Is This An Apology?


Confession is good for the soul but bad for the reputation.

In 1971, John Kerry, a representative of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, had this to say during testimony before a Senate committee:

I did take part in free-fire zones, I did take part in harassment and interdiction fire, I did take part in search-and-destroy missions in which the houses of noncombatants were burned to the ground. And all of these acts, I find out later on, are contrary to the Hague and Geneva conventions and to the laws of warfare. So in that sense, anybody who took part in those, if you carry out the application of the Nuremberg Principles, is in fact guilty.

How should one handle true moral guilt about war crimes?

Was it right for President Bush to apologize for the prison scandal even though he was not personally involved?
Has the Roman Catholic Church given Mr Kerry absolution for his crimes against humanity?

Has he in fact confessed at all?

Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so you can be healed. James 5:16