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   Dr. Linus Bahadur Goldfarb wrote:   
      
   > AN APOLOGY   
   >   
   > (Author unknown - sentiment shared.)   
   >   
   > 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 Mai Lai massacre.   
   >   
   > I heard some Arabs and Muslims are asking for an apology.  I humbly   
   > offer mine 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 Yasir Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and   
   > highjacked 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 USA 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 elite, our media, and our own   
   > brainwashed (from elements of our society like radical professors, CNN   
   > and the NY TIMES) masses do not understand any of this.  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 a   
   > 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.  We hang out our dirty laundry   
   > for all the 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   
   > Fallujans.   
   >   
   > If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long   
   > wait.  You have a better chance of finding those 72 virgins.   
   >   
   > If you are "sorry" also, pass it on!   
   >   
   >   
   I'm sorry the Right Wing wants to turn the country into   
   a police state. And I'm GLAD Michael Moore is an American.   
      
   I'm sorry that Noble Republicans are so completely convinced   
   that they are on some mission from God that they insist that   
   any righteous indignation about our Noble Republican administration   
   is branded as treason.   
      
   I'm sorry that Dick Cheney is such a complete asshole, and   
   that GW is the stupidest 'president' in American history.   
      
   I'm sorry that Dumsfeld promotes "interrogation techniques" which   
   put our country in a position to look like torturers.   
      
   I'm sorry that Rush Limbaugh is such an incredible liar and pile   
   of right wing shit.   
      
   I'm sorry that the entire world is pissed off at our country because   
   of our miserable political leadership.   
      
   I'm sorry that Halliburton is the big winner in the Iraq War, and   
   I only wish Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly could   
   all go to Iraq and pull a little guard duty.   
      
   --   
   "Now, watch this drive!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)