[HAL9000]

It was either apologize for the actions of one soldier who disobeyed orders with his ill-advised stunt, or make the situation more dangerous for all of the troops and other Americans abroad. I’m sure it was an extremely unpleasant call for President Bush, but obviously it was the right call to make in terms of our national interests.

[L98Fiero]

I wonder what McArthur would have done had a soldier gotten caught desecrating a Japanese holy book, or the like, during the occupation of Japan. I’m thinking I would not have liked to have been that soldier.

[Oztrich Boy]

It was either apologize for the actions of one soldier who disobeyed orders with his ill-advised stunt, or make the situation more dangerous for all of the troops and other Americans abroad.

I suspect the armchair crusaders cheering the undisciplined scum want that to happen to slake their other-peoples-blood lust.