"Now, Say You're Sorry!"

With the recent burnings of the Qurans in Afghanistan, the Republicans have a point. Obama should not have to apologize for those actions because it never should have happened. There should be a protocol in place to deal with these issues. No matter what religion an individual is, their holy manuscript should never be destroyed; and if that happens there should be an apology from the individuals that took part in the burning and they should be relieved of their duties.

But this is nothing new when evaluating the morals of America. Americans have a stereotype of acting like they are better than everyone else and shouldn’t have to apologize for anything. I feel this stereotype is fairly accurate.  But this is rather odd. We always tell our children to “say sorry”. When your son or daughter whacks their sibling, we demand an apology, even when we know the child meant their malicious violent attack, and usually is not sorry at all. Even the child knows this with their quick preemptive sob. The tears shed within a millisecond and now you are burdened with two crying children.

Sorry, or an apology, is the first verbal defensive mechanism I believe we learn. For example when you are on the highway and stuck behind a Prius, you think to yourself “wow, I am sorry they bought that car”. So for the Republican candidates raging about the issues- I hope they know that we are smarter than that. Notice how I called them Republican candidates and not conservatives. These clowns do not have a clue.

As a society we have to learn to take accountability for our actions. I am tired of hearing horror stories about the citizens of Afghanistan and Iraq. These citizens have been trapped in a civil and global war. Their lives will never be the same, for the good or the bad we do not know. We will only learn the real stories in the next few years.

An apology is the right move Mr. Obama. One would think that individuals that are so deeply entrenched in their religion would understand this.  And also, they should understand the consequences that burning a Quran would cause for our troops. The world is not flat anymore, republicans.

If we want to be respected around the world we have to respect the world.

But this is often hard for those that live in such a cozy and sheltered world. I think that these so-called republican presidential candidates need to understand that their days are over. There is no way that our society wants to go back in to the Post Civil Right era. The good ole days when only Caucasian men made decisions for the country and minorities were often never included in their decision making process are over. This is not a race issues, or a political party issues. This is an issue of doing what is right.

We have to swallow our pride, say sorry once and awhile, do what is necessary to make things right, and simply- grow up.