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| Toby Keith: Afghanistan? Yes. Iraq? Maybe, maybe not... |
| 2003-09-26 |
| Edited for brevity. As he sang the lyrics to his celebrated patriotic hit last month at Staples Center in Los Angeles, red, white and blue confetti rained down on the curled brim of Toby Keith’s cowboy hat, and rocket-red pyrotechnics shot up past a video screen showing the Statue of Liberty. This was the Toby the crowd wanted and expected, the roadhouse patriot. But a few hours earlier, in a hushed dressing room, it was a different Keith -- one who talked about the increasingly onerous challenge of playing the uncomplicated man in complicated times. Away from the firepower of the stage, this fighting man from Oklahoma said that he has decided to call a cease-fire in his ugly feud with the Dixie Chicks ("We had fun with it, but I’m just done with it"), that he still has lingering questions about the necessity of the war in Iraq ("Honestly, I’m still doing the math on that") and that he wonders whether the hit song, "(Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue) The Angry American," has typecast him ("People think I bang the war drum, and that’s not me"). Click the link for more. Toby reveals himself to be a lot deeper than many people give him credit for based solely on his song lyrics. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #3 Just another example of someone who has/had a huge run in the spotlight who still can't handle the basics of understanding humanity. Megla-killer-of-citizens + attacker-of-neighboring-countries + scores-of-unaccounted-for-weapons = Every reason in the world to invade! |
| Posted by: Flaming Sword 2003-9-26 6:13:48 PM |
| #2 ..that he still has lingering questions about the necessity of the war in Iraq ("Honestly, I’m still doing the math on that") I'm kind of wondering just what these questions are. It doesn't take excessive brainpower to figure out that in the bigger scheme of things, Iraq is simply another individual pond of water to be tackled in the draining of the bigger Middle Eastern swamp. I also kind of wonder whether this guy just another person with a short attention who doesn't have the wherewithal to stand by what he believes in. After all, he says,"This war here [in Iraq], the math hasn't worked out for me on it. But I'm smart enough to know there's people smarter than me. [National security adviser] Condoleezza Rice, [Secretary of State] Colin Powell, George Bush -- this is their job, and I have to trust in them. I support the commander in chief and the troops." If this is the case, there's no reason to be "done" with his little tiff with Maines and Co., as they haven't expressed any repentance for what they've said, so why give up now? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-26 5:31:46 PM |
| #1 One doesn't "bang" the drums of war, Toby, one beats them. |
| Posted by: JP 2003-9-26 4:38:00 PM |