USMC - A Letter of Apology

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A Letter of Apology from Lieutenant General Chuck
Pitman, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

"For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will
remain an issue. On the one hand, right thinking
Americans will harbor the stupidity of the actions
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 Yasir 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
non-combatant 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 those 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 people killed, mutilated and burned among 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!

Semper Fi,
Chuck Pitman, Lt. Gen., U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)

USMC - A Letter of Apology

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