President Obama sends letter of apology to Afghan president

[cal04]

The Afghan president's office says it has received a letter from President Obama formally apologizing for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.

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In the letter, which is quoted in the statement, Obama expresses his "deep regret for the reported incident" and offers his "sincere apologies."

According to the statement, Obama wrote: "The error was inadvertent; I assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence, to include holding accountable those responsible."

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/usatoday/article/53216996?odyssey=mod

President Obama apologizes over Quran burning as two US troops shot dead in Afghanistan

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A statement from President Hamid Karzai's office said the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan had delivered the letter from Obama Thursday.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/23/10485148-obama-apologizes-over-quran-burning-as-two-us-troops-shot-dead-in-afghanistan

[madokie]

1. Thank you Mr President

I love my President

ETA: You can bet those words won't ring hollow either

[young but wise]

2. K&R.

[Scuba]

3. Thanks Mr. President, and to the "always apologizing" critics: fuck off.

[LeftinOH]

4. OK great. Now, would it be too much trouble for *someone* at some level

at the US command in Afghanistan to specifically prevent "sensitivity issues" like this one ...which are likely going to cause riots and bloodshed?

We're spending jillions of dollars on this war, and we've been there for a decade; we should know how easy it is to incite the locals --and how relatively easy it is to avoid doing so.