A totally unnecessary apology

Richard Jones, the American ambassador to Israel, has been forced to apologise over remarks he made earlier in the week about convicted Israeli spy and American traitor Jonathan Pollard. After a speech at Bar Ilan University Israeli Radio quoted him as saying:

"It came out in the trial very clearly, Jonathan Pollard took money for what he did, he sold out his country. The fact that he wasn't executed is the mercy that Jonathan Pollard will receive...This is a very emotional issue in the United States. I know he was helping a friend but that's what makes it even more emotional for Americans, if a friend would cooperate in aiding and abetting someone who is committing treason against his own country."

Mr. Jones has now retracted the remarks apologising for being insensitive and saying that he had been "misinformed and misleading" adding that he regretted "any distress that I may have caused Mr. Pollard's family and loved ones".

Can you imagine a similar volte face over a statement about a traitor who had sold out America to any other country? The UK? Russia? China? Iran?

I don't think so. I demand that he apologise for the apology!