[Little Ray]

And why doesn't anybody ever mention Arab slavers? More blacks went to the Middle East, and North Africa as slaves than ever came to the Americas.

I wonder how much Bush is signing us up for this time. I am getting really, really tired of this.

[MNlurker]

Everyone has brought up good points here, but I have to say, there was really nothing in the speech that gets my blood boiling.

What he stated from an American POV was correct. I would love for him to point out that slave trade is still going on and the role that others play in that.

One point of concern. Before FNC broke to the story at Lockheed, they had a reporter on stating that although Bush was not apologizing, the ambassador to Benin was indeed going to or had apologized for the US role in slavery.

The report was stopped when the news broke out. THAT STORY would be of more interest than what Bush said or didn't.