Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman, US Marine Corps: I am sorry
This 'Letter of Apology' was written by Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman, US Marine Corps, Retired (thanks to Louis S. who sent it in):
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 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 Yasser 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 U. S. A. 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 liberal masses do not understand any of this (from the misleading vocal elements of our society like radical liberal 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 noncombatant 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
I am sorry that voters on the liberal left don't understand the frightening changes that are taking place in the Muslim world and what these changes will do to this world in which we live.
I am sorry that the Democratic Party has been high-jacked by Socialists and Communists right under the very noses of those who take pride in calling themselves democrats.
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 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 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.
Chuck Pitman
Lieutenant General, USMC
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I'm sorry too - sorry that no one will inform those poor brain washed Muslims that the Koran is an unfixable and psychotic main-stream religion. further, it should be told them that it is uncivilized and savage to believe that there is a God anywhere that will reward humans for the cold-blooded murders of absolutely innocent people - why won't anybody do that? It is because the vast majority of westerners would rather see their neighbors die than THEN THAT THEY THEMSELVES be seen as RELIGIOUSLY INCORRECT! Some one - tell them!
I can't decide which line I like best.
Maybe this: I am sorry that voters on the liberal left don't understand the frightening changes that are taking place in the Muslim world and what these changes will do to this world in which we live.
Possibly that: I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village in Africa.
Or: I am sorry that the U. S. A. 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.
Its a crazy world.
I do not see what "liberal" or "conservative" has to do with the survival problem that faces us all. The danger is much more elementary than that! We are importing people into our country in the name of the "Free Market" who are taught from earily childhood to worship a Bible that teaches clearly and perfectly that cold-blooded murder can be a very holy thing to do and the thing that pleases God the most and that this God will give you great rewards for these holy murders of absolutely innocent people. It is elementary! We can have these little arguments about "liberal and conservative" after we kill the tiger in the school yard jane!
There is nothing else to talk about! Muslims (all of them) worship a perfect and divine Bible that tells them that it is good to be a murderer and a Bully and a Robber against totally innocent people, and wherever on the planet you find these Muslims in control, these Muslims plainly and clearly and without exception comport themselves exactly as they have been taught to act by their Bible - they all all potential murderers - why do we bow down to them in any way whatsoever? When did we start respecting and loving murderers or people that love a Bible that places certain murders as the most holy things a Muslim can do? The Koran approves of Murder! Why do you need to know more than that?
he points out that seven times we bled and died for our Muslim Masters - we give them money and the keys to our kingdoms - we love them and agree with what their Bible tell them about the superiority of their extremely anti Judo-Christian main-stream powerful and anti-human religion - yes, they have an evil and psychotic and unfixable RELIGION!
This was not written by Lt.General Pitman but Dr. Mike S. Adams. Went to snoops and saw this written about it......
......the name of retired U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman evidently became attached to the "Letter of Apology" reproduced above sometime in 2005, although he was not its author. As far as we know, the original source was an article entitled "My Apology to the Arab World," penned by Dr. Mike S. Adams, a professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and published on Townhall.com on 14 June 2004.......
BUT DANG IT IS STILL GREAT !!! does not matter whom wrote it!!!!!!!
For your own sake, i really hope you don't believe this propaganda. Sara is right, this was mostly taken from "my apology to the arab world" by Mike Adams. Very very little of this stuff is true. Research it before you believe/support/pass this "information" along. Please find the nearest dictionary and look up "propaganda".
I don't care who wrote it!
We need to remember what we fought for from the beginning...
But because of our stature in the world, we have also become a garbage dump for people that want what we have but won't conform to get what we have. (IE: Green card, Citizenship, proper channels etc)They have come here for a better life, and want us to speak thier language, rather than adopting ours..I remember a quote " When in Rome, do as the Romans do".
We live in the greatest country of the world, but we as a people are letting it slide. We are too Passive, and a very selfish Society. The Mentality is if it doesn't hurt me, then let it go... I remember growing up and knowing that I would be drafted and serving my country. I was proud of it, and served four years.
Get real people. It's ok to be a giving country, but don't give it away. The left wingers as I understand will give it away, & the right will put a gun in your face...
Bottom line, We need to remember how we got here.. The blood that was shed, and the dreams that have been realized. "We the People"!!!!
A Marine's Marine!
Sorry People. As great as this letter is, General Pitman did not write it. You need to check this stuff out with Snopes before you post it.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pitman.asp
Mabe Gen Pitman DID NOT write this letter ????