From: "Robert Comer" 

> In an interview last week (Sixty Minutes, I believe)  Bush was asked
> if he thought that the Iraqi people deserved an apology.  He actually
> replied by asking the interviewer meant that we should apologize to
> them or that they should apologize to us (for not immediately
> recognizing the Great Thing we did for them).

Bush surprises me yet again. (and here I thought he couldn't say anything stupider.)

--
Bob Comer


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:58:36 -0000, "Phil Payne"
>  wrote:
>
>>"Monte Davis"  wrote in message
>>news:2mu6r25hursppfak2812fh46nbc8qc3idr{at}4ax.com...
>>> John Cuccia  wrote:
>>>
>>> >Specifically now, what do you see as the desired outcome in Iraq?
>>>
>>> Uhh... something -- anything -- that would vindicate the current
>>> CinC..?
>>
>>That's easy - you don't even have to go to Iraq.  All you have to do is
>>repeat often enough that's it's now a problem for the Iraqis to solve but
>>they're falling down on the job.
>
> In an interview last week (Sixty Minutes, I believe)  Bush was asked
> if he thought that the Iraqi people deserved an apology.  He actually
> replied by asking the interviewer meant that we should apologize to
> them or that they should apologize to us (for not immediately
> recognizing the Great Thing we did for them).
>
> So, yep, that's the new story line: we gave them the opportunity to be
> just like us, but they turned it down.  I know that early on I made
> jokes about the warmonger belief that "inside every Iraqi is an
> American waiting to get out", but I had no idea they'd still feel that
> way after years of having Iraqi cultural imperatives, which differ som
> markedly from ours, rubbed in their faces.
>
>

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