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1 posted on 05/25/2009 10:18:20 AM PDT by CARepublicans
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To: CARepublicans

I demand that all korans in the United States be confiscated and burned. Hear that, Zero, you SOB?


2 posted on 05/25/2009 10:21:18 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: CARepublicans

From Audacity of Hope: “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

It isn’t like BO didn’t tell us before he won anyway.


3 posted on 05/25/2009 10:25:40 AM PDT by JoanneSD (illegals represented without taxation.. Americans taxed without representation)
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Gubmnt or anyone comes to take MY families Bible and there WILL be a problem.


4 posted on 05/25/2009 10:25:43 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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this clearly an attack at christianity, whoever responsible should lose his job


5 posted on 05/25/2009 10:25:50 AM PDT by 4rcane
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There was a rule already in effect to prevent someone from bringing in the Bibles like this within the military. So its a disciplinary action no matter how you look at the situation. As for the burning...the officer who gave the order will get a medal, but he’ll be known for the rest of his career as “BB”...(Bible-burner)...which isn’t a positive nickname in the Army.


6 posted on 05/25/2009 10:25:51 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Cindy; ExTexasRedhead; JulieRNR21; Diana in Wisconsin; Salvation; roses of sharon; T.L.Sink; ...
Regardless of one’s religious beliefs, this is an appalling act. It's a violation of the soldiers’ religious freedom. If this had been done to Muslim American soldiers, the press would be up in arms about it.

The responsible culprits need to be held accountable.

7 posted on 05/25/2009 10:29:38 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The McCain/Palin ticket was like a Kangaroo, stronger on the bottom than at the top)
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Just wait, I’f these fool are’nt stopped at the ballot box, We’ll see the “brownshirts” go door to door for your books and guns.


8 posted on 05/25/2009 10:30:30 AM PDT by ChetNavVet (Build It, and they won't come!)
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Is there any reliable news source that backs this up? A hysterical screed from a previously unknown source will not be taken seriously by most.


9 posted on 05/25/2009 10:31:37 AM PDT by nwrep
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As a retired Army chaplain, I am in agreement with most of the message of this article. But, once again I must point out that the chaplain was court-martialed for appearing at a political rally, albeit to pray, in uniform, although he had been specifically ordered not to by a flag officer. It was never about prayer, it was about appearing in uniform when ordered (properly) not to.


10 posted on 05/25/2009 10:31:40 AM PDT by LiteKeeper (When do the impeachment proceedings begin?)
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The military did NOT burn out troops' personal Bibles. They destroyed Bibles that were donated for the express purpose of evangelizing the Afghans.

Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan

"This was irresponsible and dangerous journalism sensationalizing year-old footage of a religious service for U.S. soldiers on a U.S. base and inferring that troops are evangelizing to Afghans," Col. Gregory Julian said.

The military says a soldier at Bagram received the Bibles and didn't realize he wasn't allowed to hand them out. In the Al Jazeera video, which shows the Bibles at the prayer service, an unnamed soldier says members of his church raised money for them.

The chaplain later corrected the soldier and confiscated the Bibles, Wright said.

Military officers considered sending the Bibles back to the church, he said, but they worried the church would turn around and send them to another organization in Afghanistan -- giving the impression that they had been distributed by the U.S. government.

That could lead to violence against troops or U.S. civilians, Wright said.


15 posted on 05/25/2009 10:35:14 AM PDT by BufordP ("I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system."--George "the Abandoner" Bush)
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Do you have the exact dates that the Bibles were seized and burned in Afghanistan?


18 posted on 05/25/2009 10:36:26 AM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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where are the riots and the fatwas?? where are the Congressional hearings??


19 posted on 05/25/2009 10:36:33 AM PDT by GeronL
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Not to worry. We’ll print more.


29 posted on 05/25/2009 10:44:10 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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I was a Navy Chaplain for nearly twenty years active and reserve, and I thought that I was to the point that nothing would shock me; however, burning Bibles is something that I never expected. What we are seeing has not only affected the chaplaincy, but it is throughout the military. The military is run by civilians that have no military experience, and PC is more important than protecting the troops or nation. The military is used for political purposes, primary social engineering by Socialists.


32 posted on 05/25/2009 10:49:50 AM PDT by Nosterrex
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One mans evangelizing is another’s proselytizing.

Sorry but whether or not I disagree with the military burning the bibles,we are not conquerors nor are we occupiers. If the law in Afghanistan says we cannot proselytize and they consider handing out christian bibles proselytizing then it is our duty to respect that.


33 posted on 05/25/2009 10:51:40 AM PDT by aft_lizard (One animal actually eats its own brains to conserve energy, we call them liberals.)
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Alcohol, pork products and Bibles in bulk - all prohibited if sending troop packages to the Middle East. It was always my understanding that if you broke the prohibition, you could get the receiver in trouble and the items would be destroyed.


37 posted on 05/25/2009 10:57:40 AM PDT by JavaJumpy
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So this Christian evangelical organization was using the US military as their distribution point?

Why didn’t they go to Afganistan and hand them out themselves instead of using soldiers and possibly putting them in danger from local islamist nutjobs?

They probably thought it was too dangerous to put their own safety in danger.


43 posted on 05/25/2009 11:07:41 AM PDT by Bob J ("For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.")
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The one thing that can actually free Afghans from Islamic and cultural tyranny is being denied them by their liberators.


46 posted on 05/25/2009 11:11:48 AM PDT by pallis
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US Central Command General Order Number One "Prohibits proselytizing any religion, faith, or practice". Period. The article incorrectly defines proselytizing and then FALSELY states that evangelizing is allowed by General Order Number One under certain circumstances. It is NOT.

..."by their fruits ye shall know them"...and this article's "fruit" is a lie about evangelizing. Not good fruit where I come from. The author should be ashamed.

49 posted on 05/25/2009 11:12:42 AM PDT by thatdewd (2010 is coming soon...and THEY know it! THEY are afraid.)
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they could have legally been given as gifts during off-duty time to Afghani citizens who welcome our troops in their homes, as an expression of American gratitude for Afghani hospitality, promoting the democratic ideals of freedom of religion and freedom of the press.

There is no "off-duty" time downrange.

54 posted on 05/25/2009 11:31:06 AM PDT by jude24
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