alan1
Gold Member
Obama apology aimed to support
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I just find it odd that we are in the middle of a war and somehow the president thinks an apology is the way to keep our military troops safe.
Enemy combatants are a danger to our troops, dead enemies are not dangerous. Apologizing to an enemy is not going to reduce his intent to kill you.
Wars are won by completely destroying an enemies will and ability to wage war, not by apologizing.
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President Obama was worried about the safety of American troops and civilian workers in Afghanistan when he apologized to that country's president, Hamid Karzai, over the burning of Qurans at the largest US military base there, the White House said Friday.
"The president believed it was in the best interest of their safety to make it clear that an apology was appropriate, and that the American people -- and the American military, in particular -- does have respect for the religious views and the religious practices of the Afghan people," spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
I just find it odd that we are in the middle of a war and somehow the president thinks an apology is the way to keep our military troops safe.
Enemy combatants are a danger to our troops, dead enemies are not dangerous. Apologizing to an enemy is not going to reduce his intent to kill you.
Wars are won by completely destroying an enemies will and ability to wage war, not by apologizing.