Washington Times cowers and apologizes for hurting Pakistani feelings with

[Judi Lynn]

Washington Times cowers and apologizes for hurting Pakistani feelings with cartoon

ISLAMABAD, May 14 (AFP) - The Washington Times has sent its regrets to the Pakistan embassy in the US over a cartoon that Islamabad said was contemptuous of the country's role in the US war on terror, officials said Saturday.

The regret came in a letter written by the editor-in-chief of the US newspaper. Excerpts were made available by the foreign office here.

"The cartoonist inadvertently caused offense to Pakistani citizens," Wesley Pruden said, according to the foreign ministry spokesman Jail Abbas Jilani.

"This was not his intention and nor was it the intention of the newspaper," Pruden wrote in the letter that was delivered on Friday.

The cartoon showed a dog personifying Pakistan and a US soldier patting it for its role in the fight against terror, which sparked protests in Pakistan.
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[damntexdem]

1. The cartoonist inadvertently drew a dog and labeled in 'Pakistan' ...

and then inadvertently drew a U.S. soldier patting it. Then the Times inadvertently published it. But that it might have hurt some feelings in Pakistan, to be labeled a lap dog -- who could have guessed?

LOL!

[DulceDecorum]

4. I thought we already have a poodle.

[hatrack]

2. Also, most Muslims look at dogs the way we view pigs

They're generally considered disgusting animals.

[MGKrebs]

3. Well if they didn't MEAN it, then it makes no sense.

In other words, this is a PLAIN, OBVIOUS, UNCONTESTABLE, LIE.