hear conservatives include republican presidential race tell president obama make america look weak talk iran order get 10 detain u.s. sailors rather say immediately order carpet bomb tehran right-wing media outlets even despondent breitbart america preeminent dump grind right-wing hysteria devote several article frame incident humiliation obama.however much conservatives would love story obama weakness facts simply support conclusion.for one thing entire duration less 24 hours u.s. sailors gps malfunction near border iran float country sovereign territory pick iranian military ship account treat well captivity secretary state john kerry work tirelessly iranian government send back boat next day missiles launch war start live lost.getting bloodshed perversely disappoint republican party leave instead squabble detail issue whether obama apologize iran encroach territory republicans say serious blow america reputation accord warmongering blowhards apologize surrender.there two problems narrative first obama administration never apologize iran secondly back 2001 george w. bush absolutely apologize another america economic foes china face similar situation nobody think offer apology sign america crumble power bush so.in april 2001 24 us air force members capture chinese government crash chinese island without doubt colossal screw america fly spy plan china territory one spy missions wind crash chinese plane kill pilot 11 days u.s. soldier hold china diplomats countries scramble figure george w. bush say sorry.the letter deliver today china foreign ministry us ambassador joseph prueher say mr bush secretary state colin powell express sincere regret loss chinese plane miss pilot mr wang please convey chinese people family pilot wang wei sorry loss say letter.the document letter appear complex linguistic compromise.a chinese-language copy letter release us embassy use term chinese officials insist daoqian formal apology admit blame.even bad writer breitbart bush go apologize enter chinese airspace might expect obama two america ship enter iranian waters.we sorry enter china airspace land verbal clearance please crew land safely appreciate china efforts see well-being crew.while situation extremely tense time although bush administration reluctant say sorry eventually back note bush administration would go repeatedly insist apology apology take worth america become laughingstock world nobody felt like anyone lose respect instead two side move american soldier get return home unharmed.as see time republican party infuriate legs stand complain obama create mountains molehills diplomatic issue could lead bad situation 10 u.s. service members resolve less 24 hours two governments strongly dislike conservatives think lose look like crazy extremely disingenuous.or say go lie damn lie right-wing media cold hot 10 soldier get come home families safely loss george w. bush might want talk colleagues.featured image via flickr bush apologize china order free 24 detain u.s. soldier america sorry