Additionally, I don't think that any amount of ‘respect” for Islam or Islamists is going to change one damn thing about it or them.
Seems to me that we have appeased these people to the point of having them dictate what we can and cannot do in regards to their “feelings”.
Also, I do not think that it is wise for an American General to seems fearful of what burning one Koran might do. Hearts and minds? Nope, that is not going to happen anyway.
Israelis would laugh their arses off at what most here bitterly complain about as “appeasement” of the Moose. They wish they only had to soft pedal a domestic publicity event.
RE: I can see both sides, but IMO, it’s not the Generals place to comment.
I wonder what would have happened had Petraeus simply shut is trap up and let the whole thing happen locally. Would the the whole thing have not simply died a natural press death after a day or two ?
Does the General not realize that he is a high profile man and his every utterance is heard round the world, especially by Muslims who might not have even known about this ?