Re: Just asking.....
Posted by:
xbMDm
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Date: July 22, 2014 11:36AM
Gruntled Wrote:
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> Not that it makes much difference to the
> passengers, one side admitted the error while the
> other is trying to deny their role, and who
> supplied them the missiles.
"The U.S. government issued notes of regret for the loss of human lives and in 1996 paid reparations to settle a suit brought in the International Court of Justice regarding the incident, but the United States never released an apology or acknowledgment of wrongdoing.[7] George H. W. Bush, the vice president of the United States at the time commented on the incident during a presidential campaign function (2 Aug 1988): "I will never apologize for the United States — I don't care what the facts are... I'm not an apologize-for-America kind of guy."Bush used the phrase frequently[27] during the 1988 campaign and promised to "never apologize for the United States" months prior to the July 1988 shootdown and as early as January 1988."
I suppose paying reparations 8 years later, after being sued, counts as taking responsibility.