These Hindus don't seem to mind.
Posted on 06/05/2005 5:07:34 PM PDT by mdittmar
First, Newsweek pulled a Dan Rather on us, running a fabricated story just because they wanted it to be true. They told the world that an American guard at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center had ripped pages from a prisoner’s Koran and flushed it down a toilet. As a result, innocent people died when practitioners of Islam rioted in protest in Afghanistan.
Oops, said Newsweek , it seems we can’t back up our story. Oh well, it’s probably true; we just can’t prove it. (Isn’t it convenient for Newsweek that the media now have “Deep Throat” to talk about so they can revel in their glory days and divert our attention from their criminal negligence.)
The lie heard round the world about the flushed Koran has caused convulsions in the Bush Administration and forced the Pentagon to launch an investigation of unfounded allegations contained in an unsubstantiated story. The results of said investigation are now in, and it seems there are at least five incidents of “mishandling” of the Koran at Gitmo.
Well, guess what? I DON’T CARE!
Are we fighting a war on terror or aren’t we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation’s capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania? Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning death that day, or didn’t they?
And I’m supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was “desecrated” when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don’t. I don’t care at all.
I’ll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I’ll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.
I’ll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg’s head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.
I’ll care when the cowardly so-called “insurgents” in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.
I’ll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I’ll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
I’ll care when Clinton-appointed judges stop ordering my government to release photos of the abuses at Abu Ghraib, which are sure to set off the Islamic extremists just as Newsweek’s lies did a few weeks ago.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don’t care.
When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don’t care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don’t care.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being “mishandled,” you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don’t care.
And oh, by the way, I’ve noticed that sometimes it’s spelled “Koran” and other times “Quran.” Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and — you guessed it — I don’t care!
I'll drink to that.
Great post &10000 agree with you..Who gives 2 flying craps ..The same people who are upset by mishandling the Koran ane the same crowd who thinks people who follow religion are retarded.Well, can't have both sides of it >
I care when pulp fiction like the Koran can't be converted, at the last possible moment of its usefulness, into Charmin.
Thanks. Appreciate the editing.
Here's my 2 cents
If anyone purposefully "desecrated" a Koran to humiliate the thugs in Gitmo. I'm mildly irritated because it becomes fodder of the loony left.
If someone tore out a page rolled a stogie with pig dung and made them smoke it in order to save an American life, then I'm perfectly OK with it.
The loony left is going to be irritated no matter what, so let make it worthwhile.
Come to nY City , all the jerk offs here are ALL UPSET about the Koran and our troops "tourture" of prisoners at gitmo. Boy have my neighbors forgotten 9/11 FAST. I watched it live and smelled the bodies for days afterwards..Guess they forgot..I WONT >EVER I know who did it too ..I WONT forget that either..
My sentiments precisely.
An "I don't care" ping.:)
These Hindus don't seem to mind.
So the New Yorkers forgot already, huh? Pathetic.
Jimmy Crack Corn Bump and RKBA Ping
He's been a good CIC.
Their loss.
As I gazed at the piece of the Trade Center which is part of the memorial, the likenesses of the two towers, and the names of each & every victim etched around the base, I felt again the anger, the hurt, the rage that I felt that day.
People were arriving in a steady stream to visit the memorial; several left flowers and American flags.
Partly because of what happened that day, my son enlisted in the National Guard. He will be leaving for the sandbox this November.
He may, sometime during his tour of duty, inadvertently "offend" a terrorist or two.
I don't care.
Bravo for them! I think I'll follow their example. Screw the MSM.
GREAT article! I agree 110%!!!!
Now that needs a copyright.
LOL
Please add me to the "I don't care" list.
I'll never care.
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