Thursday, February 23, 2012

PENTAGON DEFENDED BIBLE BURNING IN 2009

From The Washington Times:


PENTAGON DEFENDED BIBLE BURNING IN 2009

by: Jack Minor
Thursday, February 23, 2012
An Afghan uses a bullhorn during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Khushi, Logar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 23.Photo Credit:AP
Experts on radical Islam say the U.S. military is sadly mistaken if it believes groveling at the feet of Muslims after copies of the Quran were accidentally burned will help win the hearts and minds of the world’s Islamic community.

The reaction of the U.S. military toward a recent report that NATO forces may have unintentionally burned copies of the Muslim holy book stands in stark contrast to its response when U.S. forces burned copies of the Bible in 2009 – when it refused to apologize and even defended the practice. ...

Once Gen. [John] Allen became aware of the [Quran] burning, he quickly issued a statement of apology in an attempt to prevent violent Muslim riots similar to those last year that resulted in at least 24 deaths. Read the original article at World Net Daily

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