Gingrich Slams Obama for Koran Apology

[Peter Grimm]

 

[pbrauer]

Newt is a certifiable idiot. The main reason for 'apologizing' is to protect our troops in Afghanistan. Thank God Newt will never be President Of The United States. :thumbs:

 

[tessaesque]

Newt is a certifiable idiot. The main reason for 'apologizing' is to protect our troops in Afghanistan. Thank God Newt will never be President Of The United States. :thumbs:

Yeah...how's that worked out so far?

 

[Your Star]

What a child.

 

[Deuce]

My mother taught me that when you **** up, you should apologize. Gingrich's mother seems to have failed in this.

 

[Thrilla]

well, for once, i actually agree with Newt.
the President should have backed up the military in their actions.... their actions were not wrong or incorrect.
the President should have explained why the actions were not correct instead of immediately going for the apology.

an apology is tantamount to an admission of guilt.. and i'm sorry, but burning those korans was not wrong...
the prisoners had already defiled those holy books ..this is something the president should have stated clearly and unequivocally.... he instead took the road of apologizing for our boys actions that were not wrong.

 

[tryreading]

Does that lady in that video realize that the Speaker is likely cheating on her right now?

 

[hazlnut]

Read: Fat irrelevant man makes noise. No one cares.

 

[mike2810]

It is way past time for our exit. It is clear that many do not any foreign troops in Afghanistan. Let the people decide what type of country they are going to have. If the extremists take control, guess its what the people want.

I wish the President would have explained more on what actually happened rather than just an apology. I am not convinced our troops did anything wrong.


I don't think the apology worked.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/world/asia/afghan-grenade-wounds-american-soldiers-as-riots-still-rage.html

 

[Thunder]

Obama should have expressed regret for the unfortunate incident/mistake.

........or in other words, an apology.

 

[rocket88]

I agree a little bit with Newt, but probably for different reasons. We knew from experience that some **** was going to hit the fan if it was true. Just deny it. Let somebody prove there were Korans in that pile of stuff.

"Korans? What Korans? I didn't see any Korans. Did you see any Korans, General? Nope, the General didn't see any Korans either..."

 

[Thunder]

I agree a little bit with Newt, but probably for different reasons. We knew from experience that some **** was going to hit the fan if it was true. Just deny it. Let somebody prove there were Korans in that pile of stuff.

"Korans? What Korans? I didn't see any Korans. Did you see any Korans, General? Nope, the General didn't see any Korans either..."

or in others words: "I zee nuteeng...I know nuteeng!!!!!!!"

 

[Peter Grimm]

Read: Fat irrelevant man makes noise. No one cares.

That's discrimination against irrelevant people.

 

[Thunder]

My mother taught me that when you **** up, you should apologize. Gingrich's mother seems to have failed in this.

yes, she has yet to apologize for creating Newt.

 

[Peter Grimm]

It is way past time for our exit. It is clear that many do not any foreign troops in Afghanistan. Let the people decide what type of country they are going to have. If the extremists take control, guess its what the people want.

I wish the President would have explained more on what actually happened rather than just an apology. I am not convinced our troops did anything wrong.


I don't think the apology worked.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/world/asia/afghan-grenade-wounds-american-soldiers-as-riots-still-rage.html

I wasn't aware this was a popularity contest. I was under the impression we had a job to do... you know.... like strategic objectives and stuff.

 

[Paschendale]

Religious bigotry is not really a position the United States should be embracing. It's bad enough that Bush evoked Crusade imagery about our wars in the Middle East. There's a definite perception, both over there and over here, that the US is involved in a religious war with Islam. Let's not stupidly help that perception along.

Besides, a real leader needs to swallow his pride for the good of the country. A candidate can say this, but a president needs to know better.

 

[the_recruit]

I really don't see what's wrong with demanding an apology from karzai over this and threatening to cut aid money if this nonsense doesn't stop immediately.

 

[StillBallin75]

I really don't see what's wrong with demanding an apology from karzai over this and threatening to cut aid money if this nonsense doesn't stop immediately.

Karzai doesn't really control the violent people...more so the other way around.

 

[American]

I wasn't aware this was a popularity contest. I was under the impression we had a job to do... you know.... like strategic objectives and stuff.

I'm sure the Muslims who are burning out flag will be calmed by this. NOT.

 

[Peter Grimm]

I'm sure the Muslims who are burning out flag will be calmed by this. NOT.

What I fail to understand is why everybody on the left cares so much. Who cares what people in other countries think of us. Let the military do their job. Support the troops.

I don't even care what people in THIS country think of me. Do you think I give a rat's ass what some goat herders in Afghanistan think about our military?

 

[Your Star]

What I fail to understand is why everybody on the left cares so much. Who cares what people in other countries think of us. Let the military do their job. Support the troops.

I don't even care what people in THIS country think of me. Do you think I give a rat's ass what some goat herders in Afghanistan think about our military?

Mainly because those herders are bound to strap bombs to their chest and blow themselves the **** up to try and kill our troops.

 

[Peter Grimm]

Mainly because those herders are bound to strap bombs to their chest and blow themselves the **** up to try and kill our troops.

You mean like this? Taliban claims responsibility for bomb attack, poisoning in Afghanistan - CNN.com

This story dropped 20 minutes ago on CNN. A lot of good that apology did us.

No Afghan has apologized for the killing of 2 American soldiers by an Afghan soldier. An Afghan soldier likely paid for, trained, and equipped by the USA. Our President has not even asked for an apology.

What you have is a deliberate fomenting of religious extremism that wouldn't apply to Muslims doing it to each other. Take Syria, where Assad has bombed whatever he needs to bomb. Where is the outrage?

Look around the region. Churches get burned in Nigeria, has anyone apologized? Churches are burned in Egypt. Has anyone apologized? In Malaysia, churches are burned. Where is that apology?

Take Iraq. 1,200,000 Christians lived there when we arrived... today 700,000 have left the country due to persecution. Has anyone apologized?

There is a one-sided traffic in outrage which we not only tolerate, but help enable.

Is this a one-sided game, where we are always supposed to be the ones on defense?

This is a two-way street. What Obama should have done is hold a joint appearance with President Karzai, where Karzai apologized for the killing of American soldiers, and Obama apologized for the burning of the Koran. That would have made a lot of us feel better about this.

Obama needs to demand some respect. These are troops serving under Obama as Commander-in-Chief. He owes them some protection.

This is war. It's not an orderly and neat process. We have a lot of young men and women out there doing the best they can. It's an unfortunate tendency Obama has of always assuming it's the Americans who made a mistake, it's the Americans who need to be apologized for.

Stand up for our troops, Obama.

 

[rocket88]

I wasn't aware this was a popularity contest. I was under the impression we had a job to do... you know.... like strategic objectives and stuff.

The thread is about Gingrich criticizing Obama. Gingrich wants to be elected President, and that part of this story is very much a popularity contest.

 

[Peter Grimm]

The thread is about Gingrich criticizing Obama. Gingrich wants to be elected President, and that part of this story is very much a popularity contest.

I was responding to a post claiming we should leave Afghanistan because our presence is unpopular with the Afghan people.

 

[rocket88]

I was responding to a post claiming we should leave Afghanistan because our presence is unpopular with the Afghan people.

Well eventually we should leave if the Afghans don't want us. Wasn't the whole point of the exercise to build a stable state in Afghanistan?