What a straw man response. No one is accusing Bennett of not loving his country, we’re criticizing his insulting, provably false, and immoral statement that what happened on September 11, 2001, was our fault — that we brought it on ourselves.

Man alive, you spend 70 years building a legacy and then do something like this.

ABC News:

One day later, the 85-year-old singer took to his latest stage, Facebook, and wrote, ” 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.”

Bennett also cited his World War II experience as shaping his position 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,” he said.

Full piece here.