An Apology.....

[Alex The Hawk]

An apology from a Three Star Marine Corps General...

This "Letter of Apology" was written by Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman, US

Marine Corps, Retired: [/align]

"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 theactions while on the other hand, political glee will take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day massacre.

I humbly offer my opinion 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 Yassar Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and high-jacked 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, our media, and our own brainwashed masses do not understand any of this (from the misleading vocal elements of our society like radical professors, CNN and the NY TIMES).

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 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.

America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those responsible because that is what we do.

We hang out our dirty laundry for the entire world to see. We move on.

That's one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don't hide this stuff like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.

Deep down inside, when most Americans saw this reported in the news, we were like - so what? We lost hundreds and made fun of a few prisoners. Sure, it was wrong, sure, it dramatically hurts our cause, but until captured we were trying to kill these same prisoners. Now we're supposed to wring our hands because a few were humiliated?

Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own peoplekilled, mutilated and burnt amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujahans.

If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long wait!
You have a better chance of finding those seventy-two virgins.

Chuck Pitman Lieutenant General, USMC (Ret) [/align]http://www.strangepolitics.com/content/item/109867.html
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[DaveH]

Amen to that! I am in full agreement with him and I intend to forward this all around!

[Leafrivermac]

Thanks Alex, good to know we have folk that think that way leading out armed forces. I too will forward this one.

[onthemend]

I humbly offer my opinion here:

Nothing humble, and its not an opinion, but rather an agenda

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.).

and I am sorry to inform you that arms were not taken up to defend Islam, but rather to secure financial interests of selfish people

I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after 9/11.

and no offical apology came from the USA for their genocide against native Americans either.

I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Islamic Arabs.

Are you sorry that all the people who enslaved Black men, and slaughtered American Indians were white "Americans"

I am sorry that most Arabs and Muslims have to live in squalor under savage dictatorships.

Are you sorry that white people kill 3000 of their unbornbabies in American abortion mills every day???

I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth.

The way that the oil rich in America get differments for their children, while the working poor fight their wars of greed???

I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious schools, mosques, and government-controlled media.

Are you sorry that America bears false witness in order to foster her wars of aggression????

I am sorry that Yassar Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and high-jacked the Palestinian "cause."

Are you sorry that General Phil Sheridan, and GA Custer were murdering criminals who abused their authority???. Are you sorry about the american servicemen who rape, and murder children???

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.

Are you sorry that soo many nations are disgusted with America because people like you are citizens of her????

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.

The love of money is the root of all evil, and the love of money is the reason the "stepping in" took place.

I am sorry that our own left wing, our media, and our own brainwashed masses do not understand any of this (from the misleading vocal elements of our society like radical professors, CNN and the NY TIMES).

Are you sorry that the current administration is a collection of Godless, and self center war mongers, who sell off sovereignty to the highest bidder???

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

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but are you sorry for the Native Americans who were scammed out of their property by the USofA????

I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of homicide bombers upon their death.

Are you sorry that America payed the likes of Fidel Castro, and Osama Bin Laden to do their bidding????

I am sorry that those same bombers are brainwashed thinking they will receive 72 virgins in "paradise."

Are you sorry that depraved ministers like Chuck Colson, Pat Robertson, James Kennedy, and Dobson brainwas people into thinking that Christians support the wars of American aggression????

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

Yet you have no problem with the 3000 babies slaughtered daily in your own country, do you you hypocrite????

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.

While American soldiers rape innocent young girls, and American cities are havens for rape and murder. What say you, all mighty hypocrite???

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

Are you sorry that white false "Christians" have killed ten times that amount of innocent Christians???

I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize control of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state.

You terrorize people, yet call it "war", you dastardly hypocrite

I am sorry we don't drop a few dozen Daisy cutters on Fallujah.

Hoe unsaved of you to say that.

I am sorry every time terrorists hide they find a convenient "Holy Site."

You have a safe ground also

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.

Again, you need to apologize for your transgression first you hypocrite, and secondly Greek Orthodox Churches are not Holy in the least.There is only one true Church, and you would not recognize it.

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!

Again, smell your own stench, and clean it up before commenting on that of others.

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

We feel the same about you.

America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those responsible because that is what we do.

and you think you will escape judgement.......hahaha

We hang out our dirty laundry for the entire world to see. We move on.

You lie

That's one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don't hide this stuff like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.

You are hated, because you are hateful

Deep down inside, when most Americans saw this reported in the news, we were like - so what? We lost hundreds and made fun of a few prisoners. Sure, it was wrong, sure, it dramatically hurts our cause,

But you think your stench does not stink

but until captured we were trying to kill these same prisoners. Now we're supposed to wring our hands because a few were humiliated?

As a moral degenerate, you cannot phathom the rule of law.

Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own peoplekilled, mutilated and burnt amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujahans.

You lack compassion, because you are locked away from the Love of Christ Jesus.

If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long wait!
You have a better chance of finding those seventy-two virgins.

Imagine that, a hard hearted man saying he will not forgive.



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[m.t.hands]

Are you sorry that all the people who enslaved Black men, and slaughtered American Indians were white "Americans"

http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm

[onthemend]

ORIGINAL: m.t.hands

http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm

A sorry excuse for rebuttal if I ever saw one

[Rem1100]

ORIGINAL: onthemend




As a moral degenerate, you cannot phathom the rule of law.



You lack compassion, because you are locked away from the Love of Christ Jesus.

1st.. what qualification do you have to make this statement? or is that YOUR "agenda"?

2nd...that's NOT your call, but His....
obviously you are NOT a veteran of this, or any country, nor do you possess that which is produced form being a vet, and that is Honor.
Honorable men do NOT take pride in lambasting another human being...too much has been given, thru the centuries, for the cause of Freedom(and that encompasses alot of territory).
I agree with what the Gen alledgedly has said, and will help Israeli gunners by spotting rounds for 'em... I do have experience

[onthemend]

ORIGINAL: Rem1100

1st.. what qualification do you have to make this statement? or is that YOUR "agenda"?

2nd...that's NOT your call, but His....
obviously you are NOT a veteran of this, or any country, nor do you possess that which is produced form being a vet, and that is Honor.
Honorable men do NOT take pride in lambasting another human being...too much has been given, thru the centuries, for the cause of Freedom(and that encompasses alot of territory).
I agree with what the Gen alledgedly has said, and will help Israeli gunners by spotting rounds for 'em... I do have experience

Morality is a God given trait, given to men to allow them to practice Mercy, Honor, and Charity. Moral degeneracy is a condition in which a humam being has a steady decline in morality. Publicly stating one's desire to see certain groups of people killed with "daisy cutters" is such a sign.

As an American Citizen, it is my CALL to respond to what is said, if it is said in an attempt to define the general attitude of this nation. What was allegedy said in my opinion is shameful, dishonorable, and against what Gentlemen desire their nation to be.

[DaveH]

What was allegedy said in my opinion is shameful, dishonorable, and against what Gentlemen desire their nation to be.

You have the right to express your opinion -- and you've abused that right in MY opinion. You can continue to spew out the manure you've been spewing, but rest assured, you are ALL ALONE in your thinking. The vast majority of Americans who read what the General said will agree with him. Don't expect the Christians on this site to go along with someone whose sole purpose here seems to be to insult everything they post.

[onthemend]

You have the right to express your opinion -- and you've abused that right in MY opinion.

I believe you have abused the Word of God to proliferate your worldy doctrines.

You can continue to spew out the manure you've been spewing, but rest assured, you are ALL ALONE in your thinking.

In the world of unsaved people, I am alone in my thinking. In the Blessed Church, I am strong with support

The vast majority of Americans who read what the General said will agree with him.

That is because according to Jesus, the vast majority of the world, including America is unsaved, and under Satan.

Don't expect the Christians on this site to go along with someone whose sole purpose here seems to be to insult everything they post.

I only expect the Children of God to go along with the call for mercy. I do expect false Christians to support men who advocate the murder of human beings.