APA day after New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees compared the NFLs evidence in the Saints bounty program to the Bush administrations evidence for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Brees has said he thinks he chose his words poorly.
I apologize if the WMD comment offended anyone. Especially our military. There is no one I respect more than our service men and women, Brees wrote on Twitter. My WMD comment has nothing to do with politics or our brave military. Merely an analogy to show how media influences public perception.
That apology came after Brees took some criticism when he wrote on Twitter on Monday that the NFLs public case that Saints players and coaches deserve to be suspended for their role in the bounty program is no more accurate than the Bush administrations public case that Saddam Hussein had WMDs.
If NFL fans were told there were weapons of mass destruction enough times, theyd believe it, Brees wrote. But what happens when you dont find any????
In his apology Brees made clear to note that he respects those who serve in Americas military, but Im not sure how anyone could have interpreted Breess original tweet as disrespectful to the men and women who served in the Iraq war. I can see how people could have interpreted Breess tweet as critical of the Bush administration and the other politicians who put those men and women into the Iraq war, but theres nothing in the initial Brees tweet that in any way criticizes the members of the military who fought in the war.
Still, Brees has decided, upon reflection, that a comparison between Roger Goodells case for the bounty suspensions and George W. Bushs case for the Iraq War was not a comparison he should have made.