Either fire Petraeus or get the Hell out of Afghanistan and Iraq and Libya and all the Muslim Hell holes on the planet.
Petraeus obviously has forgotten that we are there to protect the very right to burn a Koran or a Bible or a Book of Mormon or whatever other symbolic gesture we want to make in the exericise of our religion and free speech.
We are surrendering our Liberties in the name of political correctness.
IIRC Petraeus ordered the burning of a bunch of Bibles in Afghanistan last year and from that point on I have decided that our mission in Afghanistan is over and we need to get out.
With this statement by our commanding General advising the US Government on how to take away American Liberty, it is obvious that he has been out of this country for so long he is beginning to adopt the customs and practices of the tyrannies we went there to eliminate.
Flag burning is and should be protected speech. We do that stuff 'round here (US) all the time.
However, nobody was ceremonially burning Korans in Afghanistan and subjecting themselves to Afghan law.
Those Korans were being burned right here in the USA and I will support anyone's right to do it. And burn flags, bibles and pedophiles at the stake.
Sen. Graham, this sounds like the beginning of a justification for the restricting of free speech.
He's encouraging and inspiring the heck out of them, just the opposite of what he says he wants to do. Muslims want to destroy our constitutional form of government and, most importantly, the Bill of Rights. And here's this Carolina jackass declaring his willingness to give muslims what they could normally only get by conquest. And it's the First Amendment, to boot, the first and perhaps the most important and symbolic right of all the rights in the Bill of Rights. Muslims will notice that and be inspired by it.
You are a disgrace, Lindsey Graham, and muslims will never stop fighting us as long as the likes of you are around to give them hope. Please stop putting our troops at risk.
Our elected official says that freedom of speech is a “good idea..!!!!!!. No, Linda. Freedom of Speech is a bedrock of our Constitution! You know....that which you have taken an oath to uphold? POS! Can Senators be impeached for failing to fulfill their oaths?
REwarding Islamic violence, perpetuates it. Lindsey Graham should be held be held responsible for every American death from this point on.
If the good general does not wish to defend our way of life, he needs to file his retirement papers and find another line of work.
Is this interview for real or is it a leftover April Fools joke? Unbelievable...
The article now reads:
GRAHAM: General Petraeus sent a statement out to all news organizations yesterday, urging our government to [condemn] Koran burning.
Thanks, Senator, for making Mark Steyn’s points for him. You ARE unfit for public office.
Lightloafered Lidnsey is a DOOOOSHBAG!
I hereby pledge $100 to his primary opponent in 2014. What an embarrassment he is.
“GRAHAM: General Petraeus sent a statement out to all news organizations yesterday, urging our government to ban Koran burning.”
Either Graham is a queer AND a liar or Patraeus has some ‘splainin’ to do. How about you ban the burning of the flag of the United States first?
If Graham was a senator during ww2 he would have claimed that burning mein kampf should be banned because it might offend the nazis
What are the odds of a successful challenge for his seat from a right thinking Republican? I am getting sick and tired of the Statists in government. Flags and books can be replaced. Rights - only some of which are enumerated - were earned by the blood of our patriots and a few 100 elected fools shouldn’t even think they have the right to take them away.