Burning any book is stupid.
Being afraid of ideas is the sign of an immature mind.
Indeed! After Fallujah, how on earth could dealing with extreme Muslims (supposedly the minority in their religion) cause our troops and military members something ‘worse’ to deal with??
At this point, burning a Koran may prevent Muslims from getting burned alive by our citizenry. Muslims are THIS CLOSE to getting seized, their homes looted/burned, and either lynched or worse. When a pastor of all people wants to burn Korans and it is getting this much press, it means that something is on the verge of happening. Look at all the support he’s getting. Now people are close to going over the edge.
Just watched Patton, George C Scott, again this week. The last time I saw it I was a kid and missed most of the point. This time, it was a study in character, both of Patton and the politicians of the day.
“burning books could endanger the lives of U.S. troops. “
How? Are the troops going to put their hands in the fire and pick up burning books and pass them around?
Oh. He means that the reactions of unstable savages to the book burnings could endanger the lives of US troops. He was afraid to say who was going to be doing the endangering. Afraid to say who really is the danger. Afraid he’s be fired for saying that angry, hate filled savages are looking for an excuse to kill Americans.
For the record - don’t burn the book.
It endangers our troops because towns/villages currently considered to be ‘friendly’ will likely become considerably less so after this stunt. The villagers don’t need to join al Qaeda to make life more difficult for our guys; they just need to stop cooperating.
I'd be curious to hear from any of the families of those killed on 9/11, to get their opinion on whether or not this book burning is a fitting memorial to their loved ones.
Oh, and as far as I could glean from Gen. Patton’s comments, he may not have thought much of Islam, but he didn’t say anything about burning the Koran.
“Burning copies of Mein Kampf will only further inflame German passions and make their troops treat our prisoners badly.” General Paintywaist, 1943