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Originally Posted by hypedave
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Actually, i would be surprised if she did apologise! Me, and some 6 billion other human beings!
Apologising is the same as admitting guilt, and the BushCo is too arrogant and hard headed to admit to have ever done anything wrong.
Speaking of apologies, i was glad to see Bill Clinton taking the least travelled road when he apologised to the people of Rwanda, for not doing what he should have. The Rwanda genocide could have been prevented, had the strongest UN nations taken a stand and commited their troops. But as we know, the Rwanda genocide took place a short time after Somalia, when the US and the UK (but mostly the US) decided not to take part in any further peace keeping operations in Africa. Due mostly to the Black Hawk incident, and the Somalia fiasco.
I think Clinton had a big responsability in the entire Rwanda episode, and it was very courageous of him to publicly admit his guilt in the matter, and aknowledge the need for an act of contrition..
In that respect, i doubt anyone currently in the White House has the balls and the political will to do the same, in respect to other incidents such as 9/11 and Iraq.
Though I believe Colin Powell is on his way to perform his own act of contrition. He has made several remarks in those lines, although he needs to be more direct and conclusive. It could be either his conscience eating away at him, or it could be a wise political move to distance himself from the other White House hawks, wich he needs to do quickly if he wants to have more than a bleak chance of getting out of this mess with some credibility.
But since Condy Rice is from a quite diferent breed (the blind follower kind), i wouldn´t expect any type of apology. She´s the type that goes down with the ship, if the boss orders her to. Quite boring, actually!
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