This ‘Letter of Apology’ was written by Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman,
US Marine Corps, Retired:
For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will remain an issue. On
the one hand, right thinking Americans will abhor the stupidity of the
actions while on the other hand, political glee will take control and
fashion this minor event into some modern day massacre.
I humbly offer my opinion here:
I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and
sacrificed the blood of our youth; it was in the defense of Muslims (
Bosnia , Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait , etc.)
I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came
after 9/11.
I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Islamic Arabs.
I am sorry that most Arabs and Muslims have to live in squalor under
savage dictatorships.
I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth.
I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their
religious schools, mosques, and government-controlled media.
I am sorry that Yasser Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and
high-jacked the Palestinian ‘cause.’
I am sorry that no other Arab country will take in or offer more than a
token amount of financial help to those same Palestinians.
I am sorry that the U. S. A. has to step in and be the biggest financial
supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs
blame the USA for all their problems.
I am sorry that our own left wing, our media, and our own brainwashed
liberal masses do not understand any of this (from the misleading vocal
elements of our society like radical liberal professors, CNN and the NY
TIMES).
I am sorry the United Nations scammed the poor people of Iraq out of the
‘food for oil’ money so they could get rich while the common folk
suffered.
I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of homicide
bombers upon their death
I am sorry that those same bombers are brainwashed thinking they will
receive 72 virgins in ‘paradise.’
I am sorry that the homicide bombers think pregnant women, babies,
children, the elderly and other noncombatant civilians are legitimate
targets.
I am sorry that our troops die to free more Arabs from the gang rape
rooms and the filling of mass graves of dissidents of their own making.
I am sorry that Muslim extremists have killed more Arabs than any other
group.
I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize control
of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state.
I am sorry we don’t drop a few dozen Daisy cutters on Fallujah.
I am sorry every time terrorists hide they find a convenient ‘Holy
Site.’
I am sorry they didn’t apologize for driving a jet into the World Trade
Center that collapsed and severely damaged Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox
Church - one of our Holy Sites.
I am sorry they didn’t apologize for flight 93 and 175, the USS Cole,
the embassy bombings, the murders and beheadings of Nick Berg and Daniel
Pearl, etc....etc!
I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized
village in Africa .
America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those
responsible because that is what we do.
I am sorry the Barack Hussein Obama may be elected president of the
United States when he doesn’t have a clue on how to be a strong
Commander-in-chief in a world filled with Muslim extremists who will do
whatever it needs to do to destroy the lives of civilized people while
killing innocent men, women and children in order to bring a change
that is beneficial to all Islamic terrorists worldwide.
I am sorry that voters on the liberal left don’t understand the
frightening changes that are taking place in the Muslim world and what
these changes will do to this world in which we live.
I am sorry that the Democratic Party has been highjacked by Socialists
and Communists right under the very noses of those who take pride in
calling themselves democrats.
We hang out our dirty laundry for the entire world to see. We move on.
That’s one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don’t hide this stuff
like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.
Deep down inside, when most Americans saw this reported in the news, we
were like - so what? We lost hundreds and made fun of a few prisoners.
Sure, it was wrong, sure, it dramatically hurts our cause, but until
captured we were trying to kill these same prisoners. Now we’re supposed
to wring our hands because a few were humiliated?
Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own people
killed, mutilated and burnt amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating
Fallujahans.
If you want an apology from this American, you’re going to have a long
wait! You have a better chance of finding those seventy-two virgins.
Chuck Pitman
Lieutenant General, USMC
Pass this on to your friends if you agree. If not, I am sorry I
offended you by passing on the facts.
April 14, 2008
When In Doubt
Are you the Coming One, or do we look for another? —Matthew 11:3
John the Baptist was languishing in prison and questioning his faith. He may well have wondered: Is Jesus the Messiah? Is His word true? Have I believed and labored in vain for my Master? Is this dark place my final reward for answering God's call?
Perhaps countless questions make their way through your mind as well: Is Jesus really the Savior? Have my sins been forgiven? Can I trust the Bible? Will I be raised from the dead? Does heaven lie ahead? Is all that I believe a cruel illusion?
Most of us ask questions like these from time to time. I do—especially on those dark days when circumstances bring sorrow and bitter disappointment, when it seems there's no storybook ending to our lives.
These questionings are not failures of faith but tests of faith and can be answered in John the Baptist's way: We must take our doubts to Jesus. In His time and in His own wise way He will restore the confidence our hearts desire.
Jesus didn't abandon John to his doubt. He sent word of the miracles He performed and the hope He preached (Matt. 11:4-6). As George MacDonald said of God's faithfulness: "You might as well say that a mother would go away from her little child lying moaning in the dark."
But in the dark my heart is strangely blest;
Yea, in the gloom my soul obtains its rest;
For, spite of night, I find that God on high
Is near the anguished soul, where'er it lie. —H. Frost
