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Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 6, 2010 | JULIAN E. BARNES And MATTHEW ROSENBERG

Posted on 09/06/2010 9:13:02 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

I guess he won’t be making Muslims angry on FR anymore. /s lol


201 posted on 09/06/2010 3:17:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
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To: Kaslin

Eff the Muslims. God bless Petraeus but he needs to let our boys do their job. We’ll take care of the scum on this side of the pond. Right?


202 posted on 09/06/2010 3:54:00 PM PDT by APatientMan
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To: Kaslin

>>>>You have obviously have never served in the Military or otherwise you would know that the safety of the troops are the first concern of the general, especially General Petraeus

I thought that the first concern of General Petraeus is the defense of the American constitution, especially that pesky part of it called the First Ammendment. If giving up the right to free speech and free expression, is the price that Americans have to pay to win the war on terrorism, then we may as well wave the white flag and surrender.

What if the Taliban demands that American women start wearing burkhas, as the price for good relations with the Afghani people. Are we going to condemn American women who refuse to wear burkhas, for causing the deaths of American soldiers? After all, putting American women in burkhas is a small price to pay, to save the lives of our precious boys in uniform, right?


203 posted on 09/06/2010 3:56:14 PM PDT by pinochet
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To: ilovesarah2012

Don’t you think it’s kinda hard to win the war when your troops are being killed by civilians and wasting their time on non-productive, non-strategic counteroffensives? I’m thinking his chances of winning the war are increased when he’s not losing soldiers unnecessarily. But that’s just me.

How, exactly, do you think your “perhaps he .. doesn’t want to win this war” comment is any different than the “General BetrayUs” of move-on? Shameful and disgusting.


204 posted on 09/06/2010 3:59:06 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

I think all soldiers lost in that hell-hole are unnecessary. Do you know what the point of this war is?


205 posted on 09/06/2010 4:01:43 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012 (Proud Infidel)
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To: freethinker_for_freedom

These particular enemies, who use their indignation and our decency both against us? I think he’s mistaken on what strengthens and what weakens them in this case.


206 posted on 09/06/2010 4:04:39 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ilovesarah2012

So, you’re saying just bring all the troops home and let the Taliban/AlQuada/Hamas, etc. have the whole of Afghanistan as their own unimpeded breeding/training ground for terrorists? The purpose of the engagement there is to weed those factions out before they come here. Not unlike the purpose in Iraq. The idea is to engage them on their turf rather than your own, because engage you they will.


207 posted on 09/06/2010 4:09:00 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: APatientMan

What gives you the idea that he won’t let the troops do their job?


208 posted on 09/06/2010 4:11:27 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

Just what does the expression of 1st amendment freedoms in the USA have to do with General Patraeus. Pretty soon he’ll be just like nobama...a community organizer that someone is calling a dog. Just when did he become a social worker?????


209 posted on 09/06/2010 4:21:30 PM PDT by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: Polybius
"Let's say a Jewish group during World War II wanted to protest the Nazis. What should they do? Attack the Nazis specifically or attack the Christian God that both the Nazis and majority of the Allies claim?"

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Huh...whaa....?

National Socialism was by definition atheistic. You DO know that, don't you?

Hank

210 posted on 09/06/2010 4:21:40 PM PDT by County Agent Hank Kimball (Where's the diversity on MSNBC? Olbermann, Schultz, Matthews, Maddow.....all white males!)
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To: dfwgator

“You think we “won” in Iraq?!”

“Just like we “won” in Vietnam after we pulled out of there.”

The two situations are not comparable. Before US combat troops were pulled out of Iraq, we took out its pre-war government that was hostile to US interests. A new government was established that to some degree is democratic and has Western principles. And, some 50K US/coalition troops remain in the country, working with its military and police.

When we pulled out of Vietnam, no American troops remained behind, and an anti-US communist government was installed that has remained in place for the past 30-plus years.


211 posted on 09/06/2010 4:24:08 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Kaslin

Misspoke.

He needs to worry about letting our boys do their jobs - not about how we exercise our rights. His job is to kill our enemy. Not weigh in on how we exercise our constitutional rights.


212 posted on 09/06/2010 4:38:55 PM PDT by APatientMan
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To: Kaslin
Why burn Korans when you can put them to much better use?

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Hank

213 posted on 09/06/2010 4:47:45 PM PDT by County Agent Hank Kimball (Where's the diversity on MSNBC? Olbermann, Schultz, Matthews, Maddow.....all white males!)
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To: jessduntno

““Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban would exploit the demonstration for propaganda purposes, drumming up anger toward the U.S. and making it harder for allied troops to carry out their mission of protecting Afghan civilians.”

Yeah, we wouldn’t want them to be angry at us!

When did this guy become such a p*ssy?

And why is our mission “protecting Afghan civilians” instead of killing these nasty little b*strds dead? The only way to protect them is to exterminate the vermin that will kill them anyway.”

When did you become a moron?


214 posted on 09/06/2010 5:04:25 PM PDT by Valin
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To: bigheadfred

That’s a fight the government can’t win.


215 posted on 09/06/2010 5:12:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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All it takes is one irate screwball to walk into a shopping mall with a bomb strapped to his chest and up in smoke he goes in smoke a lot of innocent men women and children.

I’d say the blood of the innocents is on the hands of the “church” who wants to provoke a lot of crazy people....This is like yelling fire in a crowded theatre.

Why provoke anyone if its not necessary ?

And for all the brave two fisted fighters around....
your walking down a street and you see 2 guys who want to start something waiting for you .... what do you do? ....I think if it makes sense you walk to the other side of the street and avoid the conflict ....its called being smart. (life is not a movie)


216 posted on 09/06/2010 5:27:19 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Kaslin
The more I hear reports about General Petraus, saying the small church in Gainesville burning the koran will put soldiers in harms way, the more I say bullshit.
To me that would be the equivalent of telling a woman to not wear a short skirt because you will encourage a rapist. Wasn't the rapist a RAPIST before anyone showed up with a short skirt?
There is no blame going towards islam for anything. Wasn't Islam killing Americans before anyone burned even one koran?

One thing I want to know is HOW does a third world Country with 1 TV for every 10,000 people get a report about what a church is going to do in Gainesville. The media & leftest that want nothing more than islam to attack our own Country, tell our enemies(islam) what is going on. So when something does happen it won't be the muslim terrorist's fault..it will be someone else’s fault.

These same leftest will gladly burn a US Flag or a Christian Bible & claim freedom of speech.
Unbelievable

217 posted on 09/06/2010 5:30:33 PM PDT by UrbanPanhandler (To find something "Wrong" in anything, just find where government has touched or regulated it.)
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To: Kaslin
This will not be a popular reply, but what the hell

Burning books is not the way to go. It smells of totalitarianism. Petraeus is an educated man man that is speaking out against the idea of the idea of burning the ideas in them. No matter how repulsed we may be by the Koran, the symbolism of burning them is wrong.

Fahrenheit 451 and A Brave New World laid out the dangers of this quite well. Nazi Germany ilustrated it even better. We ain't Saudi, we ain't Nazi Germany. We are America. Let's be real, doing crap like this sets the precedent for the bozo's that would follow Obama into the abyss. Petraeus is expressing what an American General should, American Values. Flame away.

218 posted on 09/06/2010 5:43:50 PM PDT by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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To: Kaslin

Shouldn’t Petraeus be whining about restrictive rules of engagement that endanger his troops instead of Americans exercising their rights at home?


219 posted on 09/06/2010 5:44:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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To: 5Madman2

crap

strike the second-”Of the idea”


220 posted on 09/06/2010 5:46:13 PM PDT by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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