2006 - The Year of the Apology. Even Harvard is weighing in on the validity and value of the apology. And they have some advice for GWB:
"President George W. Bush is one of the persons HBR got interested in. Mr. Bush has never made an appropriate excuse even though his policies on the Iraq war have proved to have many flaws. Reportedly, he and his aides refuse to apologize because they believe everything is going to be ok as time passes. HBR advised, however, that apologizing would be much more helpful after making a mistake."
