Apologize.

History makes at least one thing absolutely clear: regardless of the stated purposes and proffered justifications, the United States of America has been the cause and source of untold death, destruction, and damage. To say that we should not apologize for these stains on our nation’s standard of liberty is not only a reflection of the individual’s inadequate level of morality, but an indication that he or she might one day participate in similar atrocities.

Connor Boyack (March 8th, 2010)
in an article about Iran Air Flight 655, the Vietnam War, the 1953 Iranian coup d’état, 1973 Chilean coup d’état, the Banana Wars, Iraq, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Guantanamo.