A Convicted War Criminal's Mea Culpa

News of a soldier's "extraordinary public apology while speaking to a small group near the military base where he was court-martialed" — William Calley apologizes for My Lai. Words spoken in "a soft, sometimes labored voice:"

There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai. I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry.

"Is the apology too little, too late?" asks the milblogger poster. Only God knows the answer to that question, but the Catholic welcomes any display of repentance and contrition.