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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I think it was unfortunate and stupid, we apologized and they are still rioting and killing. Karzai wants a public trial.  They won't let it go and they don't appreciate anything that we have done for them or are trying to do. I do not think burning bibles would result in rioting. We cant win over their hearts and minds so we should stop trying and come home. Let special forces, drones and intelligence community handle it. They are more upset over this than girls schools being bombed, suppression of women, honor killings.... It boggles my mind.[/quote]

People rarely view being invaded and occupied as a favor. It is a peculiarly American mindset that we can invade a country, kill untold number of civilians, start choosing the new leaders, and then expect the local population to be grateful. As for girls' schools being bombed, NATO forces did it just yesterday:

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C02%5C23%5Cstory_23-2-2012_pg7_4

That's after NATO forces killed an additional 8 children earlier this month.

Both in Iraq and Afghanistan, the local population has tremendous resentment toward the American forces. Just as we would resent an occupying force if it destroyed our country, killed our neighbors and relatives, and selected new leaders who had just arrived to the US from abroad. The Koran burning is simply the straw that broke the camel's back (no pun intended, I'm not even sure Afghanistan has camels). The root of the problem is the inability of many Americans to see the people whom they we are occupying as equal human beings. We see them as irrational fanatics who won't accept our apology. They've had plenty of apologies. They get apologies when their weddings are bombed. They get apologies when their relatives are "collateral damage". US forces drop off a handful of dollars and call it even. Soldiers who commit massacres get dishonorable discharges (and we offer apologies to the victims). Yes, US forces should leave, but not because the people are ungrateful. 
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