There are procedures for proper handling and destruction of Korans. Not that such handling isn't open for abuse either as an individual soldier's expression of frustration or anger, or as a purposeful psy-ops tactic.
But, according to the information released so far, the lucky guys that had the "stand outside and burn stuff in the freezing cold" duty did not read nor understand Arabic, and did not realize some of the material were Korans. Most of the material was NOT Korans (although much was religious and political writing). I lean towards "never attribute to blasphemy what can be explained by a couple of bored young soldiers with lighter fluid, a long stick, a match and way too much time." I also approve of Obama apologizing for the burning. As the Commander in Chief, it is his job to say "Yep. That shouldn't have happened. Our bad". Not because anyone requires the apology. But because it is the right thing to do to admit a mistake and apologize, for our own sake. Or so my mother taught me. That has nothing to do with the reaction by the overreligious nutballs. Who are ridiculous, and a caricature of themselves. On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > hadn't seen that. It does make you wonder why that would not also be > blasphemous. Don't know. Possibly this bit is not being communicated, but > of course, nothing says the uproar has to be rational. > > I still say that the US military is supposed to know by now that there is a > protocol for handling a Koran though. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347393 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
