Tortured Apologies, Continued....

Now we are being told that Bush has apologized for the torture of Iraqi prisoners, but....

"I told him I was sorry for the humiliation and suffering" felt by the detainees, said Bush, who had stopped short of apologizing in two interviews a day earlier with satellite television networks aimed at the Middle East.

There is an enormous difference between this:

"I am sorry that Iraqis were tortured and humiliated by coalition troops."

and this:

"I am sorry for the humiliation and suffering felt by the detainees."

The former is an apology for the bad acts; the latter (presumably intentionally) overlooks and does not apologize for the bad conduct. The media shouldn't pretend otherwise, or allow themselves to be snowed.

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