Posted on 07/03/2012 12:14:42 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
The Obama administration said Tuesday that Pakistan was reopening its supply lines into Afghanistan, after the U.S. belatedly issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed her condolences for the deaths in a telephone conversation with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. The incident badly damaged already strained relations between the two countries and forced the U.S. and its allies to send supplies via costlier northern routes into Afghanistan.
"We are sorry for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military," Clinton said in a statement, recounting her discussion with Khar. "I offered our sincere condolences to the families of the Pakistani soldiers who lost their lives. Foreign Minister Khar and I acknowledged the mistakes that resulted in the loss of Pakistani military lives."
It is the first time any U.S. official has formally apologized for the deaths,
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What a moron. Obamugabe and Clinton refused to apologize and Pakistan cut off our supply routes. How many American soldiers died because they couldn't get their needs in time? NOW, eight months later, Obamugabe and Clinton say "sorry"...and subsequently look like pussies to the Arab world.
If they had just issued a standard apology afterwards instead of digging in their heels, it likely would have been forgotten.
By the way, that eeeeevil George W. Bush had a MUCH BETTER relationship with Pakistan than these boobs from Chicago. I just want to point that out.
These people suck.
An apology was not necessary.
We gave $1.6 Billion in military aid to Pakistan in 2011.
If they cut off our supply routes, we cut off their military aid.
Apology & agreement in $$$ for each truck transit.
It was $5000 - how much now?
Looks like one girly boy and one boyish girl still can’t make a full man. Why are we allowing these cowards to walk all over us and humiliate us?
WHAT IS THE PRICE TAG OF THIS DEAL?
No one is stupid enough to believe that Hillary just said I am sorry and the supplies started rolling.
An apology means a big payoff. How much????
Billion$ and Billion$ served. Since 1947!
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