Once just to start a fire

It's all wrong, but it's alright.
Newsweek did print a retraction, as I noted below. So, the facts remain: Newsweek printed a false story, with dubious motivations, that had the effect of getting people killed.

I'm still not seeing why Bush should apologize for (or "retract" somehow) a war that liberated millions of people, and has helped foster democratic movements in Egypt, Lebanon, the West Bank, and now even Syria. Yes, civilians got killed. It's a war, and America, unlike our enemies, takes extraordinary measures to avoid civiliar casualties. Newsweek showed no such foresight, and apologies, in any case, don't make people any less dead.

In response to your two flowers, I haven't seen any righty blogs conflating this scandal with the war. In fact, the only person I've seen, left or right, doing this is the laughably dated lefty Bill Press on the laughable Huffington Post. Oh, and you.

Second, your post was about much more than information, so don't sell yourself short. The Bush administration has had a more adversarial relationship with the press, and I say good for them. Obviously, the press is wrong on the big stories more than they're right, and why should Bush cooperate with a corps that is clearly out for his head? The 'sphere and other outlets who want the real story seem to have no trouble getting it. It's the mainstream press that has a pathology that seeks to bring down presidents, by any means necessary, apparently. Forgive them for not playing into the press' hands by serving up Rummy on a platter.

Finally, "If 17 people were killed because of the "incendiary acts" don't you think the government should be correcting the behavior of those who committed these acts rather than attacking the messenger?" Well, even the most fanatical interventionist (I hope) would keep America's forces away from policing acts like this in a sovereign nation. But in this case, attacking the messenger is exactly the right thing to do. Newsweek shouted "fire" in a crowded theater. It started a real fire. America now has to put out the flames.