Yes Romney said that it was "Akin" to an apology.

Why didn't he say it was an apology? Because it was an apology? No it was not an apology.

Why did the person say that those actions were regretted? Because he regretted that some "conservative" bigot was stupid enough to try to kick in his door.

If a kid broke your window with a baseball bat and you had some other kid by the ear shaking him and that kid said that he "regretted that a ball had broken your window" would you accept that as an apology for what the first had done?

No? I didn't think so.

Do think that you are that much better than the average world leader or even the average Arab with a twitter account? Well you are not.

An apology is an apology.
Akin to an apology is NOT an apology.
The glass is full or it it not.
The glass in empty or it is not.
Agree or disagree. There is no "partly"