Don't apologize for the Iraqis ... they still "hold" over 600 Kuwaiti women and children ... guess the Press glosses over that fact ... our troops (US and the UK) are still in the area owing to this forgotten aspect of the conflict (it's not just oil folks) ...
and I won't apologize for my late father's WWII service in the Pacific either ... the Japanese would rather we forget it without even an apology (go ask a Korean how they feel) ...