Posted on 06/07/2005 9:51:41 AM PDT by Stoat
| WAR ON TERROR Bush urged: 'Never apologize' to Muslims Administration officials reportedly inspired by classic John Wayne movie Posted: June 7, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern
Some members of the Bush administration have taken a cue from a classic John Wayne Western and are advising their boss to take the film's advice – "Never apologize" – when dealing with Muslims, reports geopolitical analysts Jack Wheeler. In a column on his intelligence website, To the Point, Wheeler explains Wayne's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," made in 1948, though lesser known than many of the star's films, includes what's been called one of the top 100 movie quotes of all time. |
| Wayne's character, Capt. Nathan Brittles, who is facing an Indian attack, advises a junior officer: "Never apologize, son. It's a sign of weakness." It's that attitude that some employees of the Pentagon, State Department and White House are urging President Bush to take when dealing with charges of Quran desecration and other allegations from radical Muslims. They've even sent a DVD copy of the film to the commander in chief. "Their numbers are small," explains Wheeler, "but they are seriously sick and tired of squishing-out to the hadjis (the nickname our soldiers give the Muslim terrorists in Iraq and their sympathizers – pronounced 'hah-geez,' referring to the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca called the hadj). These sympathizers now include not just rioters on Pakistani streets but Newsweek magazine and Amnesty International. "'The more we kiss the hadjis' tushes, the more they denounce us and the less they respect us,' one of them told me. 'Just take a look at the DOD's procedures for the handling and inspecting of detainee Korans . You won't believe how impossibly respectful and careful they are. What good does this do us? All we get is lies, lawsuits and riots in return.'" Wheeler says the goal of the John Wayne aficionados is to eliminate any "We're sorry" message in State Department cables and communiqués, National Security Council analyses, and Pentagon press briefings – "and inserting in their place, however subtly worded in diplo-speak, the message: 'If you don't like it, stuff it.'" In his column, Wheeler quotes from a message the anti-apology staffers would like to see in a future Bush speech: I want to make it very clear that neither this administration nor the American military nor the American people owe an apology whatsoever to the religion of Islam and its believers. The American people have every right to take enormous pride in the respect which our military treats believers in Islam, and in the fact that the American military is not just the most powerful but the most humanitarian fighting force in the history of humankind. It is the Islamic terrorists and their followers who owe us an apology for making war on us, and owe an apology to their fellow believers in Islam for making war on them. Writes Wheeler: "So cross your fingers he takes the movie and the message to heart. The day the president of the United States announces that Muslims owe an apology to us and not the other way around will be the day we truly begin to win this war." |
Don't hold your breath ...
I hate it when the obvious is treated as something novel.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's made popular the saying of a good friend of his in Southern France, I forget his name: "Never apologize, never explain."
I just did a Google search for this phrase, trying to find the originator, and instead I turned up Eric Alterman and a whole list of liberals whining and bitching that President Bush never apologizes to them and never explains.
So, maybe Bush just needs to go a little further in that direction. I've often said that Democrats, Arabs, and yellow dogs are just the same. Show weakness or turn your backs on them, and they will bite your ankles.
You-Will-Find-This-Interesting™ Ping.
Sure as hell beats groveling don't it.
As well as every damned liberal utopian in congress and the ACLU.
Apologize to muslims for murdering us...pfftt
I believe it was the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, and the original quote was "Never complain, never explain."
It's actually not a very useful quote for living well, but it certainly sounds good.
What would he apologize for? Sorry you blew up our WTC. Sorry your religion stinks. Sorry the world would be far better off without you.
Why not?
He is kissing Mexico's rearend with his ridiculous attitude of turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the invasion of this country by hordes of illegal aliens crossing our southern border at will!
This is arrogance that dwarfs any stupid stunt perpetrated by scumbag Clinton I'm sorry to admit!
Where is his oath to protect and defend this nation from all it's enemies both foreign and domestic???
(If you're paying attention, the DNC has been successfully employing these approaches for the past 10 years.)
No apologies to any whining minority for anything
If Bush follows this wise counsel, what's left of the EUweenies won't be pleased.
The difference between WorldNetDaily and Scrappleface narrows every day. ;)
"Wheeler explains Wayne's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," made in 1948, though lesser known than many of the star's films, includes what's been called one of the top 100 movie quotes of all time. "
Maybe little known to the elites, but, true movie fans know that its one of the greatest films ever, bar none. John Ford knew how to make a movie. Having John Wayne in the movie is like icing on the cake!
"That ain't my department, sir"....Sgt Tyree to Cpt. Brittles
File this under "N" for NO F#!*ING S*#T!!!
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