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Originally Posted by Irenicus

No, see, you misunderstand. My point was simple: a common person does not usually have much of an urge to go around apologizing for his government's crimes, or his countrymen's mistake, or his co-religionist's radicalism, not unless provoked by some major event which required a reaction, and definitely not everyday so that the unconcerned West would hear, "I'm sorry for the Taliban, I'm sorry for the Taliban, I'm sorry for the Taliban" after being told that long and hard enough.

It has nothing to do with who's really at fault or US or UK or whatever. One outpouring of public sympathy and/or regret and outrage after a big event, perhaps, but more? Yeah right.

OK I get it now. I thought you were from the Mid-East.

What the West could do, is try and learn what the hell is really going on, and go from there. Islam's internal conflict is just as engaged as its external conflict with modernism, perhaps much more, after all.

Hmm... if they were willing....