Why should media only apologise when they mis-spell someone's name? Aren't there sometimes other things they get wrong?

Check this one out:

THE NEW REPUBLIC deeply regrets its early support for this war. The past three years have complicated our idealism and reminded us of the limits of American power and our own wisdom.

There was an idiot from the State Department on tv the other day trying to argue that Vietnam wasn't a defeat, although the US pulled out too soon. And Iraq will be a not-defeat of the same order, though it's imperative not to make the same non-mistake of pulling out too soon.

Still, I'm uncomfortable with simply pulling out and leaving the population to slaughter. Diplomacy to get Syria and Iran involved is vital. The TNR's climb-down pretty much sums it up:

In the end, this struggle will be over the difference between a largely intolerable outcome and a completely intolerable one.  This magazine has long advocated deploying U.S. power to halt the mass slaughter of innocents. Saddam Hussein distinguished himself at the mass slaughter of innocents: About this, there can be no dispute. Yet, in this case, we supported an invasion that has led to the same savage result.