Apologies and regrets

Jacob Zuma expresses regret to the nation for his behaviour which has supposedly pained us. I have difficulties with this concept. We all know about Zuma's weaknesses. We knew them before he was elected into office. His current behaviour is not surprising and fits in with what we have previously seen of him. History does tend to predict the future. I am therefore, in no way pained by Zuma's behaviour. This does not make his behaviour less embarrassing. He has lost more respect, partially by his stupidity and his apparent belief that his behaviour does not matter. For me, the problem is that we have a president who has extremely poor impulse control. This has been clear before, but is again emphasised. Power and poor impulse control is a recipe for major troubles.