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Author unknown - sentiment shared.
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 the actions while on the other hand, political glee will take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day My Lai massacre.I heard some Arabs are asking for an apology. I humbly offer mine 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 after9/11.
I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Arabs.
I am sorry that Arabs 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.
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.
I am sorry that our own left wing elite and our media can't understand any of this.
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 seeking 72 virgins? I can't seem to find one here on Earth.
I am sorry that the homicide bombers think babies are a legitimate target.
I am sorry that our troops died to free more Arabs.
I am sorry they stopped the gang rape rooms and the filling of mass graves of dissidents.
I am sorry they show so much restraint when their brothers in arms are killed. 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, etc.
I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village in Africa.
I am sorry the French are french?
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 all the 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 people killed, mutilated and burnt amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujans.If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long wait. You have a better chance of finding those 72 virgins.

Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union (please refer to the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of1848). Don't you remember me telling you that this treaty was not ratified by the US and it also had a provision to allow Texas to divide into 5 states. When the State Department of the US was asked what Texas would have to do to divide up as per that treaty, they said the treaty was never ratified. So, what really made Texas a State in the union was a Joint Resolution signed December 29, 1845. A resolution is not a treaty, nor is it law, but mealy an opinion of those that made the resolution. In that treaty, the Texans believed the only way Texas could leave, was a vote of the people. They held a reforendum vote in February of 1861 to leave, and did. They did not secede, because they never ceded all of Texas to the US. The only part of Texas that became US Territory was that part of New Mexico to the Rio Grande, a strip that went north threw all the ski resorts into a piece of Montana and a small chunk of Oklahoma. The Confederate States of American were formed and then Texas allied with them. After the Civil War, Texas was occupied by US troops for 10 years until the Texas Constitution of 1976 went into effect. A military government ruled Texas. People were jailed without trials and did not have rights guaranteed by the US Constitution. The writ of hebius corpus was suspended much the same way it has been for "combatants" of today's War on Terrorism. Texas held elections in 1875 and the military governor lost the election for Governor. The elected governor went to Austin to be sworn in and the military governor would not give up the capital. He called up the Texas Long Rifle militia to protect the capital from the elected people of Texas. After a little discussion, the Long Rifles changed sides and the military governor wired Washington, DC to ask what to do. President Grant told him to give it up, it wasn't worth the blood shed. Thus, Texans took back their country from the US military government by force of arms without firing a shot.In the present Texas Constitution (of 1876 amended many times) the writ of hebius corpus shall never be suspended again in Texas. Just thouth you might like a little (REAL) Texas history lesson. Sincerely,Tom, Jr.