Clooney often speaks publically on his political beliefs, as time goes on he is getting increasingly vocal and no longer pulling his punches.

“The fear of being criticized can be paralyzing,” Clooney writes today on Huffingtonpost.com — pumping up the volume after banging the drum of Hollywood liberalism in his Oscar acceptance speech.

“Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the runup to the war. In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and Bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was bulls—.

“Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, ‘We were misled.’ It makes me want to shout, ‘F— you, you weren’t misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic.’”

Bing. Clooney nails a political problem that occurred in both the USA and the UK. When the war drums started to beat, and the media stoked them, why were so few politicians willing to risk everything and speak out against it. They all fell into line.

Only later do they come out, when it’s safer. Only a few activly protest, and we know how that turns out, just ask Cindy Sheehan.

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