Bush Once Apologized To China In Order To Free 24 Detained U.S. Soldiers: America ‘Is Very Sorry’

Right wingers constantly blather that O'Bama is Apologizing For America™, as it is a bad thing to own up for the stupid things we sometimes do. The rest of the world knows that we have done stupid things in the past, such as invading Iraq, a Nation that did nothing to us, and the world appreciates a President who owns up. Such acknowledgements improve our standing in the world. That's probably why GWB himself engaged in Apologizing For America™...

To hear conservatives, including those in the Republican presidential race, tell it, President Obama made America look weak by talking to Iran in order to get 10 detained U.S. sailors, rather than, say, immediately ordering carpet bombing of Tehran. Some right-wing media outlets were even more despondent. Breitbart, America’s preeminent dumping ground of right-wing hysteria, devoted several articles to framing the incident as a humiliation for Obama.

However, as much as conservatives would love to have this story be about Obama’s weakness, the facts simply do not support that conclusion.

There are just two problems with this narrative: First, the Obama administration never apologized to Iran. And secondly, back in 2001, George W. Bush absolutely did apologize to another of America’s economic foes, China, when he was faced with a similar situation. Nobody thought offering an apology was a sign of America’s crumbling power when Bush did so.

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Yep. The Republican Party is sinking further into the depths of assholism.