Posted by
onlinebenny on Saturday, February 21, 2009 11:58:20 PM
One of the things I found so irritating about Bill Clinton was his incessant need to travel to foreign capitals and apologize for American military and/or intelligence actions. Now that Desmond Tutu has urged Obama to
apologize for Iraq, I think we will see the beginning of a long cycle of these apologies. Far from making the U.S. look good, this self-flagellation only serves to make our government look ridiculous in the eyes of friends and foes alike. What purpose does it serve? We never apologized to Eastern Europe for Yalta; should that be next? But we should apologize to Iraq for getting rid of Saddam? I am sickened. Perhaps Obama will start a new campaign: He will apologize on behalf of the U.S, and he will conitnually urge all of the former colonial powers to issue apologies for their behavior; followed by a full-bore offfensive against Israel for its "shameful" actions against the poor Palestinians.