Napolitano Apologizes for Offending Veterans After DHS Eyes Them for 'Rightwing Extremism'
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano apologized to veterans after a report issued by her department said troops returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were at risk for being recruited by right-wing extremists.
"To the extent veterans read it as an accusation ... an apology is owed," she said during an on-air interview on FOX News Thursday, a day after veterans' groups and members of Congress blasted her for the report, which they said libeled members of the armed forces.
That's no apology. And at least one group reads it right (proving that veterans are, well, smart):
"It wasn't an apology in my view," said Pete Hegseth, chairman of Vets for Freedom. "It was one of those non-apology apologies. She was sorry that veterans were offended. She should either apologize for the content of the report as it stands or they should rewrite the report and reissue it."
Her "apology" reads more like "I'm so sorry that vets are so stupid." Or "I'm so sorry that I let people know about my anti-veteran agenda."
Given that she dropped the ball twice now, the only "apology" sincere enough for everyone (or, at least for me) to believe as sincere would be her immediate and unconditional resignation. Or, if not that, immediate retraction of the entire report and a complete re-write into something that is fact-based, and specific enough to be useful (like the one on left wing extremism) without needless finger pointing (and then her resignation would be just the icing on the cake).