I think the people so opposed to any apology are in the throes of "Nuke the Whales!" syndrome. Liberals have made apologies (and in the case of, say, Clinton, the less sincere the better, not to mention the further from anything the apologizer might have done - pubbies face a different standard) the be-all and end-all -- a substitute for action or real analysis or anything else. It's enough to make me gag.