With a Lead Paragraph Like This....

But is it excusable?

No it is not....

This is a story I should have written 12 years ago when the "Contract with America" Republicans captured the House in 1994. I apologize.

Link.

And no, no apology at this late date can be accepted.

And the writer should not apologize to us but to start by apologizing to millions killed and maimed in Iraq.

For starters.

And what kept him from apologizing?

Too busy being a water carrier of course. It's not like a matter of ignorance....

Well, actually, if you read the piece it looks like maybe the guy actually is quite an idiot. So maybe there is na explanation....