By Samar Zwak
BAGRAM, Afghanistan | Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:24pm EST
(Reuters) - U.S. helicopters fired flares to disperse hundreds of angry Afghans who massed outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday after hearing staff there had burned copies of the Koran.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued an apology for "inappropriate treatment" of Islam's holy book at the base to try to contain fury over the incident - a public relations disaster for Washington as it tries to pacify the country ahead of the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2014.
Afghans vent fury over Koran burning, U.S. apologizes | Reuters
pissing on the dead taliban was stupid but I understand why they did that ( dont condone it) but burning the Koran isjust asking for trouble. You their to protect the people not stir the hornets nest, the Koran is the most important thing in the world to any Muslim so to burn it is just asking for trouble.
Well to be fair I don't think they burned the Koran just to spite people...did they? FWIW we have burned Bibles as well...that's how the US military handles everything it regards as waste/garbage that it doesn't need to use anymore. Burn or bury it. Burn poop. Burn Korans. Not saying they shoulda done it, but i don't think they did it just to piss people off.
its a mistake at this point they should not be making, mistake or not it should not be happening and that mistake will endanger western forces.
How about a demonstration thanking us for saving them from Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban?
Oh wait, they are the Taleban.
Never mind.
How about a demonstration thanking us for saving them from Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban?
Oh wait, they are the Taleban.
Never mind.
The repurcussions will be immense worldwide.
I have been thinking .... and you know? every move the marines do ....every single move they make is dissected, analyze, criticize no end .... it annoys me :thumbdown
We would have never won WWII had our soldiers been scrutinized this way! NEVER!
yes but in WW2 the marines didnt act as a police force, they were invaders with the sole purpose of destroying Japan and Germany. Can't compare the 2 wars.
come on Wiggen your better than this....
I am talking of human behavior in wars..... soldiers are in an aggressive mindset.... not passive that's what I mean. They can not walk on eggshells.
And replacing it with an incompetent and corrupt government that is barely capable of exercising its own sovereignty?
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