Partial Apology
Fox News
Military analyst William Arkin of the Washington Post has issued a partial apology for a column on the paper's Web site that provoked a harsh backlash last week. Arkin used the term "mercenary" to describe American military personnel. Among those critical were three Republican senators who wrote to the paper to express what they called their disgust at the piece. Arkin tried to explain himself in a follow-up column — "I used the word to incite and call into question their presumption that the public had a duty to support them ... so I committed blasphemy. Mercenary... does not accurately describe the condition of the American solider today. I sincerely apologize to anyone in the military who took my words literally."
Arkin also said troops were given — "obscene amenities" in the war zone — along with other critical comments. He has not apologized for those.
Military analyst William Arkin of the Washington Post has issued a partial apology for a column on the paper's Web site that provoked a harsh backlash last week. Arkin used the term "mercenary" to describe American military personnel. Among those critical were three Republican senators who wrote to the paper to express what they called their disgust at the piece. Arkin tried to explain himself in a follow-up column — "I used the word to incite and call into question their presumption that the public had a duty to support them ... so I committed blasphemy. Mercenary... does not accurately describe the condition of the American solider today. I sincerely apologize to anyone in the military who took my words literally."
Arkin also said troops were given — "obscene amenities" in the war zone — along with other critical comments. He has not apologized for those.
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