The only thing missing,
besides a rubber-stamped "hearts and prayers" sign off -- was the unlikely absolution.
But there was something
else.
This latest heartfelt overture had an oddly
familiar ring. It was aggravating and
then it started to come to me, like the closing credits from Hearts and Minds scrolling
into view, flashes from the past. There
it was again -- "It's not who we are... not who we are as a country."
Like just last May, while responding
to requests for the release of photos of his trophy kill, Bin Laden - the first
of several mission objectives in Afghanistan:
"We don't need to spike the football"that's not who we are."
Obviously, that would be more distasteful than
opting for a headshot in the first place, or providing Osama a cell in
Leavenworth, without internet privileges, next to Bales.
That's just not who we are. Seriously?
And the very same day at the UN, speaking after
a Security Council meeting, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gravely
announced:
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