Sorry We Didn't Mean To...

So is that one little phrase, "We're sorry, we made a mistake" be all that the US has to say to Italy after all that transpired this weekend? "Sorry we didn't mean to shoot one of your secret service cars...or Sorry we didn't mean to kill one of your agents and injure the journalist that was rescued by him from her captors.

Well it's been a couple of weeks/posts since I have written anything controversial or anything that is conversation worthy in a while. However as I was sitting home and watching CNN this story came on and I immediately thought BLOG.

So incase you don't know what I am talking about, an Italian journalist that was being held hostage was rescued from her captors by Italian secret service agents. And as they were making there way to an airport they came to an American check point when the soldiers manning that check point opened fire on the car injuring the journalist and killing the agent that had rescued her.

Now the facts of the event in question seem to differ between the two nations. The Italian journalist and secret service say that they were driving toward the check point and then were fired upon by American troops. The US maintains that the car was speeding towards the check point and ignored waving hands and warning shots, leaving them no choice but to fire upon the car.

So who are we to believe here? A journalist that just escaped from being held hostage, or the US army? Well the majority of people are probably going to go with the army. And you know what, I don't nessacarilly think that they were in the wrong completely. There are hostile conditions that they are working in and for all they knew it could have been a car bomb. However was the check point that they were manning a permanent one or one that had been made hastily that would give the appearance that it may give the impression that the journalists captors were trying to stop her?

Yes there are many things that both parties could have done to potentially prevent the incident. I guess what gets me is the failure on the US's part, so far, to admit any kind of responsibility for the occurrence. All they have said is that they were sorry. Is that enough? Should that help the Italian people and their government knowing that the US sends their condolences?

Should the US maintain their side of the story? Or maybe work in co-operation with one of their strongest allies in Europe (Italy) and maybe own up to some stuff? Or do they have to maintain their position that whatever happens in Iraq is the "right" thing?