I'm Sorry

Two of the most important words in relationships are the simple words, "I'm sorry." The ability of one to be humble and apologize, even if one doesn't think he or she is wrong, has probably saved more marriages and friendships than could ever be counted.

International politics, however, is another story. Apologizing to recalcitrant nations, especially those with islamic foundations who hate you for no other reason than that you're alive, is not a particularly effective strategy. As Captain Nathan Brittles (John Wayne) in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon would say, "Never apologize, Mr. Pennell. It's a sign of weakness."

Still, the "anointed one" in the White House seems to think it's a good policy, and you can't be a "messiah" without being omniscient. The WHO (White House Occupant, like the OWS [Occupy Wall Street] that he supports) told us he would persuade the Iranians to be our friends through diplomacy. His plan of persuasion has been to apologize to the Muslim world for all of America's sins, but since that plan hasn't brought Iran (or anybody else for that matter) to the table yet, I thought I'd help him with a few more American sins that he can apologize for.

I'm sorry ...

That the Pilgrims came to America seeking religious freedom and built a nation out of a wilderness, then opened their arms to allow the rest of the world to come join them.

That the Pilgrims, in the manner of friendly neighbors, invited the Indians to join them for a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God for His mercy and sustenance.

That when the settlers met the illiterate Indian tribes they created written languages and then taught the Indians how to read and write.

That Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, the greatest political document on freedom that the world has ever seen.

That American Patriots stood up to the British Crown and won independence from tyranny, setting the stage for independence movements to follow throughout the European colonial world.

That the Protestant Christian Founders of our Republic added the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom which allowed Irish and Eastern European Catholics to immigrate to America in great numbers in the late 19th century, and which allows Muslims and other religions, denominations, and cults to practice freely in America to this day.

That nearly 400,000 Americans gave their lives in a Civil War to preserve a Union and guarantee that the proposition "all men are created equal" included black men, and that as a result a black man is president of the United States today.

That American involvement in the Spanish American War freed the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba from Spanish tyranny.

That American intervention in the Great War prevented a German dominated Europe and ended the mindless bloodshed on the "Western Front."

That when America was drawn into World War 2 by a devastating surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, America fought back and defeated not only the Japanese Empire that had slaughtered and enslaved half a billion people in the western Pacific, but the Nazis who had overrun Europe and murdered tens of millions more.

That American resolve to stop communist aggression in Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Nicaragua and other places brought an end to the Cold War and the collapse of the godless, murderous Soviet Empire and paved the way for Democratic governments to arise all around the world.

That America's need for oil has given oil-rich Middle Eastern Muslim nations wealth they could never have achieved on their own and without the help of American oil companies finding the oil and building the facilities to extract and refine it in the first place.

That a benevolent American government gives billions of dollars in foreign aid every year to 160 nations around the world, including Muslim nations.

That American forces ridded the world of Saddam Hussein who was an enemy to even his own people, not to mention to his Muslim neighbor nations, and after rebuilding the nation with a democratic government brought all our forces home, leaving an independent Iraq.

That American forces drove the Taliban out of Afghanistan and rebuilt the country to include women's rights, and schools which allow girls to learn to read and write for the first time.

That American retaliation for 9/11 has virtually destroyed Al-qaeda and rid the world of Osama bin-Laden, whose terrorist organization has killed tens of thousands more Muslims than it has Americans.

That American inventors have created steel plows, electric light bulbs, telegraphs, telephones, wireless radios, combustible engines, tractors, vehicles, airplanes, rockets, anesthetics, penicillin, polio and small pox vaccinations, refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, computers, the internet, and you name it, all of which have revolutionized the world's ability to produce and distribute product, and make life better, not just for Americans, but for people everywhere.

That American charitable organizations such as the Peace Corps have dug wells and taught millions of people around the world how to farm and survive in harsh environments.

That independent and private American mission groups through the voluntary giving of average Americans have built churches, schools, hospitals, and medical clinics serving millions more.

That American grain feeds most of the world and that it is American organizations leading the effort to fight poverty and starvation world wide.

That an American aircraft carrier was the first on the scene to provide fresh water, food and medicine to the refugees of the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2005, and that in spite of criticisms from the Muslim world that America didn't do enough, the United States gave hundreds of millions of dollars in aid while Muslim Saudi Arabia gave a paltry ten million, and most other Muslim nations gave nothing.

That Americans are so arrogant as to believe that a peaceful, free world is a better place than one scarred by war, terrorism, enslavement and tyranny.

That Americans respect women and give them equal opportunities to achieve and be successful in whatever endeavor they choose rather than treating them like chattel or second class citizens unworthy of education and freedom the way Muslims do.

That the goodness of Christian America is such an offense to selfish, greedy, evil nations who take our foreign aid and hate us at the same time. Oh, I forgot, we're not Christian anymore, and maybe never have been according to the WHO.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry.