No, not sorry for what he said, but “sorry” that you and I understood what he said. And he is so sorry that we held him accountable for it. On Tuesday (June 21st) Senator “DICK” issued what he, other left wingers and even many soft conservatives claim is a definitive conclusion to the situation of him desecrating the actions of our soldiers at Gitmo.
Sorry, but I am not going to let Senator “DICK” get away that easily after reading the entire apology that isn’t really much of an apology but rather an accusatory statement towards how others interpreted his comments.
I’m sorry, but I don’t think that likening the interrogation tactics of our soldiers at Gitmo to NAZIs, Soviets and Pol Pot that killed tens of millions of political prisoners can be misconstrued. But again, Senator “DICK” repeated his previous apology in which he said, “I have learned from my statements that historical parallels can be misused and misunderstood.” In essence, he is again blaming us for not understanding what he said. He should have stopped after saying “misused” and he would have been correct. But that would imply that only he was at fault. And like a good liberal he cannot be the only one at fault. Oh no. Blame must be placed somewhere else as well and he is blaming you and me for “misunderstanding” his “misuse” of the references.
He went on to say, “it is very clear that even though I thought I had said something that clarified the situation, to many people it was still unclear.” DUH! It is still “unclear” because we are wondering why you are still blaming everyone else for “misunderstanding” your “misuse” of the references.
He says he is, “sorry if anything [he] said in any way cast a negative light on our fine men and women in the military.” Hey “DICK” please tell me that you are not serious? Didn’t your little choo-choo make it far enough around the track to understand that calling our troops NAZIs would cast our soldiers in a negative light when you made a prepared speech in the well of the Senate?
You are not sorry so please stop that charade. You did however plan and plot those remarks for one purpose — political power. You are sorry however because you were called out for trying the “baby killer” tactic of the Vietnam era to turn public opinion against the war and more heinously against our soldiers.
“I never intended any disrespect for [our troops].” Really “DICK”? Then again, why on Earth would you even think about comparing them to NAZIs?
Then, like a good lefty he pulls out the words of a real American to try and wrap himself in the flag. His target was Abraham Lincoln and the quote he used was, “If the end brings me out right, what is said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, 10,000 angels swearing I was right wouldn’t make any difference.”
In other words, “this isn’t over”. He is still saying that at the end of the day he might still be right and that he might be vindicated that our troops really are NAZIs. So in reality he isn’t backing away from his comments. He is just blaming all of us stupid Americans for not agreeing with him and warning us that in the end he could still be right so how dare we criticize him.
Here is the apology that Senator “DICK” should have given.
“I apologize to our troops and to all Americans. My reckless, irresponsible and more importantly baseless comparisons of interrogation tactics of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to the Nazis, soviets and Pol Pot was wrong and hurt our cause to bring freedom and liberty to all mankind around the world. I have given the enemy a terrible tool to use against our soldiers which will be used to recruit more terrorists that will put our soldiers in even greater harm. My words have already been used by the enemy in this capacity and I have no one to blame for this but myself.”
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