Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at The Jawa Report ("Sand people. Get it?") reacted strongly (and negatively) to reports of an official apology.
Money quote(s):
"I'm not sure if I should be laughing at this or getting really, really pissed off.
On the one hand, we pay the State Department to lie. And, if saying you're sorry for killing a terrorist isn't a lie, then I don't know what is!"Khan wasn't the intended target, apparently, in this; Anwar Al-Alaki (sp?) was.
So perhaps we were apologizing for poor marksmanship?
(Actually not.)
"Please tell me this is part of some larger duplicity which leads to the entire Kahn (sic) family being deported and/or indicted?
I've always had a rather low opinion of State. But after this, I'm left to wonder which side of the War on Terror they're really pulling for?"
Trust me; the people at State who are aware we're in a war at all (and there are many, perhaps even a majority) are pulling for our side. Fact is, State folks have been some of the primary targets for the other side for several decades now.
It's still true that more U.S. ambassadors have been killed in the line of duty since WW2 than general officers and admirals combined.
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