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The Trouble With Apologies - Why won't Bush say he's sorry?
Time Magazine ^
| April 19, 2004
| Charles Krauthammer
Posted on 04/27/2004 4:45:02 PM PDT by upchuck
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To: Mike4Freedom
Don't forget his biggest mistake: destroying American slavery.
As for constitutional scruples, Jeff Davis didn't have many either. Just read what his vice-president said about him.
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:03:55 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
(JMJ)
To: upchuck
NO apologies. Bush has nothing to apologize for.
To: RobbyS; Mike4Freedom
Oh, Lord!
Not this again!
Hey guys...uhhh...there's NEW war on. (whistle) Hey!
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:08:00 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: upchuck
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:08:10 PM PDT
by
Smartass
(BUSH & CHENEY 2004 - STAMP OUT KERRY'S SOCIALISIM.)
To: liberallarry
I think the looting in Iraq was a surprise because we gave these people more credit than we should have. They are so far removed from the civilization they once were that it is almost regretable that we are offering them a democracy. It's a bold plan which would benefit us greatly if it can be pulled off, but they seem to be people that are mostly sheep, willing to follow even madmen to their own hurt.
As far as the president not apologizing, there is no point in cutting your arm in shark infested waters. If they want to ask rude questions, let them get answered with the same.
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:10:02 PM PDT
by
man of Yosemite
("When a man decides to do something everyday, that's about when he stops doing it.")
To: upchuck
Why won't Bush say he's sorry? Think of what the response would beHis interrogators at AP, New York Slimes, WSJ, LA Times, and Terry Moran of ABC News, David Gregory of NBC and John Roberts of CBS, etc. would all do a happy dance. Can't have that!
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:10:59 PM PDT
by
ride the whirlwind
(We can't let Kerry win - an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.)
To: sinkspur
Mike4Freedom is a conservative? Hadn't noticed in his current posts. Maybe a bad day.
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:14:32 PM PDT
by
luvbach1
(In the know on the border)
To: wimpycat
War tends to dissolve society into a state of nature. Professional armies tend to minimize loss, but people will die and property will be destroyed.
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:19:12 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
(JMJ)
To: man of Yosemite
I think the looting in Iraq was a surprise No it wasn't. It was one of the likely occurances predicted in pre-war planning. And it went on for a long time.
It's a bold plan which would benefit us greatly if it can be pulled off
Very bold. Even it is successful it will take a long time to make it so. Not only are we dealing with a society unused to good governance. We are also have to deal with irrational boundaries which force dissimilar peoples together - originally for the benefit of various conquerors; Arabs, Turks, English.
To: Smartass
Bush should have merely said: "That turd won't float!"
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:22:08 PM PDT
by
BobS
To: Mike4Freedom
>> "Abe did not have airport security available as a punishment." <<
What an idiotic statement
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:22:10 PM PDT
by
sd-joe
To: sinkspur
Political enemies? They're terrorist suspects, son. And they should be harassed.Thanks for calling me son, makes me feel younger. Unfortunately many ordinary US citizens whose only crime was writing anti-war pieces have ended up on the secret yellow and red list. Red list, you don't fly at all. Yellow list, you are randomly picked for further searching every time-not very random!
Yes, I have heard from people who found out the hard way that they are on such lists. A red list guy was refused the purchase of his ticket on the computer. No terrorist he, just a political activist. Unless of course you believe that criticizing Bush equals treason, then maybe you find that OK.
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:22:17 PM PDT
by
Mike4Freedom
(Freedom is the one thing that you cannot have unless you grant it to everyone else.)
To: upchuck
During his eight years as president, Bill Clinton went around the world apologizing for the United States at the drop of a hat. What did it buy us? Fewer terrorist attacks? More love, respect and cooperation from the "international community?" Or scorn from our enemies?
If anyone other than the jihadists need to apologize, it is our hopelessly Left-skewed media for their betrayal of the American people over and over again.
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:22:29 PM PDT
by
Wolfstar
(Our place in this war? On the political front lines, as our Armed Forces fight on the battle lines.)
To: upchuck
The Trouble With Apologies Why won't Bush say he's sorry? Think of what the response would be
Time is a propaganda rag
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:23:50 PM PDT
by
Vision
(Always Faithful)
To: Mike4Freedom
Yes, I have heard from people who found out the hard way that they are on such lists.Name them. Otherwise, I don't believe one word of this.
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:25:28 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Adopt a dog or a cat from an animal shelter! It will save one life, and may save two.)
To: upchuck
Reporters are not interested in reporting news. Instead they try to make the news & in the process have become a parody of themselves.
To: upchuck; maica; Travis McGee
es, we erred. Perhaps we should not have disbanded the Iraqi army.I thought that the Iraqi army just took off their uniforms and went home. It's tough to disband an army that has disappeared.
To: upchuck
The President should NOT apologize -
- let al Queda apologize
- the press would have a field day and would never let it go
- what is it with the libs that they want an apology? Like that will make everything that happened on 911 suddenly better?
- there's a war on and mistakes will be made. As far as the situation in Iraq right now, I wonder if some of this has been rope-a-dope, letting the terrorists mass so it's easier to get them all together in one place for better and easier targeting. There's so much info we don't get.
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posted on
04/27/2004 5:43:46 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: upchuck
I'd call it decisivenessThey hate that. Much too manly.
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posted on
04/27/2004 6:02:43 PM PDT
by
irv
To: upchuck
What a great writer.
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posted on
04/27/2004 6:07:03 PM PDT
by
tkathy
(nihilism: absolute destructiveness toward the world at large and oneself)
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