Gingrich Blasts Obama’s Apology To Afghan President: “It is an Outrage”

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gingrichRepublican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has angrily denounced President Obama’s apology toAfghan President Hamid Karzai over the burning of Korans at a U.S. military base.

The former speaker took to his Twitter feed to condemn Obama’s letter to Karzai, saying: “It is an outrage that on the day an Afghan soldier murders two American troops, Pres. Obama is the one apologizing.”

The incident at Bagram Air Base triggered a violent response from Afghans, with 14 dead over three days of protests. Two American soldiers were shot dead when an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on them at their base in Khogyani in eastern Nangarhar province, district governor Mohammad Hassan told AFP.

Obama’s apology mirrored that given by then-President George W. Bush in April after an American sniper in Afghanistan shot a Koran, peppering the Muslim holy book with bullet holes. At the time, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino had emphasized that it was important to show that the US president “knew that this was wrong.”

Ahead of Gingrich’s vitriolic comment, Obama spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One that the apology was “wholly appropriate, given the sensitivities to this issue, the understandable sensitivities.”

“His [Obama’s] primary concern as Commander-in-Chief is the safety of American men and women in Afghanistan, of our military and civilian personnel there,” said Carney. “And it was absolutely the right thing to do.”

Asked whether Obama was concerned that Republicans might seize on the letter to reinforce their charges that Obama too-easily apologizes for the United States, Carney replied: “That’s a fully false, fallacious and ridiculous narrative that is not borne out by any facts.”

{The Ticket/Matzav.com Newscenter}


7 COMMENTS

  1. Another outburst from Gingrich! Could you imagine a guy like this as president?
    The burning of the Koran is one issue and the killing of soldiers is another. For Muslims is as sensitive to their believes as much as it would be is Chas V sholom someone burned The Torah. If I want to people to respect my believes I must respect the believes of others.
    The president by apologizing prevents further harm. Use your Head Newt!

  2. #4 look at the facts soldiers were killed by Afghan troops now what Gingrich said is that President Karzai should first apologies for killing American soldiers and that the president shouldn’t have apologized until the Afghan President did. second are you nuts about burning Sefrie Torah use your head!

  3. There is a major piece of the story that most media outlets have not reported:

    The reason the Korans were disposed of is that there was major reason to believe they were being used at a prison as part of a secret Taliban message system.

    And yes, apologizing in this instance – especially in light of the above – is ridiculous. Islam does not respect holy books of other religions. Why should we apologize when their reaction to burning books – something they have no compunction about doing when other religions’ scripture is involved – is to murder people?

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