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The WP sees, "not strictly speaking an apology, but a remarkably all-encompassing statement of contrition."
c) Chose aggressive, political strategy over contrition.
Others have charged that the president's contrition regarding the U.S. failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was cheap and hypocritical, since it was a considered decision, not (as he implied) some kind of oversight, and there is no reason to suppose the United States will decide differently if it happens again.
They preach vulnerability, humility, contrition, intimacy, sharing, weeping, tenderness, and surrender.
Pundits observe grimly that he has refused to offer the necessary confession or contrition, that his impeachment by the House has put him within one step of expulsion, and that the resignation of incoming Speaker Bob Livingston over his newly disclosed adultery has turned up the pressure on Clinton to follow suit.