An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be. — Steve MartinRefusing to apologize is nothing new in American politics.In the proposed Treaty of Bogota, President Woodrow Wilson included an expression of “sincere regret” to the Colombians for American aggression during the Panama Revolution, along with $25 million. The treaty got bottled up in the Senate, and when finally approved during the administration of his successor, Warren Harding, the …