“Are you willing to have the blood of soldiers on your hands by this demonstration?” – CNN’s Kiran Chetry
Associated Press - Afghans burn an effigy of Mr. Jones during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Kabul on Monday.
Is it just me, or does anyone else see the stark contrast here in the Qur’an (Koran, whatever) burning story?
We have death threats, the FBI, the Secretary of State, Robert Gibbs, General Petraeus responding, suicide bombing threats, threats of endangering troops…see the difference in mainstream Islam versus mainstream Christianity?
If someone threatened to burn a bunch of Bibles or the US Constitution or the Declaration of Independence (symbolically), there would be an outcry, but not of this magnitude. There wouldn’t be the hyper-sensitivity surrounding the issue.
Gen. Caldwell said many Afghans do not understand either the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment or the fact that President Barack Obama can’t simply issue a decree to stop Mr. Jones from his demonstration.
Yeah – right. They do understand it well enough to burn our flag or effigies of our leaders and troops. That excuse doesn’t cut it with me.
I actually agree with the pastor in principle – time to take a stand. I don’t exactly agree with the method though – and it’s not for politically correct reasons either. I could care less if some radical Muslims are offended. I just don’t agree with the symbolism of “burning a book”.
PS: I’m also not comfortable with possibly endangering our troops – but I still agree in principle on drawing a line in the sand.