[apillar]

One thing I do find sort of sadly amusing about the entire affair. A soldier accidentally burns a few Korans, the entire country goes bat sh*t crazy and riots. A soldier kills a bunch of Afghan women and children, the country yawns (so far). Those folks sure have their priorities screwed up.

[Eva]

The soldier who is accused of this tragic event is from Ft. Lewis. He had been deployed to Iraq, we don’t know the number of times. His brigade had been deployed to Iraq several times. This guy had just arrived in Afghanistan in February. He most likely was suffering from PTSD before he was sent to Afghanistan. It’s a tragedy for everyone.

[raccoonnookkeeper]

One thing I do find sort of sadly amusing about the entire affair. A soldier accidentally burns a few Korans, the entire country goes bat sh*t crazy and riots. A soldier kills a bunch of Afghan women and children, the country yawns (so far). Those folks sure have their priorities screwed up.

The Korans in question had been desecrated by being scribbled in (by Moose), and while burning is not the "preferred" way it is still considered respectful. Just because a Moose did not touch the match to them, however, it generated a riot.