I AM SORRY!

[Slim]

An Apology to Arabs 

"For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will remain an
issue. On the one hand, right thinking Americans will abhor the
stupidity of the actions while on the other hand, political glee will
take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day My Lai
massacre.

I heard some Arabs and Muslims are asking for an apology. I humbly
offer mine here:

I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and
sacrificed the blood of our youth, it was in the defense of Muslims
(Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait, etc.).

I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came
after 9/11. I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Islamic
Arabs.

I am sorry that most Arabs and Muslims have to live in squalor under
savage dictatorships. I am sorry that their leaders squander their
wealth. I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in
their religious schools, mosques, and government-controlled media.

I am sorry that Yasir Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and
highjacked the Palestinian "cause". I am sorry that no other Arab
country will take in or offer more than a token amount of financial
help to those same Palestinians.

I am sorry that the USA has to step in and be the biggest financial
supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs
blame the USA for all their problems.

I am sorry that our own left wing elite, our media, and our own
brainwashed (from elements of our society like radical professors,
CNN and the NY TIMES) masses do not understand any of this. I am
sorry the United Nations scammed the poor people of Iraq out of the
"food for oil" money so they could get rich while the common folk
suffered.

I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of homicide
bombers upon their death. I am sorry that those same bombers are
brainwashed thinking they will receive 72 virgins in "paradise."

I am sorry that the homicide bombers think pregnant women, babies,
children the elderly and other noncombatant civilians are a
legitimate targets.

I am sorry that our troops die to free more Arabs from the gang rape
rooms and the filling of mass graves of dissidents of their own
making.

I am sorry that Muslim extremists have killed more Arabs than any other group.

I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize
control of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state. I am sorry we
don't drop a few dozen Daisy Cutters on Fallujah.

I am sorry every time terrorists hide they find a convenient "Holy
Site". I am sorry they didn't apologize for driving a jet into the
World Trade Center that collapsed and severely damaged Saint Nicholas
Greek Orthodox Church - one of our Holy Sites.

I am sorry they didn't apologize for flight 93 and 175, the USS Cole,
the embassy bombings, the murders and beheadings of Nick Berg and
Daniel Pearl, etc....etc!

I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized
village in Africa."

Received from a friend I have in the middle east...

Slim

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Like the commercial says...priceless!

 

[1feral1]

Good post!

Cheers,
Wes

 

[drebk]

aye, good post, everything but the moore comment, that wasn't at all necessary =P, so there's a well publicized yankee that doesn't share the same views as Mr.Bush, lets make fun of him b/c he is fat?

 

[Slim]

I'm sorry that we don't agree about Micheal Moore. Most university students think he walks on water...I don't happen to share that view.No need to drop anyone's ratings because of it.

Also bare in mind that the person who sent this to me is a hell of a lot closer to the situation (both mentally and physically)   than you, or your prof, or the newspaperman are...

"there's a well publicized yankee that doesn't share the same views as Mr.Bush, lets make fun of him b/c he is fat? "

No, because he's a symptom of the problem. Not a solution at all...

I am going to shamelessly quote another post on another thread as it has to do with the same thing and is incredibly relevant.

"The silence isn't just deafening.   It's revolting.

We all await, anxiously, Michael Moore's film â Å“Trolling For al-Qaeda.â ?   A pity Paul Johnson Jr. won't be around to watch it."

I think that says it all!

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13849

My thanks to DEVIL39 for his post of this thread

 

[Korus]

Brilliant.. I was just in a bit of a friendly argument with one of my buddies regarding Michael Moore. I sent that last line to him...

 

[DeepThaut]

Excellent post Slim, I have a funny picture that a friend showed me the other day that has to do with the Middle East, check it out here... http://www.kontrabandcontent.co.uk/graphics/pics/middle_east.jpg

-Nordwind  

 

[Fruss]

Like it was said before, brilliant..
Add this peace plan and you get the perfect cake!!

THE ROBIN WILLIAMS PEACE PLAN

This may very well be the best thought out item we have read since 9/11/01.
Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan ... what we
need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.

I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for
peace. So, here's one plan.

1. The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their
affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Noriega,
Milosovich and the rest of those good ol' boys: We will never "interfere"
again.

2. We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with
Germany, South Korea and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We
would station troops at our borders. No one sneaking through holes in the
fence.

3. All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and
leave. We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will
be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of who or where they
are. France would welcome them.


4 All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days
unless given a special permit. No one from a terrorist nation would be
allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide
here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more
cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.

5. No "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they
don't attend classes, they get a "D" (for "deport") and it's back home
baby.

6. The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise.
This will include developing non-polluting sources of energy but will
require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou
will have to cope for a while.

7. Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for
their oil. If they don't like it, we go some place else. They can go
somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells
filling up the storage sites would be enough.)

8. If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will
not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever for seeds, rain,
cement or whatever they need. Besides, most of what we give them is stolen
or given to the Army. The people who need it most get very little, if
anything.

9. Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place. We don't
need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would
make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.

10. All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way no one can
call us "Ugly Americans" any longer. The language we speak is
ENGLISH.....learn it...or LEAVE...

Now, ain't that a winner of a plan.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying "Give me your poor, your tired,
your huddled masses." She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, "You
want a piece of me?"


Taken here: http://army.ca/forums/threads/4113/post-39945#msg39945

BTQ, there's no proof Robin Williams really wrote this, read the replies on the other thread..

 

[bossi]

On the topic of apologies, here's something in contrast
(i.e. proof that some gentlemen are honourable, have a conscience, and believe in the Geneva Convention)

German pilot says sorry for 1942 church bombing

RHIANNON EDWARD (from the Scotsman)

A WARTIME German pilot who bombed a church by mistake is making a pilgrimage to Britain to say sorry.

Willy Schludecker, who now lives near Cologne, made a split-second decision to jettison his bombs while in a dogfight over Northumberland. He recently found out that the decision, which stopped his plane nose-diving into the ground, almost destroyed St Andrew's Church, in Bolam, near Morpeth.

One of the four bombs crashed through a side wall, before sliding across the floor. Fortunately, it failed to detonate, and the hole it made was later turned into a memorial window to commemorate the church's lucky escape.

Mr Schludecker took off from Holland on the evening of April 30, 1942, on a mission to bomb Sunderland. Three British night-fighters intercepted his Dornier 217 bomber north of Newcastle. The German threw his plane into a dive to try to shake off his attackers, but he realised he had gone too low when he saw the tops of the trees.

To pull out of the dive, Mr Schludecker jettisoned the four bombs and regained altitude. As the plane gained height, he dropped his remaining bombs on the other side of the church - one created a 30ft crater which is now a duck pond.

For more than 60 years, Mr Schludecker did not know exactly what had happened.

He was told about the church by Bill Norman, of Guisborough, Cleveland, an author and war-time air expert.

Mr Schludecker, now 82, was surprised to hear the story of the church's escape, and he is making a trip to Britain next month.

"As Willy gets older, I think he just wants to square things in his mind about World War Two," Mr Norman said.

 

[Padraig OCinnead]

Good post. I  hope some people here read it closely. Fortunately there is a good sprinkling of common sense among all the chaff of leftist pinkoes that are good at screaming and ranting but little good at actions that can change the situation.

Slainte,

 

[K. Ash]

Excellent post Slim.

Let the bleeding hearts chew on that.

 

[Limpy]

I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized
village in Africa."

I love this stuff! LoL

Excellently put together. You really did your homework.

 

[bossi]

Okay - this apology should solve EVERYTHING, right ... ?
(and, no - this isn't intended as a religious slur against ANYBODY - it's just peripheral to the "apology" thread)

Pope says sorry for crusaders' rampage in 1204
By Kate Connolly (The Telegraph)
(Filed: 30/06/2004)

The Pope delivered an emotional apology to Orthodox Christians yesterday for the Catholic plundering of Constantinople eight centuries ago, saying it caused him "pain and disgust".

He made his comments during a visit to the Vatican by Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and the head of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians.
 
The Pope talks with Bartholomew I at the Vatican yesterday
"In particular, we cannot forget what happened in the month of April 1204," the Pope said, in reference to the sacking of Constantinople by crusaders. "How can we not share, at a distance of eight centuries, the pain and disgust."

The incident, which was part of the Fourth Crusade, was one of the most violent events of the Middle Ages. It contributed to the collapse of the Byzantine Empire three centuries later.

Constantinople - now Istanbul - was the seat of the Roman Empire at the time and revered as a great Christian city. The main aim of the Fourth Crusade, which had the backing of Pope Innocent III, was to conquer Egypt, at that time the centre of Islamic power.

The crusading army sacked wealthy Constantinople in desperation, having built up a huge debt to the Republic of Venice, which had provided it with ships.

Reconciliation with the Orthodox Church has become a focal point of the Pope's 25-year reign and has gained in urgency as his health increasingly fails. The Vatican has long hoped to bring about a meeting between the Pope and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who has so far refused to see the Roman Catholic head, accusing Catholic priests of proselytising on Russian soil.

On a visit to Athens in 2001 the Pope asked God's forgiveness for Catholics, who he said had committed sins against Orthodox Christians for 1,000 years. He has also apologised to Muslims for the Crusades.

 

[Slim]

I can't wait to see who will say sorry to the Muslims next...and for what.

What I would really love to hear is some apologies from the Hardline Muslims. (Something like this)

" We, the hardline Muslims, realize that the crashing of jumbo jets full of people into two of the most populated buildings in the western world has caused untold grief and sadness. As well, the heads we have cut off defensless people and all the bombs we have planted and set off have contributed to some of the most heinous and disgusting acts of this century to date. We are truly sorry for any and all of these horrible acts and will work diligently to pay our debt in sin to mankind!" >

What are the chances...!?

Slim

 

[Kirkhill]

When are the Muslims going to apologize for invading Spain and the Rest of Southern Europe (Italy and France include) in the 700s.

As near as I can understand they have been p*ssed at us ever since they were stopped by Charles Martel in 732 at Tours in France. One group of French muslims demanded that Chirac apologize for the way that Martel thwarted the will of Allah.

That is the backdrop to the crusades - 500 years of Muslim pressure and occupation.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

You know I think the US should pull out from every place they have troops stationed that aren't welcomed, esp S.Korea.   Then build a big wall around there country, invest even more in their military.   there will no longer be an excuse of American interference so if some poor country attacks them (and citizens of said country would be held accountable of their actions to their respective gov't, esp if terrorist camps and what not are the rule and not the exception.)   IE/ Joe Muhamed attacks US, resides in Country X, then country X bears the bulk of the US's wrath.

 

[K. Ash]

The fact that there are people out there who will apologize for acts that pales in comparison to some of the things that have happened in recent years sickens me.

They should be given the boot and then told that its God's will.  :threat:

 

[Slim]

When are the Muslims going to apologize for invading Spain and the Rest of Southern Europe (Italy and France include) in the 700s.

As near as I can understand they have been p*ssed at us ever since they were stopped by Charles Martel in 732 at Tours in France. One group of French muslims demanded that Chirac apologize for the way that Martel thwarted the will of Allah.

That is the backdrop to the crusades - 500 years of Muslim pressure and occupation.

Sounds like tey're gunning for round 2. I hope the rest of the world is more awake this time around!

 

[commando_wolf63]

excellant post slim

 

[bossi]

Here's some more on that German pilot's apology, and in contrast, a tidbit from India:

I didn't mean to bomb your lovely church
Ex-Luftwaffe pilot visits village to say sorry for wartime damage, reports Paul Stokes
(Filed: 13/07/2004, The Telegraph)

A German wartime pilot apologised in person to English villagers yesterday for unwittingly bombing their Saxon church in a raid 62 years ago.

Willy Schludecker, now 82, made the split-second decision to jettison his payload when he came under attack from British fighter planes.

One of the four 1,100lb bombs punched through a side wall before sliding across the floor inside St Andrew's church in Bolam, near Morpeth, Northumberland.

The historic building was spared by the device failing to detonate and the incident was marked by a memorial window being created in the hole made by the bomb.

Mr Schludecker was unaware of his involvement until a local historian, Bill Norman, traced him during research into Second World War air battles over north-east England.

He travelled to the area yesterday for the first time since flying his Dornier 217 from Holland with the intention of bombing Sunderland on May 1, 1942.

Mr Schludecker, who lives near Cologne, said yesterday: "The people here are very friendly and forgiving. They have accepted that dropping those bombs on the church was a mistake. It is very nice to see that they have made the most of the damage to the church wall, by making a remembrance plaque.

"The area of land where one of the bombs exploded in the grassed area has now been made into a pond, which is lovely to look at."

He explained that he had attempted to aim the bombs at open countryside after being attacked by night fighters.

The damaged plane had gone into a steep dive and he was having difficulty controlling it at low level at the time.

Mr Schludecker said: "I tried my best under the circumstances to drop them on the grassed area. I am really sorry for the damage caused to such a lovely church. I am very happy that no one was hurt. I am pleased to be here after all this time and am glad we are all now at peace."

Joy Scott, 86, recalled that she had been asleep at her home a few hundred yards from the church when the bombs landed.

She said: "It was terrifying, the place shook for five minutes when the bombs dropped. The first bomb blew in the windows of the vicarage.

"The vicar had got out of bed and the window frame ended up framing him on the bed. The bomber came so low it clipped the trees, which is probably why the bomb that hit the church did not go off."

Mr Norman learned of Mr Schludecker's escape when he met surviving Luftwaffe bomber pilots during a project to recover the remains of an aircraft and its pilot at South Bank, London, in 1997.

He said: "When I passed the information on to Willy he was mortified and decided that he would like to come over and tell the people there that it was not his intention to bomb their church."

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-----SRINAGAR, India Suspected Muslim guerrillas sliced off the nose, ears and tongue of a 14-year-old girl in Indian Kashmir on Sunday, believing her to be an informer for the Indian Army, the police said.

The girl was abducted by a group of militants from her house in Doda district south of Srinagar. Rebels have in the past killed or maimed people who they believe aided Indian soldiers.

Sixteen Muslim rebels and four soldiers were killed in separate gun battles elsewhere in the region over the weekend.