Obama: we apologize

The Oministration would be better off to remember these words and apply them to the condolence issue: "Better to close your mouth and chance being thought an idiot than to open it and remove all doubt."

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Originally Posted by djones520

This is a sticky issue. The guy was a terrorist, he had to go, no question about it.

But the government did sanction killing a US Citizen, their son, whom from all reports they seemed to try to turn him from the path he walked.

My initial reaction at this was WTF. But as I think about it a bit more, I can get behind this given the circumstances of the situation. I wouldn't apologize over killing him. I'd just be offering my condolences for their loss. Scumbag or not, he was still their son, and their own government killed him.

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The parents are american citizens, despite their son's actions. And every parent loves their son, no matter what he may have done in his life.

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Originally Posted by noonwitch

The parents are american citizens, despite their son's actions. And every parent loves their son, no matter what he may have done in his life.

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I wouldn't say every parent. many are glad be rid of their off springs.

Wow, I wonder if any government entities apologize to the parents of convicted killers executed in the prison system.

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Originally Posted by noonwitch

The parents are american citizens, despite their son's actions. And every parent loves their son, no matter what he may have done in his life.

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I agree no parent should have to face that kind of pain

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Originally Posted by djones520

Lets put you in the parents place. What then? Was this there fault? Are they not entitled to condolences for the loss of their child?

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If it were me...there wouldn't be any loss from the death of a child. My son or daughter turns their back on this country and takes up arms and aids and abets people murdering Americans...they cease becoming anyone I claim as one of my children. Their death would mean as much to me as some animal laying dead on the side of the road.

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Originally Posted by Lager

Wow, I wonder if any government entities apologize to the parents of convicted killers executed in the prison system.

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I was thinking the same thing. What about criminals who, in the course of violent crimes, are killed by law enforcement?

I don't know the parents of this tool. I'd like to think they were utterly shocked and dismayed at his decision to join a terrorist group. From what I've read, they tried to talk him out of it. Regardless, just as if their son were killed during the commission of a violent crime, getting killed while bearing arms against U.S. Troops shouldn't be a shock to them.

This hardly warrants an "apology" but, I can see extending condolences. It's bad enough to know your son is a terrorist, then to learn he's been killed. It's gotta be rough.

Like I said, I don't know his parents or anything about them.

This is absolutely appalling! If this does not give ample evidence that this regime is anti American, nothing will.

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Originally Posted by noonwitch

The parents are american citizens, despite their son's actions. And every parent loves their son, no matter what he may have done in his life.

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No they weren't American Citizens. Khan was a citizen by virtue of naturalization. Like MANY other terrorists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Khan

Khan was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to parents of Pakistani descent and grew up in Queens, New York. [5][6] He also spent some of his teenage years living in Westbury, New York.[7] He graduated from W. Tresper Clarke High School in 2003 where he wrote for the school newspaper.[7] According to his classmates he refused to recite Pledge of Allegiance and blamed Americans for the September 11 attacks.[8] Khan's father, Zafar Khan, is an information technology executive. The family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2004.[9] There he attended Central Piedmont Community College.[10]

The parents in NOW claiming to oppose the radicalization of their son is unbelievable. I know that this is about all they could say, it's not like they could come out and agree with him is it?

And while we're busy re-applying our chap-stick to our chaffed lips after kissing the terrorists asses, why not apologize to Japan for ending WWII.

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnal...t-Accepted.htm