& executorInfo,
                          const FrameworkInfo& frameworkInfo,
                          const SlaveInfo& slaveInfo);
  virtual void reregistered(ExecutorDriver* driver, const SlaveInfo& slaveInfo);
  virtual void disconnected(ExecutorDriver* driver);
  virtual void launchTask(ExecutorDriver* driver, const TaskInfo& task);
  virtual void killTask(ExecutorDriver* driver, const TaskID& taskId);
  virtual void frameworkMessage(ExecutorDriver* driver, const string& data);
  virtual void shutdown(ExecutorDriver* driver);
  virtual void error(ExecutorDriver* driver, const string& message);

  JavaVM* jvm;
  JNIEnv* env;
  jweak jdriver;
};

void JNIExecutor::registered(ExecutorDriver* driver,
                            const ExecutorInfo& executorInfo,
                            const FrameworkInfo& frameworkInfo,
                            const SlaveInfo& slaveInfo)
{
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread(JNIENV_CAST(&env), nullptr);

  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jdriver);

  jfieldID executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "executor", "Lorg/apache/mesos/Executor;");
  jobject jexecutor = env->GetObjectField(jdriver, executor);

  clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jexecutor);

  // executor.registered(driver);
  jmethodID registered =
    env->GetMethodID(clazz, "registered",
                     "(Lorg/apache/mesos/ExecutorDriver;"
                     "Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos$ExecutorInfo;"
                     "Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos$FrameworkInfo;"
                     "Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos$SlaveInfo;)V");

  jobject jexecutorInfo = convert<ExecutorInfo>(env, executorInfo);
  jobject jframeworkInfo = convert<FrameworkInfo>(env, frameworkInfo);
  jobject jslaveInfo = convert<SlaveInfo>(env, slaveInfo);

  env->ExceptionClear();

  env->CallVoidMethod(jexecutor, registered, jdriver, jexecutorInfo,
                      jframeworkInfo, jslaveInfo);

  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
    env->ExceptionDescribe();
    env->ExceptionClear();
    jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
    driver->abort();
    return;
  }

  jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
}

void JNIExecutor::reregistered(ExecutorDriver* driver,
                               const SlaveInfo& slaveInfo)
{
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread(JNIENV_CAST(&env), nullptr);

  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jdriver);

  jfieldID executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "executor", "Lorg/apache/mesos/Executor;");
  jobject jexecutor = env->GetObjectField(jdriver, executor);

  clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jexecutor);

  // executor.reregistered(driver, slaveInfo);
  jmethodID reregistered =
    env->GetMethodID(clazz, "reregistered",
                     "(Lorg/apache/mesos/ExecutorDriver;"
                     "Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos$SlaveInfo;)V");

  jobject jslaveInfo = convert<SlaveInfo>(env, slaveInfo);

  env->ExceptionClear();

  env->CallVoidMethod(jexecutor, reregistered, jdriver, jslaveInfo);

  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
    env->ExceptionDescribe();
    env->ExceptionClear();
    jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
    driver->abort();
    return;
  }

  jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
}

void JNIExecutor::disconnected(ExecutorDriver* driver)
{
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread(JNIENV_CAST(&env), nullptr);

  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jdriver);

  jfieldID executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "executor", "Lorg/apache/mesos/Executor;");
  jobject jexecutor = env->GetObjectField(jdriver, executor);

  clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jexecutor);

  // executor.disconnected(driver);
  jmethodID disconnected =
    env->GetMethodID(clazz, "disconnected",
         "(Lorg/apache/mesos/ExecutorDriver;)V");

  env->ExceptionClear();

  env->CallVoidMethod(jexecutor, disconnected, jdriver);

  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
    env->ExceptionDescribe();
    env->ExceptionClear();
    jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
    driver->abort();
    return;
  }

  jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
}

void JNIExecutor::launchTask(ExecutorDriver* driver, const TaskInfo& desc)
{
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread(JNIENV_CAST(&env), nullptr);

  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jdriver);

  jfieldID executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "executor", "Lorg/apache/mesos/Executor;");
  jobject jexecutor = env->GetObjectField(jdriver, executor);

  clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jexecutor);

  // executor.launchTask(driver, desc);
  jmethodID launchTask =
    env->GetMethodID(clazz, "launchTask",
		     "(Lorg/apache/mesos/ExecutorDriver;"
		     "Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos$TaskInfo;)V");

  jobject jdesc = convert<TaskInfo>(env, desc);

  env->ExceptionClear();

  env->CallVoidMethod(jexecutor, launchTask, jdriver, jdesc);

  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
    env->ExceptionDescribe();
    env->ExceptionClear();
    jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
    driver->abort();
    return;
  }

  jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
}

void JNIExecutor::killTask(ExecutorDriver* driver, const TaskID& taskId)
{
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread(JNIENV_CAST(&env), nullptr);

  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jdriver);

  jfieldID executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "executor", "Lorg/apache/mesos/Executor;");
  jobject jexecutor = env->GetObjectField(jdriver, executor);

  clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jexecutor);

  // executor.killTask(driver, taskId);
  jmethodID killTask =
    env->GetMethodID(clazz, "killTask",
		     "(Lorg/apache/mesos/ExecutorDriver;"
		     "Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos$TaskID;)V");

  jobject jtaskId = convert<TaskID>(env, taskId);

  env->ExceptionClear();

  env->CallVoidMethod(jexecutor, killTask, jdriver, jtaskId);

  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
    env->ExceptionDescribe();
    env->ExceptionClear();
    jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
    driver->abort();
    return;
  }

  jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
}

void JNIExecutor::frameworkMessage(ExecutorDriver* driver, const string& data)
{
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread(JNIENV_CAST(&env), nullptr);

  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jdriver);

  jfieldID executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "executor", "Lorg/apache/mesos/Executor;");
  jobject jexecutor = env->GetObjectField(jdriver, executor);

  clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jexecutor);

  // executor.frameworkMessage(driver, data);
  jmethodID frameworkMessage =
    env->GetMethodID(clazz, "frameworkMessage",
		     "(Lorg/apache/mesos/ExecutorDriver;"
		     "[B)V");

  // byte[] data = ..;
  jbyteArray jdata = env->NewByteArray(data.size());
  env->SetByteArrayRegion(jdata, 0, data.size(), (jbyte*) data.data());

  env->ExceptionClear();

  env->CallVoidMethod(jexecutor, frameworkMessage, jdriver, jdata);

  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
    env->ExceptionDescribe();
    env->ExceptionClear();
    jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
    driver->abort();
    return;
  }

  jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
}

void JNIExecutor::shutdown(ExecutorDriver* driver)
{
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread(JNIENV_CAST(&env), nullptr);

  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jdriver);

  jfieldID executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "executor", "Lorg/apache/mesos/Executor;");
  jobject jexecutor = env->GetObjectField(jdriver, executor);

  clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jexecutor);

  // executor.shutdown(driver);
  jmethodID shutdown =
    env->GetMethodID(clazz, "shutdown",
		     "(Lorg/apache/mesos/ExecutorDriver;)V");

  env->ExceptionClear();

  env->CallVoidMethod(jexecutor, shutdown, jdriver);

  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
    env->ExceptionDescribe();
    env->ExceptionClear();
    jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
    driver->abort();
    return;
  }

  jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
}

void JNIExecutor::error(ExecutorDriver* driver, const string& message)
{
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread(JNIENV_CAST(&env), nullptr);

  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jdriver);

  jfieldID executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "executor", "Lorg/apache/mesos/Executor;");
  jobject jexecutor = env->GetObjectField(jdriver, executor);

  clazz = env->GetObjectClass(jexecutor);

  // executor.error(driver, message);
  jmethodID error =
    env->GetMethodID(clazz, "error",
		     "(Lorg/apache/mesos/ExecutorDriver;"
		     "Ljava/lang/String;)V");

  jobject jmessage = convert<string>(env, message);

  env->ExceptionClear();

  env->CallVoidMethod(jexecutor, error, jdriver, jmessage);

  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
    env->ExceptionDescribe();
    env->ExceptionClear();
    jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
    driver->abort();
    return;
  }

  jvm->DetachCurrentThread();
}

extern "C" {

/*
 * Class:     org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver
 * Method:    initialize
 * Signature: ()V
 */
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver_initialize
  (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz)
{
  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(thiz);

  // Create a weak global reference to the MesosExecutorDriver
  // instance (we want a global reference so the GC doesn't collect
  // the instance but we make it weak so the JVM can exit).
  jweak jdriver = env->NewWeakGlobalRef(thiz);

  // Create the C++ executor and initialize the __executor variable.
  JNIExecutor* executor = new JNIExecutor(env, jdriver);

  jfieldID __executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__executor", "J");
  env->SetLongField(thiz, __executor, (jlong) executor);

  // Create the C++ driver and initialize the __driver variable.
  MesosExecutorDriver* driver = new MesosExecutorDriver(executor);

  jfieldID __driver = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__driver", "J");
  env->SetLongField(thiz, __driver, (jlong) driver);
}

/*
 * Class:     org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver
 * Method:    finalize
 * Signature: ()V
 */
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver_finalize
  (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz)
{
  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(thiz);

  jfieldID __driver = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__driver", "J");
  MesosExecutorDriver* driver =
    (MesosExecutorDriver*) env->GetLongField(thiz, __driver);

  // Note that we DO NOT want to call 'abort' or 'stop' as this may be
  // misinterpreted by the executor. It is possible, however, that
  // since we haven't called 'abort' or 'stop' there are still threads
  // executing within the executor callbacks but the
  // MesosExecutorDriver destructor will wait until this is not the
  // case before returning.
  delete driver;

  jfieldID __executor = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__executor", "J");
  JNIExecutor* executor = (JNIExecutor*) env->GetLongField(thiz, __executor);

  env->DeleteWeakGlobalRef(executor->jdriver);

  delete executor;
}

/*
 * Class:     org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver
 * Method:    start
 * Signature: ()Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos/Status;
 */
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver_start
  (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz)
{
  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(thiz);

  jfieldID __driver = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__driver", "J");
  MesosExecutorDriver* driver =
    (MesosExecutorDriver*) env->GetLongField(thiz, __driver);

  Status status = driver->start();

  return convert<Status>(env, status);
}

/*
 * Class:     org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver
 * Method:    stop
 * Signature: (Z)Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos/Status;
 */
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver_stop
  (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz)
{
  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(thiz);

  jfieldID __driver = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__driver", "J");
  MesosExecutorDriver* driver =
    (MesosExecutorDriver*) env->GetLongField(thiz, __driver);

  Status status = driver->stop();

  return convert<Status>(env, status);
}

/*
 * Class:     org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver
 * Method:    abort
 * Signature: ()Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos/Status;
 */
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver_abort
  (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz)
{
  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(thiz);

  jfieldID __driver = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__driver", "J");
  MesosExecutorDriver* driver =
    (MesosExecutorDriver*) env->GetLongField(thiz, __driver);

  Status status = driver->abort();

  return convert<Status>(env, status);
}

/*
 * Class:     org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver
 * Method:    join
 * Signature: ()Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos/Status;
 */
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver_join
  (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz)
{
  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(thiz);

  jfieldID __driver = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__driver", "J");
  MesosExecutorDriver* driver =
    (MesosExecutorDriver*) env->GetLongField(thiz, __driver);

  Status status = driver->join();

  return convert<Status>(env, status);
}

/*
 * Class:     org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver
 * Method:    sendStatusUpdate
 * Signature: (Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos/TaskStatus;)Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos/Status;
 */
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver_sendStatusUpdate
  (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz, jobject jstatus)
{
  // Construct a C++ TaskStatus from the Java TaskStatus.
  const TaskStatus& taskStatus = construct<TaskStatus>(env, jstatus);

  // Now invoke the underlying driver.
  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(thiz);

  jfieldID __driver = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__driver", "J");
  MesosExecutorDriver* driver =
    (MesosExecutorDriver*) env->GetLongField(thiz, __driver);

  Status status = driver->sendStatusUpdate(taskStatus);

  return convert<Status>(env, status);
}

/*
 * Class:     org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver
 * Method:    sendFrameworkMessage
 * Signature: ([B)Lorg/apache/mesos/Protos/Status;
 */
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_apache_mesos_MesosExecutorDriver_sendFrameworkMessage
  (JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz, jbyteArray jdata)
{
  // Construct a C++ string from the Java byte array.
  jbyte* data = env->GetByteArrayElements(jdata, nullptr);
  jsize length = env->GetArrayLength(jdata);

  string temp((char*) data, (size_t) length);

  env->ReleaseByteArrayElements(jdata, data, 0);

  // Now invoke the underlying driver.
  jclass clazz = env->GetObjectClass(thiz);

  jfieldID __driver = env->GetFieldID(clazz, "__driver", "J");
  MesosExecutorDriver* driver =
    (MesosExecutorDriver*) env->GetLongField(thiz, __driver);

  Status status = driver->sendFrameworkMessage(temp);

  return convert<Status>(env, status);
}

} // extern "C" {

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