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TicToc, I tip my proverbial hat at you or rather outright salute you for the actual balls it takes to apologize on a public internet forum. I respect such an integrity and wish to return the apology on my behalf for any words of mine that could have been misunderstood.

The original topic of the thread is not a simple issue in any way - it is very complex. As said, very little is known of what actually happened and even though there are some people who most certainly know exactly what took place, most of us are left only to speculate from the little information we can find on various sources. Most of, if not all the information available comes from the press that, as I stated earlier, has the responsibility to provide the owners of their magazines with income by broadcasting news. Boring news don't sell well, which leads to the degrading of the journalistic ethics.

People are entitled to information about what their nation's and its servants' deeds both at home and abroad. However, the good deeds are far seldom reported than the bad, which creates both an inbalance of information and the problem of misinformation that springs from speculation. Of course, that is their right, guaranteed by the right of free speech, most nations respect nowadays. Free speech comes with the unfortunate aspect of people just saying what they think, true or false, right or wrong. Sometimes things are also understood, either by accident or deliberately.

While I'm far from being a moderator here, I wish we all can discuss even these difficult matters without causing any ill feelings between the fine members of this forum, even though I believe there will always be someone who will find some statement distasteful or annoying.