Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits of nationality and time as they pass from person to person, from one heart to another.
If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity.
It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.