[Hollywoodghost]

Imagin: Its 1943. We are still fighting in the Pacific, we have yet to invade France and FDR goes on the radio to apologize for the internment of Japanese-Americans, lack of Black civil rights, and not letting woment serve in the front line army units. This just gives comfort to out enemies.

[Howlin]

Imagine coming up with something comparable.

[Crusher138]

FDR goes on the radio to apologize for the internment of Japanese-Americans, lack of Black civil rights, and not letting woment serve in the front line army units. This just gives comfort to out enemies.

Spurrious and a bad example to boot.

Bush needed to take the focus off the BUSH DOESN'T APOLOGIZE rant from the left. It was distracting from the bigger picture, the war on terror, and making it stupidly personal. This "apology" will shut them up. At the same time most will have the intelligence to see that saying you are sorry something happened is not the same as taking responsibility for it. They were making Bush out to be "mean" because he would say he is sorry. The parsed themselves right out of the arguement.

Saying sorry without even actually taking responsibility. Almost Clinonesque... :-)