US considering apology over Salala attack

[Ali_Syed]

Re: US considering apology over Salala attack

@hanibal

Just for the sake of discussion, let us say what you are saying is right… now what should Pakistan do??? say no to the apology and cross the border and kill 24 US soldiers whereas a team from US is busy digging out our soldiers from the snow in the battlefield within Pakistan? again back to square one!!! what should Pakistan do??? please again realistic solution and not idealistic ones!!!

And let say, in real world, as per PC’s recommendations, If US apologizes and some things gets work out then what is the problem there??? again, have you listened to me and have red about the importance of apology on the matters such is under discussion here… things could have been less confusing for you…

Where have I said that Pakistani army should cross the border and kill American soldiers? Even when the supplies were open our friends were alleging that their soldiers are being killed in Afghanistan through Haqqani network (which is a veritable arm of ISI: Mike Mullen). I dont think the issue is dependent solely on American apology.

Japanese have tendered apology for their crimes, but still the affected countries see them with suspicion.

Anyways in some circumstances it can help improving the relationships as well:

Amazon.com: Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) (9780801446252): Jennifer Lind: Books

Governments increasingly offer or demand apologies for past human rights abuses, and it is widely believed that such expressions of contrition are necessary to promote reconciliation between former adversaries. The post-World War II experiences of Japan and Germany suggest that international apologies have powerful healing effects when they are offered, and poisonous effects when withheld. West Germany made extensive efforts to atone for wartime crimes-formal apologies, monuments to victims of the Nazis, and candid history textbooks; Bonn successfully reconciled with its wartime enemies. By contrast, Tokyo has made few and unsatisfying apologies and approves school textbooks that whitewash wartime atrocities. Japanese leaders worship at the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors war criminals among Japan’s war dead. Relations between Japan and its neighbors remain tense.
Examining the cases of South Korean relations with Japan and of French relations with Germany, Jennifer Lind demonstrates that denials of past atrocities fuel distrust and inhibit international reconciliation. In Sorry States, she argues that a country’s acknowledgment of past misdeeds is essential for promoting trust and reconciliation after war. However, Lind challenges the conventional wisdom by showing that many countries have been able to reconcile without much in the way of apologies or reparations. Contrition can be highly controversial and is likely to cause a domestic backlash that alarms-rather than assuages-outside observers. Apologies and other such polarizing gestures are thus unlikely to soothe relations after conflict, Lind finds, and remembrance that is less accusatory-conducted bilaterally or in multilateral settings-holds the most promise for international reconciliation.

But if you say these are apologies for war time acts, and that Pakistan and US are allies then I cant help it.