Author Topic: Bush appologizes for treatment of Iraqi soldiers (Read 1062 times)

Gixer · « **Reply #30 on:** May 06, 2004, 09:20:09 PM »

Good call Bush? It's too late, he should of done this from the very begining.

~~...-Gixer~~

SoulzofAW3 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 06, 2004, 10:26:57 PM »

Geez....don't flatter yourselves with that apology. It's DAMAGE CONTROL. Any person with half a brain would know to say I'm sorry in hopes of clearing things up. Did any of you guys actually think that he WASN'T going to apologize? Sorry fellas, but I don't think he deserves an "attaboy" for this one.

NUKE · « **Reply #32 on:** May 06, 2004, 11:34:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Gixer
Good call Bush? It's too late, he should of done this from the very begining.

~~...-Gixer~~

Bush didn't apologize and doesn't have to. In case you missed the fine print, he said "I was sorry for the humiliation suffered by the Iraqi prisoners and the humiliation suffered by their families." He didn't say "Im sorry for what the US did.".....cause that would be inaccurate.

That is how I feel. I felt sorry for the people who where subjected to this crime, yet I'm not going to apologize for my whole country. The people that are responsible will be punished and they are the one's who need to apologize.

And if anyone deserves an apology, it's the guys that were subjected to this humiliation.....not Jordan's King or the "Arab world"

Why is it that the "Arab world" needs to hear an apology? They offer no appology for any of the waves of terror their peers subject the world to.

Tarmac · « **Reply #33 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:47:04 AM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
Why is it that the "Arab world" needs to hear an apology? They offer no appology for any of the waves of terror their peers subject the world to.

Because they're oppressed, and we're teh oppressers!

You must have skipped that day in liberalism 101.

Fishu · « **Reply #34 on:** May 07, 2004, 02:59:10 AM »

First he was saying the people responsible will be dealt with... but he was not apologizing the first time.
He only apologized after he was requested to.

AVRO1 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 07, 2004, 06:49:54 AM »

I think Rumy should resign.

He should have given PoW status to prisonners in Afghanistan. That would have shown America's strong ethics.
Just imagine the US treating them well after they supported Ben Ladden. That would have completly invalidated Ben Ladden's claim that the US is moraly corrupt.

Instead he just ignored the Geneva convention and reinforced some people's belief that the US is moraly corrupt.
Claiming morale superiority means that you have to be nice all the time not only when it pleases you.

Hard to imagine someone doing a worse job then Rumy did.

Bush did the right thing by offering an apology.

Might have been political ***** but then every politician does it.

Weavling · « **Reply #36 on:** May 07, 2004, 07:42:34 AM »

Something I don't like about politics, is that one can never tell if an act or statement is sincere, or just politics.

Whether it be either, or both, I think it was the right course of action. Even if it was politics, it still good that he did it. At least it shows that he's acknowledged the wrong doings there, and is taking steps to correct it. And it's better than not saying anything at all. Overall I think Bush is handeling this well. It wasn't his fault that he was kept out of the loop.

StabbyTheIcePic · « **Reply #37 on:** May 07, 2004, 07:45:27 AM »

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Originally posted by Weavling
Something I don't like about politics, is that one can never tell if an act or statement is sincere, or just politics.

Whether it be either, or both, I think it was the right course of action. Even if it was politics, it still good that he did it. At least it shows that he's acknowledged the wrong doings there, and is taking steps to correct it. And it's better than not saying anything at all. Overall I think Bush is handeling this well. It wasn't his fault that he was kept out of the loop.

Everything is calculated politically. Anyone in politics that does not do so is not in politics anymore, or is named McCain.

StabbyTheIcePic · « **Reply #38 on:** May 07, 2004, 07:50:03 AM »

Looks like rummy is next to applogize.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040507/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoner_abuse&cid=542&ncid=716

I guess his big statement today to defend himself will be just an appology for his actions.

mosgood · « **Reply #39 on:** May 07, 2004, 08:14:39 AM »

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Originally posted by SoulzofAW3
Any person with half a brain would know to say I'm sorry in hopes of clearing things up.

So I guess you qualify then eh?

Replicant · « **Reply #40 on:** May 07, 2004, 08:40:32 AM »

I must have missed him apologising personally, I thought he got someone else to do it on his behalf? Did he apologise a second time?

AVRO1 · « **Reply #41 on:** May 07, 2004, 09:12:21 AM »

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Originally posted by Weavling
Something I don't like about politics, is that one can never tell if an act or statement is sincere, or just politics.

Whether it be either, or both, I think it was the right course of action. Even if it was politics, it still good that he did it. At least it shows that he's acknowledged the wrong doings there, and is taking steps to correct it. And it's better than not saying anything at all. Overall I think Bush is handeling this well. It wasn't his fault that he was kept out of the loop.

I agree 100%, it is not Bush's fault at all.

Rumy on the other hand was incompetent.
Bush learned about it on the news.

Rumy knew about it so he should have informed Bush.
The pres has to know about things like this.

StabbyTheIcePic · « **Reply #42 on:** May 07, 2004, 11:20:37 AM »

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Originally posted by AVRO1
I agree 100%, it is not Bush's fault at all.

Rumy on the other hand was incompetent.
Bush learned about it on the news.
Rumy knew about it so he should have informed Bush.
The pres has to know about things like this.

Bush does not watch or read the news. He learned it from Rummy.

Fishu · « **Reply #43 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:15:37 PM »

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Originally posted by Replicant
I must have missed him apologising personally, I thought he got someone else to do it on his behalf? Did he apologise a second time?

He made a second speech about it day or two after the first time where he declared US does not tolerate torturing etc. etc.
However first time did not even say hes sorry or anything like that.
Arabs didn't like that he did not apologize and he corrected it with an another speech....

What a moron I say.. ever a tard would've known to apologize in the FIRST speech already.

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #44 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:28:15 PM »

Bush is responsible for sending troops to iraq.
His salary is big enough to take responsiblity too.