Apparently Petraeus thinks that they do. In a counterinsurgency battle, one tries to win the hearts and minds of the populace, to prevent them from joining or aiding the other side. Koran burning is not the way to go about this. Petraeus is not worried about the men already in the Taliban as much as the ones who might join them.
And just how did that work out for us in Vietnam? You win by killing people and breaking their things.
Petraeus and anyone else is entitled to their opinion. Muslims will just have to get used to other people’s opinion. It’s free speech ....doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about it. I’m tired of all these politicians sucking up to Muslims....they aren’t any better than anyone else!!!
Many Empires have tried and failed to do just that. We won't either. Shoot, even Islam has never really conquered all of Afghanistan. If we were not there, they'd just be killing each other.