2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Roy Karrde]

I am not saying for one minute that the riots and the murder of American troops was justified. The Taliban has clearly used this incident as a propaganda device, as terrorists often do.

But not apologizing would have been the equivalent of him saying "screw you" and would have made it worse. It would have also lowered the chances of the Afghan government helping to quell this violence and punish the two murders to almost nonexistent.

As opposed to what? Now that he has apologized and given it legitimacy you have even more murderers out there, not to mention no court would dare punish them. And besides what has the Afghan Government done to quell the violence? It seems like nothing, especially with the grenade attack today.

I don't really see how the events are linked, no news source I can find, reputable or otherwise, seems to be linking the apology and further violence, only the continuing violence amidst an apology.

"Smashed: The mob rampaged through the grave yard after President Barack Obama apologised for U.S. soldiers burning the Koran"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1nWr31pCQ

There is form on this as well. Bush's White House apologises after a soldier shot their books of spells. It's not like this is completely unheard of for a US president to do, considering how rare instances are (or at least how rare they are to be reported, I can image dozens of similar incidents that don't see the light of day).

I agree its not unheard of, I just hate that we are the ones apologizing for a fucking book, while our troops are paying the ultimate price.