Subject: FW: Letter of Apology!!?? Semper Fi > > > > > >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 My Lai massacre. > > > >I heard some Arabs 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 Arabs. > > > >I am sorry that Arabs 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. > > > >I am sorry that Yassir Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and > >hijacked 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. > > > >I am sorry that our own left wing elite and our media can't 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 seeking 72 virgins. I can't seem to > >find one here on Earth. > > > >I am sorry that the homicide bombers think babies are a legitimate target. > > > >I am sorry that our troops died to free more Arabs. I am sorry they > >stopped the gang rape rooms and the filling of mass graves of dissidents. > > > >I am sorry they show so much restraint when their brothers in arms are > >killed. 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. > >(Note: a "Daisy Cutter" is a 10,000 lb bomb, used to clear helicopter > >landing zones) > > > >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, etc. > > > >I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village > >in Africa. > > > >I am sorry the French are french? > > > >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! > > > >~ Copied > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Whether we Barrett descendents agree or disagree, I, for one, do not think the Barrett-Reuben site should be for Political forums? Pat Crawford