Santorum Is Not An Apologist

As reported by the Daily Mail, US Republican presidential runner Rick Santorum made a comment the other day where he states his opinion of Barrack Obama's apology to the Afghan people over the burning of a pile of Koran's. This incident ignited Afghan tempers and has caused riots and protests all over the country, and has resulted in the death of four US servicemen and the wounding of eight others, as well as the deaths of thirty Afghans.

Rick Santorum's stance: Obama was wrong to apologize, it made him and the US look weak. My position on this is that the Commander-In-Chief (the US President) is totally responsible for the actions of his/her subordinates. He states that the burning of the Koran was not a crime, but a mistake. It is a mistake that should not have been made, for which the president is responsible, and for which he and the people involved must be accountable for. Not only does this show that Santorum does not share this opinion, it also shows his complete lack of sensitivity and regard for the values and culture of Muslims. With Santorum being such a strong Christian, would he be as quick to denounce the burning of a pile of Bibles?

His audacity grows further when he demands an apology from Hamid Karzai and the Afghan people for the resulting deaths of the US servicemen. His view of these events and his obvious ignorance of Islam can only be a further danger to the American people if this man is elected president, as his policies are sure to be unsympathetic to Muslims and result in more suffering at the hand of the "War On Terror", especially because his views on Iran are very hawkish.