His job is to protect his troops. It’s perfectly rational. Remember the Danish cartoon’s aftermath? He will be dealing with that for his men. As good as the Koran burning may feel to those who participate, the men in the field will suffer.
I thought his job was the make sure America wins the war. Perhaps he’s like Obama and doesn’t want to win this war.
Then get them out of the field because people are going to have opinions about Muslims and some of those opinions aren't going to be positive.