gingrich says Obama "surrendered" by apologizing to Afghans

[spanone]

of course he does.....



SPOKANE, Wash. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said President Obama "surrendered" Thursday when he apologized to the Afghan government for the burning of several Qurans at an American military base near Kabul.

Referring to the burning of "radical Islamic material" that included the Qurans, the former House speaker said the situation had been "blown into a huge incident by various fanatics in Afghanistan." He told a crowd gathered at a campaign rally at the Bing Crosby Theater that while the president had apologized for the burning, he had not called on the Afghan government to issue an apology for the deaths of two NATO soldiers who were killed by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform during increasingly violent protests of the desecration of the Muslim holy book.

"There seems to be nothing that radical Islamists can do to get Barack Obama's attention in a negative way," Gingrich said, "and he is consistently apologizing to people who do not deserve the apology of the president of the United States, period."

Obama sent a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in which he wrote, "I wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident. I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies," according to the New York Times, quoting Karzai's press office. Obama did not release the text of what it called a three-page letter on a "host of issues" between the two countries, "several sentences of which relate to this issue," the Times reported.

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[Mopar151]

1. This is why Gawd otta stay out of politics

Religion is never uglier than when the fanatics can hate on their brethren on the other side. 'Cuz the other side are blasphemeing perverts. Which one's the other side? I ain't so sure, myself, but I think Newt's runnin' for mullah

[Thinkingabout]

2. We know what Newt was doing

When he and the republicans was spending $100 investigating a blow job, where and what is Newt doing tonight.

[rocktivity]

3. And if Obama HADN'T apologized, Ging-grinch would be blasting him for "surrendering"

his authority as commander in chief...


rocktivity

[spanone]

4. so very true

[lpbk2713]

5. Gingrich is history.

Whatever he says or thinks just doesn't matter any more ... as if it ever did.


Gingrich is last week's news.

[Kurmudgeon]

6. Republicans are expert at considering acts of decency or courtesy as surrender.

It shows a lot about their mind set when you think about it.

[raouldukelives]

7. It's hard to imagine a republican who

would believe in the act of forgiving or blessing or praying for our enemies. You'd have to be a follower of some 2000 year old long hair liberal to try that out.

[quaker bill]

8. If it saves a few lives...

We are not in Afghanistan to burn Qurans, so doing so was either a mistake or a violation of orders. It would be stupid to lose even more lives over an error that does not accomplish any military objective.