Tell that to the guys in Afghanistan, fighting not just our enemies, but the propaganda war, that uses idiocy like this to rally them to their cause.
I'm sure this little infantile tantrum will make the new gold star mothers feel better...
Are you for real?
A small set of Korans are burned half a planet away by a small group of people no one has heard of, and you think that subsistence cave dwellers are going to view all of this on their 60" plasma TVs, turn to each other, cancel the picnic and peace rally with the coalition troops and order up from the Iranians bombs to kill Americans.
Do you really think that those who wage violent jihad against the West are sitting around on the collective butts wringing their hands looking for ANY reason to attack, see this event and then and only then spring into action?
This is clearly a case of the proverbial tree falling in the forest. Unless the Koran burners leased out satellite time and arranged for relaying this program as an Infomercial on Arabic satellite and then compelled people to wake up in the middle of their night to watch it. Oh, and provide the millions in Afghanistan with TVs, satellite equipment, electricty and Dari/Pashtu translations of the narrative of the event, I got to wonder how word of this is supposed to get over there.
From all appearances, the ones standing in the forest was our damned traitorous government, who not only wanted the enemy to know, but practically moved heaven and earth to do it.
Talk to anyone currently there, on the ground, in Afghanistan or Iraq, with Special Operations Forces or Intel. Anything that can be used, will be used as propaganda against us. We are trying to hold together government institutions comprised of people who are scared for their safety, and legitimately concerned that Obozo the incompetent will pull our troops out precipitously leaving them in the lurch. They have sophisticated propaganda operations, and as soon as this happens, there will be videos all over youtube and a hundred other sites.
Overnight, a new crop of suicide bombers will be created - and we can thank these idiots, with their little temper tantrum that accomplishes nothing.
It will be on al Jazeera within minutes of the video showing up on youtube. Have you no understanding of global media?