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Video: Hillary Clinton says Apologizing for Qur’an Burning “the right thing to do”

In an exchange with a CNN reporter, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton actually said that American politics have enflamed the “..dangerous situation in Afghanistan.” She also said apologizing was “..the right thing to do.” Is this view held by Hillary’s closest aide, Huma Abedin? h/t Hapblog

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Department of Defense Official openly apologizes to Muslim Brotherhood leader

I almost changed that headline because I thought it might be slightly misleading but…. it’s really not. See for yourselves. Via My Fox New York: A Defense Department official visited a Virginia mosque Friday to reiterate the White House’s apologies for the burning of Korans at a US military base in Afghanistan, pledging that those […]

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai channeling Jesse Jackson?

So much for the effectiveness of apologies. The Jesse Jacksons and the Al Sharptons of the world demand apologies from whomever they think has uttered statements that can be used to exploit race. Thinking it will help resolve the crisis, the offending parties inevitably apologize. Unbeknownst to them (think Don Imus and Michael Richards), eliciting […]

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Video: Newt Gingrich draws attention to Christian Persecution

This is an excellent exchange between CNN’s Piers Morgan and Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich regarding the recent Qur’an burnings in Afghanistan and the subsequent apologies that have come from the Obama administration. Morgan’s attempts to trap Gingrich fell flat (we always like it when CNN looks bad). When asked to explain his position that Afghanistan […]

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