Sean Penn: ‘Iraq Is Not Our Toilet’

Wondering where Sean Penn has been?

The Oscar-winning actor recently surfaced at a town hall meeting.

Penn was evidently emboldened by previous events of the day in which the House voted 218-212 to withdraw troops from Iraq by September 2008.

Hundreds gathered at the meeting to get an earful of anti-Iraq war talk. They would not be disappointed.

Penn was present along with Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee, a member of the Out of Iraq caucus.

Maybe the many “Impeach Bush” signs that were displayed by people outside inspired Penn to let the insults fly like a pizza pie.

“You and your smarmy pundits — and the smarmy pundits you have in your pocket — can take your war and shove it,” Penn wailed about the president to applause and cheers. “Let's unite not only in stopping this war, but in holding this administration accountable.”

While Rep. Lee told the crowd that the war was “illegal and unwinnable,” Penn tried to finesse the support of the troops as he proceeded to undercut their mission.

“Let's make this crystal clear: We do support our troops, but not the exploitation of them and their families,” Penn said. “The money that's spent on this war would be better spent on building levees in New Orleans and health care in Africa and care for our veterans. Iraq is not our toilet. It's a country of human beings whose lives that were once oppressed by Saddam are now in ‘Dante's Inferno.’”

Nice to know Penn was educated in the classics at Ridgemont High.