Tell that to the guys in Afghanistan, fighting not just our enemies, but the propaganda war, that uses idiocy like this to rally them to their cause.
I'm sure this little infantile tantrum will make the new gold star mothers feel better...
They will rally to their cause whether we provoke them or not. Islam and the US Constitution cannot coexist. Every Muslim in the World is determined that Islam be the victor.
Bambi helps the jihadis rally their forces by talking about this Koran burning, even to condemn it.
“Burning a few Korans is a good start.
Tell that to the guys in Afghanistan, fighting not just our enemies, but the propaganda war, that uses idiocy like this to rally them to their cause.
I’m sure this little infantile tantrum will make the new gold star mothers feel better...”
HUH??? you are very VERY wrong here trying to silence opposition to the Muslim take over of our country..
Give me a break. So in order to promote peace overseas, we cann dissent against anything islamic in the United States?
Lunacy!
So, our soldiers are fighting for the right of the Muslims in America to squelch the free speech of Americans?
What do they do to Bibles in Islamic Countries when they find them?
“Tell that to the guys in Afghanistan, fighting not just our enemies, but the propaganda war, that uses idiocy like this to rally them to their cause. I’m sure this little infantile tantrum will make the new gold star mothers feel better...”
First of all a disclaimer. Personally, I don’t see the sense of burning Koran’s. All it serves to do is provoke. I would not do such a thing because it isn’t wise.
Now....on the flip side. What kind of government are we helping to establish in Afghanistan that a group of persons burning a Koran in the U.S. is cause for riots and burning the preacher in effigy? That is violent. It certaining isn’t respectful of freedom of religion.
It has been my opinion that the WORST mistake made when we invaded and initially subdueded Afghanistan and Iraq that in our attempt ot set up a democracy we did not set up a BEDROCK of our own. Namely FULL freedom of religion. We should have, from the outset, made it clear to the emerging governments that they would only be allowed to form and to have our backing if they absolutely (not just lip service) guaranteed the people living in their country to worship (or not) and believe (or not) as their consciences dictats without fear of violence against them. Plus, the government should, by force of law, enforce this. In these “liberated” countries a person should be able to chose to be “Muslim”, “Jewish”, “Christian,” “Atheist”, etc. We should NEVER have allowed them to set up a state religion of Islam.
A free state is best typified by unfettered belief or lack thereof in its citizenry. I am not allowed to kill you because you are Christian, Jew, or Islamic. The only rule is that all can be believe (or not) and practice their beliefs (or none) PEACEABLE.
So, although I AM concerned about the safety of the military on the ground in Afghanistan....what good is their being there if they have to constantly worry about offending religious beliefs of the locals....even when it isn’t them doing it. My advice to the Afghans is simple...learn to live with it, or face dying if you can’t.
Tell that to the guys in Afghanistan, fighting not just our enemies, but the propaganda war, that uses idiocy like this to rally them to their cause.
I'm sure this little infantile tantrum will make the new gold star mothers feel better...
Are you for real?
A small set of Korans are burned half a planet away by a small group of people no one has heard of, and you think that subsistence cave dwellers are going to view all of this on their 60" plasma TVs, turn to each other, cancel the picnic and peace rally with the coalition troops and order up from the Iranians bombs to kill Americans.
Do you really think that those who wage violent jihad against the West are sitting around on the collective butts wringing their hands looking for ANY reason to attack, see this event and then and only then spring into action?
This is clearly a case of the proverbial tree falling in the forest. Unless the Koran burners leased out satellite time and arranged for relaying this program as an Infomercial on Arabic satellite and then compelled people to wake up in the middle of their night to watch it. Oh, and provide the millions in Afghanistan with TVs, satellite equipment, electricty and Dari/Pashtu translations of the narrative of the event, I got to wonder how word of this is supposed to get over there.
From all appearances, the ones standing in the forest was our damned traitorous government, who not only wanted the enemy to know, but practically moved heaven and earth to do it.
I have a daughter in Iraq, right now...
I'll even buy my own Koran to burn...She and her fellow soldiers can and will handle things on their end...
Kind of proves the point if this is all it takes to make the "moderate" muslims go over into full jihad.