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RE: IF he felt really bad about what he said, he should have retracted his statement and sincerely apologized way back then, after he “cooled down.”

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That performance was done 10 years ago.

The performance was in response to the 2002 death of two Korean school girls, who were killed in an accident with an American military vehicle outside of Seoul, according to Korean Web site BusanHaps. The soldiers driving the tank were acquitted by a US military court.

See here:

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/psy_rapped_about_killing_yankees_KZkk3VuBS7If4k0RtI778L

According to the Korea Herald, anti-American sentiment ignited after their deaths, and one of the most outspoken critics in the local entertainment industry was Psy.

Mediaite reports a second incident in 2004 after a South Korean missionary was executed in Iraq – an act of revenge for the country’s support of the U.S. war in Iraq – Psy performed an anti-America song with another popular Korean rock band.

Now, in light of what happened in his country, I can understand the anger he felt in the heat of the moment. If you can’t, then try putting yourself in his shoes for once.

Had Psy still insisted that he felt that way and his lyrics are still justified, then, yes, the man is our enemy.

But if his apology today, wherein he actually showed appreciation for America’s sacrifice for his country, means nothing to you, then there is absolutely no redemption for anyone in your mind.

We part ways in our reaction to his apology.

I can understand the anger Koreans would have over the 2002 incident with the deaths of the two girls, but I also remember that the communist party over there is what agitated the youth over the incident and likely filled their heads with conspiracy theories of all sorts to the point that the mobs weren't at all interested in investigators finding out what really happened and why and would accept no other outcome than guilt, followed by revenge.

His reaction to that case I can understand. You don't have to be a communist to be outraged over it.

What is wacky and not understandable, is his reaction to the 2004 case, where islamic terrorists killed Koreans they held hostage in Iraq. Did he sing songs of rage against Islamic terrorism, OBL, AQ, or against Saddam Hussein? Did he rage against the killers and want to kill them, their families and so on? Or is that language something he only reserves for South Korea's ally, the United States?.

There was some twisted thinking in that fellow's head that has nothing whatsoever to do with sympathy or concern for dead school girls or Korean hostages and it's probably because the thinking is that of a red. If he is, then it's possible he's probably more concerned about doing accidental PR damage to Obama and acted accordingly with a well-crafted apology to soften the blow. I just wonder if Obama were not the prez, would he have apologized or "honored" the troops? They are "Obama's troops" now, after all.

"Now, in light of what happened in his country, I can understand the anger he felt in the heat of the moment. If you can’t, then try putting yourself in his shoes for once."

You don't have to preach to me about what went on in Corea. There is NO justification for what he said. Besides, we supposedly "misinterpreted" what he said, per that phyco.

Try putting myself in his shoes? I OWN that ungrateful young punk's "shoes." He knows virtually nothing about what went on in Corea during the war.