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The Apology

2/26/2012

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I think an apology from President Obama for the burning of the Koran was an appropriate response, 
but one apology was enough. 

However, the fact that the President did not demand a reciprocal apology from Karzai for the killing 
of two of our soldiers over an incident that, in America--where the burning of our national flag and 
displaying a crucifix in a jar of urine is a protected right of free expression--demonstrates a lack of 
courage on his part, and a naive understanding of his role as the President of the the most powerful 
nation on earth and leader of the free 
world.  

We should not have gone to war in Afghanistan, or Iraq--certainly not with the unrealistic intention 
of democratizing a nation steeped in ancient traditions, and a religion that can tolerate none other 
before it. Nevertheless, we are out of Iraq, and we should now expedite the removal of all our troops 
in Afghanistan. Whatever peace agreement we make with the Taliban will be torn up as soon as we 
leave. It would not matter if we stayed there another ten years, or one hundred years, nothing will 
change in that country until the Afghan people themselves have the will to make it happen--as did 

the people of Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt, and as the brave people of Syria are 
now struggling to 
achieve  as we watch their blood spill onto  the streets.

Vito Tomasino
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