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White House Won't Say What Will Happen to Troops Who Burned Korans
CNSNEWS ^ | March 8, 2012 | Fred Lucas

Posted on 03/09/2012 3:51:45 PM PST by yoe

In the face of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for the U.S. troops who burned Korans to be tried and punished, the White House won't say what will happen to those troops.

Connie Lawn with IRN/USA Radio Network asked White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, “Did Karzai ever express condolences for the British soldiers killed and did he explicitly apologize for the American soldiers who were killed? And what does the White House want to see done with these Americans who burned the Korans?”

“I think there is an investigation into that,” Carney responded. “You surely understand that I would not make any statements about the disposition of that investigation or how it should turn out. Secondly, I don’t have any more detail for you on the call the president had with President Karzai. I would point you to statements by Minister Wardak about the incidents and his expressions of regret,” Carney said referring to Afghanistan Defense Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak

The Korans were mistakenly burned on Bagram Air Force Base.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; karzai; koranburning; obama
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The White House spokes man should have told the reporters the truth.....those Korans had already been 'desecrated' according to Islamic law....they had been used as vessels to carry messages from one Muslim to another an unlawful act according to Islamic Law. Burning them ( how many 2? 3?) was the correct thing to do. If this is wrong....someone please correct me. Throwing our soldiers under the Obama Bus is the wrong thing to do...appeasing Karazai or any Muslim is also the wrong thing to do....punishment is not warranted....how many Christians were killed recently........Obama should be extremely careful here.
1 posted on 03/09/2012 3:51:52 PM PST by yoe
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To: yoe

I imagine that they were probably turned over to the Taliban for execution.


2 posted on 03/09/2012 3:54:16 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for Americans to WEAN the government off of OUR money!!!)
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To: yoe

According to Islam AFAIK the graffitied Korans should have been dumped in a river, or respectfully burned... was there a lack of respect at the burning? Maybe only a Muslim can touch the match to them?


3 posted on 03/09/2012 3:57:17 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: yoe

Let’s see...I think promotion to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Distinguished Service Medals all around would be a good start.


4 posted on 03/09/2012 4:00:15 PM PST by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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To: yoe

I think the preferred method of disposal for a Koran is (strangely) to bury it...but the whole thing is just silly. If I read the Koran on my computer monitor, is it now sacred?

That being said, I pray that these soldiers are CONUS...and not in Afghanistan...so President Idiot can’t offer them up for a show trial and execution.

I’m a former officer in the Army; and, quite frankly, if Bammy tries to let the animals try these soldiers, this will be one of ‘those moments’. A moment where I would challenge my COC. The SOFA with Afghanistan does not include these types of trials, so get my men a lawyer, and fight it.


5 posted on 03/09/2012 4:01:48 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: yoe
I don’t have any more detail for you on the call the president had with President Karzai

Obama to Karzai:

"Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they're held for pleasure
They're the balls that I like best
Your balls are always bouncing
To the left and to the right
It's my belief that your big balls
Should be held every night"

6 posted on 03/09/2012 4:04:49 PM PST by bigheadfred (ev'ry day i'm shufflin')
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To: yoe

Question is, will 0bama tolerate the sacrilege of his religion for political concern in an election year?


7 posted on 03/09/2012 4:05:14 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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The GOP majority in the House should pass a resolution calling on the Afghanistan government to apologize for the deaths of U.S. soldiers. Next they need to pass a resolution to warns the President that punishment of U.S. troops over this incident will NOT be tolerated by Congress. They should threaten impeachment hearings if he does. Next Republicans in the Senate should be clear that any military officer in the grade of LTC or higher that recommends or attempts to punish any member of the military will have their commission revoked....at a minimum they will not be confirmed by congress should they ever be selected for promotion. It is time to play hardball.

I don’t like interfering with the POTUS role at CinC...but when he is abusing it, then something must be done.


8 posted on 03/09/2012 4:11:14 PM PST by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: yoe

They will be secretly handed over to the Muslims and later
declared dead at the scene of a helicopter crash. All
decapitated in the accident.


9 posted on 03/09/2012 4:11:14 PM PST by Slambat (The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
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To: yoe

The Apostate-in-Chief should go to Kabul and surrender himself to Karzai for trial.


10 posted on 03/09/2012 4:13:06 PM PST by depressed in 06 (6 November, 2012, the day our embarrassment is sent back to Kenya.)
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To: yoe

It wouldn’t surprise me if obammy asked Karzi not to do anything to them until AFTER the elections!


11 posted on 03/09/2012 4:14:14 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
I pray you are not correct in this matter. However, what you say could very easily be the truth.

0pansy is a very skilled cold blooded liar, deceiver, and twister of the truth. Combine those skills with what the what he will acomplish by the whiteWash by the libMEDIA, conservatives have a battle ahead.

12 posted on 03/09/2012 4:14:41 PM PST by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar)
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To: yoe
The hypocrisy here is so infuriating I can't even find words for it.
13 posted on 03/09/2012 4:15:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopaths.)
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To: bigheadfred
Obama to Turdi

The lady's got balls
She's got balls

14 posted on 03/09/2012 4:17:34 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Mohammedan law every woman must belong to a man will delay the end of slavery until Islam has ceased)
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To: yoe
Burning them ( how many 2? 3?) was the correct thing to do. If this is wrong....someone please correct me.

Wrong. according to muslim tradition Koran's are never to be burned. They would have descrecated Koran's weighted and deposited into a river.

15 posted on 03/09/2012 4:17:53 PM PST by plain talk
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To: redshawk

Human life means nothing to him. He’s a real lowlife.


16 posted on 03/09/2012 4:20:58 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for Americans to WEAN the government off of OUR money!!!)
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To: lacrew

if Bammy tries to let the animals try these soldiers
*********************
If Obama does THAT and we aren’t in the streets demanding he leave office or more—we are done. That would be a most certain line in the sand.


17 posted on 03/09/2012 4:21:53 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: yoe

The more important question is what’s going to happen to the President who went out of his way to apologize to Karzi???


18 posted on 03/09/2012 4:24:30 PM PST by ptsal (E)
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To: yoe

At first I thought the headline said, “...Troops Who Burned Koreans”! Where is my mind these days?!?!?!


19 posted on 03/09/2012 4:26:17 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: yoe
White House Won't Say What Will Happen to Troops Who Burned Korans

"Shoot straight you bastards, don't make a mess of it."

20 posted on 03/09/2012 4:26:25 PM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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