CNN's Beck on Iranian threat: "You don't have to take my word for it. Just watch any episode of Law & Order"
On the October 8 edition of his CNN Headline News show, Glenn Beck began a segment on Iran by asserting, "War with Iran is no longer a question of 'if,' I believe it's a question of 'when.' " Beck went on to state: "Iran has long been the puppet master in the Middle East. You don't have to take my word for it. Just watch any episode of Law & Order. Use the thinking, you know, that helps them solve all the tough cases. Iran has the means, the motive, and the opportunity to try and destroy our American way of life by controlling the Middle East."
Beck continued: "Since 1979, they have been orchestrating a coalition to wipe us off the face of the Earth and establish their psychotic extremist regime. It is time for us to stop sending diplomats to reason with warrior chess players." He added, "The clock is ticking. The only way to avoid war is to demand that the rest of the world impose harsh, consistent, and unwavering sanctions. Nothing else, other than all-out war -- and that's a very bad thing -- nothing else will stop Iran's march towards domination of the West and the rest of the world." Beck also stated, "We went into Iraq because at the time everybody, even [Sen.] Ted Kennedy [D-MA] -- yes, believe it or not -- thought Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. I told you at the time war with Iraq has been a prelude to an eventual war with Iran. I told you that before we went into Iraq. Now we have no longer any other options but to go into Iran."
He concluded: "If you don't want war -- and count me in on that -- those on the left must join those, like me, on the right and demand sanctions. I'd love for that to happen. But you know, since I don't live in the Technicolor world of the movies, because I've been showing this movie for the last five years, I know how it ends."
As Media Matters for America documented, on the April 3 edition of his television show, Beck asserted that the war in Iraq "was never about Saddam Hussein or weapons of mass destruction. I mean, that was a bonus. It was always about getting to Iran, the head of the snake and the center of evil in the modern world." On the July 24, 2006, edition of his show, Beck claimed, "We went into Iraq three years ago to prevent World War III ... to prevent the evil Iranian ideology from spreading across the region."
From the October 8 edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck:
BECK: War with Iran is no longer a question of "if," I believe it's a question of "when." And here's how I got there.
For those of you who haven't been paying attention to this stupid little show for 18 months or five years that I've been on national radio saying this, let me run through my holy trinity of truths about Iran, because nobody else on TV or radio has the balls to do it. And here it is.
We have got to start calling evil by its name. Iran and their terrorist regime are not making threats. They are making promises. And, last but not least, in the Middle East Iran is the head of the snake. I have been ringing this bell for the last five years, because the simple truth is Iran is dangerous.
Our politicians will not tell us the truth on this. The media is ignoring the truth, or they don't understand it. And the United Nations couldn't recognize the truth if it was, you know, shaped like giant bags of money.
We went into Iraq because at the time everybody, even Ted Kennedy -- yes, believe it or not -- thought Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. I told you at the time war with Iraq has been a prelude to an eventual war with Iran. I told you that before we went into Iraq. Now we have no longer any other options but to go into Iran.
Iran has long been the puppet master in the Middle East. You don't have to take my word for it. Just watch any episode of Law & Order. Use the thinking, you know, that helps them solve all the tough cases. Iran has the means, the motive, and the opportunity to try and destroy our American way of life by controlling the Middle East.
Since 1979, they have been orchestrating a coalition to wipe us off the face of the Earth and establish their psychotic extremist regime. It is time for us to stop sending diplomats to reason with warrior chess players.
So tonight, here's what you need to know. It is time for the left and the right to unite against our common enemy. The clock is ticking. The only way to avoid war is to demand that the rest of the world impose harsh, consistent, and unwavering sanctions. Nothing else, other than all-out war -- and that's a very bad thing -- nothing else will stop Iran's march towards domination of the West and the rest of the world.
If you don't want war -- and count me in on that -- those on the left must join those, like me, on the right and demand sanctions. I'd love for that to happen. But you know, since I don't live in the Technicolor world of the movies, because I've been showing this movie for the last five years, I know how it ends.
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It is time for us to stop sending diplomats to reason with warrior chess players.
Uhhh...when did we start negotiating with Iran?
Beck continued: "Since 1979, they have been orchestrating a coalition to wipe us off the face of the Earth and establish their psychotic extremist regime."
If these crummy right-wing bobbleheads be willing to give a little history leason when speaking of Iran; circa 1979 they would have to include the fact that WE (Our oh so perfect government) created the atmosphere that we see today!
Hell, you could go all the way back to 1953 for when we stuck our nose in the Middle East for the first time.......
WE created this mess (Dems and Reps) are as culpable.
All BushCo and the corporate run propaganda media have done was take the flames already there and added several gallons of gas to it.....
Then acted shocked when the gas began to explode and now seem to want to add even more gas like the good little pyros they are
All done in the name of democracy......
Thanks for nothing!
"...since I don't live in the Technicolor world of the movies..."
Uh, no, apparently you live in the word of tv courtroom dramas.
Reminds me of when Homer Simpson sent fan-mail to the movie "Die Hard".
"Dear Hie Hard, you rock! Especially when that guy was on the roof. PS. Do you know Mad Max?"
So what is Judge Juldy's position here?
And who from the left isn't saying we should sanction Iran on the basis of their nuclear program? There isn't anyone saying don't sanction Iran. Ah Glenn, catch your breath, and come up the world of reality. Iran has never said that they want the destruction of the US, you're equating Israel with the US now?
Iran's leaders know, for a fact, that if they did actually build a nuclear weapon, and were actually dumb enough to use their one shot on say, Israel, they are not completely stupid and would know that they had just assured their own destruction.
Now, the leaders of Iran might be rabble rousers, and try to appeal to their fundamentalist base, but are they dumb enough to lob a nuclear weapon into Israel (if they even had one)? I don't even think they would come close to this. Again, self assured destruction of their entire country, not to mention the middle east in general.
All this talk of Iran trying to come and get us is pure hogwash.
Now, the leaders of Iran might be rabble rousers, and try to appeal to their fundamentalist base, but are they dumb enough to lob a nuclear weapon into Israel (if they even had one)? I don't even think they would come close to this. Again, self assured destruction of their entire country, not to mention the middle east in general.
Even our craven leaders are starting to use the term "nuclear capability" instead of nuclear weapons in Iran. Iran doesn't want to HAVE the bomb. It would be a foreign policy disaster for them and they know it. They want (like so many of their neighbors) to have the capability, or make their enemies think they could build one in a short time. By turning our backs on all our nuclear disarmament treaties, the USA is accelerating the problem.
Acting as the agent for the bag of hammers I've got at home, I'm going to pitch a new show idea to Ted Turner. There is now no doubt that he'll be interested.
SAVE DEMOCRACY, VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT!!
'We have got to start calling evil by its name.'
The Neo-Con alliance with the Evangelical End Timers and Oil Companies, allied with a Corporate Media that is willing to be the hand maiden to their lies, and absolute madness of power through WAR!
In short, the Republican Party of the 21st Century!
Happy Thoughts;
Dan Grady
The righty talkers are ginning themselves up for the U.S. to take on Iran. Of course BushCo and the pundits like to send others to do the dirty work. This is insane and I fervently pray, going nowhere.
And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I mean, I wanna, I wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill, KILL, KILL." And I started jumpin up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL," and he started jumpin up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL." And the sargent came over, pinned a medal on me, sent me down the hall, said, "You're our boy."
"You can get, anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant..." :-D
Kid, have you rehabilitated yourself?
Nope still placing letters under piles of garbage. Some hobbies are hard to lose.
SAVE DEMOCRACY, VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT!!
Their is a common thread to this " Alcoholic Born Again Fanatic" whom would think his place in the after life is assured if he should have a hand in bringing the End of Times to pass.
He is little else than a fanatic in everything he does which include drugs, alcohol, and speech. He had little self control in his life until he embraced his Christian faith to while getting sober only to substitute Church for where he can direct his fanatical excessesive behavior toward what he sees as everlasting salvation.
He leads a life of regrets that leads him to a place where he believes he knows things that we don't that will save us all, by starting WAR! He is the last person given his life choices, and history to be giving advice to anyone other than staying sober.
Happy Thoughts;
Dan Grady
“Cogent political analysis from Glen Beck!”
Oh boy.... sorry 'bout that quote. I only made it up and posted it here just to see how funny it looks. I just fell out of my chair.
That is pretty funny.
Of course not in the same league as Tommy's satire. Which is exactly the same and indistinguishable from his daily comments.
Tommy, where are you? Do some "satire" here .
Beck (the man with the balls): "Iran has long been the puppet master in the Middle East."
You don't have to take his word for it. Just watch any episode of Supercar. Those Evil, Snake-like Iranians want to control you and me the same awkward way as those gangly, uncoordinated, wooden puppet-freaks were.
i agree with glenn i mean juat watch any episode of teenage mutant ninja turtles the giant rat controls the turtles the way iran wants to control the west and i believe al qeada are actually training ninja turtles to follow the troops home
So does this mean Fred Thompson will declare a Jihad on Iran?
So does this mean Fred Thompson will declare a Jihad on Iran? TBone
He has to wake up long enough to speak. ;-)
Oh Glenn, are we cross? Uh what does Law and Order have to do with...Never mind. There's no getting to the bottom of Glenn Beck's impenetrable logic.
Let's Go to War in Iran: A Play in Two Minutes
Joe Liberal: I forget what threat does Iran pose to...well anyone?
Glenn: They might have nuclear weapons.
Joe Liberal: So what? We have more of them. And we remain the only nation on Earth to have ever used nuclear weapons in an actual war. Do Hiroshima and Nagasaki ring any bells? Who are we to say which nations can have nuclear weapons and which ones can't?
Glenn: The President of Iran is a jerk.
Joe Liberal: So what? The US would be in real trouble if other nations attacked us every time we elected a jerk. Besides the President of Iran is not even the most powerful man in Iran. Look up Iran in the encyclopedia...well Wikipedia is more your speed, Glenn. There are layers of officials above the president. The President of Iran can't even wipe his own ass without approval from the other branches of government. Imagine that a president with oversight.
Glenn: The President of Iran has been saying nasty things about Israel.
Joe Liberal: Have you heard about the Six Day War? Israel took on something like three armies by themselves, I think they can handle themselves.
Glenn: You don't get it, he's a really evil jerk.
Joe Liberal: Yes, but he's an elected jerk. And historically no President of Iran has ever been re-elected to more than two five year terms. Also we can't go around pushing the nations of the Middle East to adopt democracy then get all pissy when their people elect leaders we don't like. Or do you not believe in concepts like...sovereignty? Or is national sovereignty only for rich, white nations with Christian majorities?
Glenn: Iran has been supporting al Qaeda in Iraq.
Joe Liberal: What? Iran is a Shi'ite nation. Al Qaeda in Iraq is made up of Sunnis. Those two branches of Islam have been opposed to each other since the death of the Prophet Mohamed over 1400 years ago. If anything Iran would support the Shia majority government installed by the US, not a ragtag band of Sunni rebels.
Glenn: Did I mention that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a real jerk?
Joe Liberal: Yes.
In my best Mr. Burns voice:
"Excellent..."
Actually, Frank, we're supporting the Sunnis now, or at least we were a half hour ago.
Well, that settles it. It's off to war with Iran! Thanks for clearing that up for us, Beck. Apparently throwing out the CIA-installed and US-backed brutal dictator the Shaw was the last straw for Glen. And now, 28 years later, with Iran's march to "take over the West and the rest of the world" almost complete, we'd better go git 'em.
Or maybe I'll just get off the drugs.
Why is this even posted, if not to give you all a place to comment on Glenn's opinion?
If MMFA is all about correcting misinformation, where in the article did they correct anything? If it's the Law & Order reference in the title, it was used in the context of "means, motive, and opportunity".
I'm sure there is some lefty-spin to all of this, but really, there is no there there. C'mon people, think.
From the MMFA FAQ on this very website: "Conservative misinformation is news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda. This misinformation distorts the public dialogue on important issues and obscures the truth."
I leave it up as an exercise to the reader to decide whether Beck's commentary is not accurate, reliable, credible, or any combination thereof.
C'mon people, read.
I believe Cdubya's request for others to "think" was a plea for somebody to think for him/her.
Congratulations that was almost as dumb as what Beck said
This is not just Beck's opinion. Beck is echoing the same distortions of reality as this hell-bent for war Bush administration.
Blood thirsty Republicans in the administration need a new enemy to blame for their failure to secure Iraq and to serve as deflection from their cozy relationship with Pakistan (a nation with nukes and that harbors Al Qaeda leadership.)
Lucky for us the left gets foreign policy. We know the way to win back the respect and the allegiance of the world is to avoid to debacles. That begins with getting out of Iraq and steering clear of spurious allegations concerning Iran.
The threat of Iran is distortion conjured by Republican politcal operatives starving to maintain power for the party of war.
Ummm. I would think a big difference is that on Law and Order, they are trying to establish that a suspect did something. Beck is making a massive logical blunder by trying to use the same method to establish what someone is going to do. It doesn't hold. Lots of people have the means,motive and opportunity to do something. It isn't a crime until they actually do it. That should be a big "duh?". I don't know why you don't get that.
So did Beck learn everything he knows about foriegn policy from watching Law and Order, 24, and old John Wayne movies?
If that were the case, he'd seem smarter.
Actually I think Law and Order is a pretty well-written show. I stopped watching when Fred Thompson and the blond attorney joined the cast. I couldn't stand that blond's acting. She was terrible.
Anyway. I agree with Greek that Beck would seem smarter if he actually watched Law and Order. I am betting he watches 24 and John Wayne movies more. They are conservative wet dream idealisms. That seems more Beck's speed.
Really? So for the last 3000 years they have just been warring amongst themselves so that NOW, they are all going to set aside their tribal and sectarian hatred and GET US? Is that it Beck? Please, go to your local community college and take a few semesters of world history.
"nothing else will stop Iran's march towards domination of the West and the rest of the world"
"Now we have no longer any other options but to go into Iran."
Isn't that what these bastards said about Iraq? Why should we believe any of this bullsh*t now?
I've always suspected that Beck was a delusional, jingofascist putz...now he's confirmed it.
"Jingofascist putz?" Now there's a turn of phrase I'm entering into my personal lexicon.
From the MMFA FAQ on this very website: "Conservative misinformation is news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda. This misinformation distorts the public dialogue on important issues and obscures the truth. It is perfectly acceptable if it forwards the liberal socialist agenda and mischaracterizes the truth. That we have no problem with."
Thanks for the clarification on that. You're right, I didn't read all of that. I did however, modify it for the purposes of full disclosure. ;)
You altered it to fit your personal Limborg delusions.
"I did however, modify it for the purposes of full disclosure."
Also fully disclosed in your post was an absence of originality or wit.
There are about a half-dozen guys just like Beck in every florescent sign festooned bar across America. They are CERTAIN of their opinions, they feel they know everything they need to know about world affairs. They are belligerent and cocksure. They solve the world's problems every day, between gulps of Bud and energetic games of 8-Ball. (George W. Bush is a typical product of this braintrust of traditional American know-nothingism.)
Millions of these alcohol-activated testosterone-fed "EXPERTS" across the land, and yet BECK was selected to have hours and hours a week to pontificate his dirt-ignorant bravado to the American People.
I understand there may be SOME audience from guys who would say, "Hey, THAT guy is almost as smart as I am!" This would justify having a program like "Are You As Smart As A Fifth-Grader". But Beck is on CNN!
I guess it's no coincidence that between Beck, Hannity, and Limbaugh, there's about 15 total minutes of higher education. And I'm guessing that actually KNOWING something proves a detriment to the performance of Rightwing opinion spewing. (Schoolyard bullies save their most disdain for those "pansies" who actually READ and make good grades.)
We don't WANT leaders and/or opinion speakers to be a great "guy to have a beer with." At least, we SHOULDN"T. We SHOULD want people who are SMART, EDUCATED, Sophisticated and Worldly, people who have been outside the county they were born in. We SHOULD want our policy makers to be the smartest people we can GET.
If we truly celebrated ignorance in America, we would turn all our extra cash AND our pension funds over to CLETUS down at the Discount Tire Outlet, to invest in the stock market. What the hell, he's a good ol' boy to have a beer with, let's trust him with our FUTURES.
Let's not. And let's stop listening to Beck. He has ZERO credentials to tell anyone anything about any situation. In street parlance, he is a LOSER, the kind of guy you'd be horrified to learn your sister was dating (unless she dumped Limbaugh to date Beck ... then it would be mixed emotions).
Well said, Tex. Beck likes to present himself as some kind of "scholar of history", yet he's a Mormon. With all due respect to Mormons, history isn't one of their strong subjects.
Judging from your comments neither of you have actually watched Beck. For starters, he is a recovering alcoholic, so your alcohol comment is a little out of line. Second, he does NOT claim to be any sort of historian; he consistently ridicules himself as a rodeo clown. BUT, when he presents an issue he backs it up with facts and evidence.
So until you actual try watching he show and opening your mind while doing so, your opinions are vapid. Seriously, try listening and following up his facts. I'm a conservative but I hang around liberal boards and watch the occasional liberal news show to see what the other side is thinking. Try it once, you might actually enlighten yourself.
Well said Tex.
One of my favorite quotes is from the intro to Michael Crichton's "Airframe":
The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uniformed opinion. John Lawton.
(Schoolyard bullies save their most disdain for those "pansies" who actually READ and make good grades.)
To be fair, Tex, those bullies, while tending to gang up on those smaller than themselves, actually do go face to face and get their hands dirty.
As bad as schoolyard bullies are, I don't like that term being applied to the righty media. They're more like that kid that hides behind a wall throwing rocks at the back of peoples heads, then runs away.
Or pays somebody else to do their bullying for them.
"We don't WANT leaders and/or opinion speakers to be a great "guy to have a beer with." At least, we SHOULDN"T. We SHOULD want people who are SMART, EDUCATED, Sophisticated and Worldly, people who have been outside the county they were born in. We SHOULD want our policy makers to be the smartest people we can GET. "
Ah, Tex, me boyo, you're self-indicted as a member of the reality-based community.
You're also seeking to deep-six the GOP. As Karl Rove once said, "...above a certain level of education, people vote for Democrats. So there can be too much of a good thing."
"...florescent sign festooned. . .!?" Brilliant! Are you working on a new translation of Beowulf?
CNN's Beck on iranian threat: You don't have to take my word for it. Just watch any episode of [link to www.nbc.com] title="http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order/">Law & Order.
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More like Gilligan's Island. And you're the uninvited angry gorilla.
Now we have no longer any other options but to go into Iran.
Really? No other options? Because...? What is Iran doing all of a sudden that's so horrible we have to spend lives and money on yet another disastrous occupation? And why does Beck thing we even have the resources to do this?
I also expect Glenn Beck to be the first soldier to go into Iran. He has no other option, right?
Works for me FL.
this is what happens when you give alcoholics and drug addicts their own tv/radio shows, and neglect to provide them with the aluminum foil hats, to block out the communications from the cia.
Well I am somewhat impressed as I really have not seen any of the Con's usual suspects attempt to defend LAW AND ORDER as a valid reference material. They seem to be one up on the last Congress who called Michael Crichton in tp testify on Global Warming.
CNN plugging war with Iran. Figures. Our war-mongering propaganda press is eager for dead Iranians. Pray to the War God! Time to kill more moslems for Jehovah!
If you watch CNN or other cable news networks very much, you'll notice a lot of "image" ads from big corporations. They are, essentially, nebulous messages telling us how much these companies do for us. One that I've noticed lately is Lockheed. To whom are these ads targeted? How many people watching CNN are going to buy anything from Lockheed? A number somewhere in the vicinity of zero comes to mind...yet they are buying expensive advertising spots on CNN. Why?
Why is this defense contractor dumping big bucks on a news network? Anyone....anyone...
Why is this defense contractor dumping big bucks on a news network? Anyone....anyone...
For the same reason you can see ads from your electric power supplier. To deflect future critics by portraying your company with pastures filled with flowers and happy babies cured of suffering.
The parent company (don't know who owns it now) will someday be in a scandal about contracts or corruption and these ads will pre-place good impressions in advance.
Yeah, I've noticed that. Ads without products, without services, just a corporate logo. I always thought those ads were targeted at stock investors. Lockheed's one of the biggest war profiteers in the land. Death merchants looking for record quarterly profits. How? By paying off the government to kill people. They're evil. Pure Evil.
I think the Beaver would come off as someone to take seriously if he had 6-7 more microphones on the desk.
Note to Beaver: 1) Take your Ritalin 2) Check your balls...are you sure you have any?
He knows how it ends? Is he psychic now?
What a tool.
Well, you know that all of these putzes think we're on the brink of Armageddon, anyway. They don't speak of it openly so much, but it's an undercurrent in their thinking. Tim LaHaye, who thinks the antichrist will arise from Iraq, is acting as an advisor to President Numbnuts...the owner of Blackwater is an Evangelical nutjob. Coincidence? They just want to make sure that we're on the "right" side when Jeeeezzzzuuuuusssssss comes surfing down on a cloud and smites the bad guys.
A religion of nihilism, created at the Council of Nicaea in the 300's. Revelations should never have been added to the Bible, but fear is a good way to control the subjects, right, Constantine? They should have left out the Old Testament, too. Who wants to follow Yahweh? He hates everyone and everything. He's a war god that thrives on strife and intolerance.
The time has never been more ripe for new religions.
We don't need a new religion we need to go to the original Religion, I invite everone to join The Church of The Flying Spagitti Monster.
Join me now in prayer
“Hail meatsauce, full of beef. The Spaghetti Monster is with you...”“Come, Holy Sauce, Creator blest, and, in our pasta, give us thy rest...”“Where?! Where?!”“Over there idiot!”And maybe he will and maybe the bad guys will be Bush and Cheney and the self righteous of the world who are bent on turning us into commodities.
Why is it that Beck, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, and the rest of them want to "control" Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Syria, etc., but not a single one of them spent day one in the armed forces??? Why are they so gun ho, but didnt have the stones to inlist??