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What Pastor Jones did by burning the Koran, made our troops less safe. That’s just a plain fact.

How do you know this? Aren't they already in a full fire zone? Are they less competent because a koran was burned? Are the enemies more capable? Angrier? More intent on killing?

I'm not so sure. It makes for good PR for Petraeus say it in so far as it makes 0bama happy, but I'm not so sure it's factually correct. I have my doubts.

And if it is true, such as people we are training turning on us and killing our troops, such as the two troops that were killed, then it seems that this traitorous behavior was inherent in the situation and was waiting for any convenient trigger. The pastor was just a handy dupe.

The people responsible for putting our troops into that situation are responsible for that, not the pastor.

"How do you know this? Aren't they already in a full fire zone? Are they less competent because a koran was burned? Are the enemies more capable? Angrier? More intent on killing?"

Okay, not all of what you said makes sense to me. For one, I don't even know what a full fire zone is. A free fire zone is a term used for fire control measures. If an area is designated as a free fire zone, that means anyone in that zone who is not wearing your uniform or the uniform of your ally is considered an enemy and may be fired upon. As far as I know, there are no free fire zones in Afghanistan (i.e. shoot first, ask questions later).

As far as the competency of our troops in Afghanistan, I'm not even sure how you pulled that out of anything I said. And by the article I cite below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/world/asia/02afghanistan.html

You will clearly see that the populace and the enemy are angrier and more intent on killing. Seeing as how they've killed 12 people including four of our nepalese allies. It is as a direct result of protests spured on by mullahs telling them to protest because they are angry at the koran burnings. These are indisputable facts that can't be denied. Not sure why you are even questioning them. The Koran burning made our troops less safe.

Now, whether that is cause for us to question why we're even there is a separate point altogether. One worthy of debate. I say that we still need to be there because the leaders of Al Queada who perpetrated 9/11 are still alive as far as we know. They need to pay for their crimes and the organization needs to be wiped out over there. If not, then they will be back here and maybe this time it will be a nuclear 9/11.