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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed, reactions will come immediately, and [b]any excuse [/b]for a vocal group of American haters and radicals to spur anger and violence will not be missed.  Such an unfortunate event by a man who was probably at wits end and frayed emotionally at a very unfortunate time.

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Any excuse?  Of the 16 sleeping people he gunned down, 9 were kids and 3 were women.   Saying it's just "any excuse" is an affront to the horrifying nature of this crime.  If your kids were gunned down in their sleep, wouldn't you be filled with rage as well?   [/quote]

not really sure what the bickering back and forth seems to be about-- it sounds like PP was implying there is a double standard in the afghan public reactions to american actions vs say those of the Taliban or other afghans.

If thats the case, I agree with them.  Ill cite for you that the UN marked 1167 civilian casulaties in the first half of 2011 caused by anti-government forces- namely the taliban.  That constituted 79.8%(!!!) of the civlian casualties for that period; yet there was very little outcry or even coverage of the news. Can you imagine- the taliban are already killing 6.5 civilians a day!!! A DAY!!!

Two weeks ago, there were huge government protests about the burning of Korans—which already had been desecrated by prisoners who wrote in them making them unclean and due for destruction as per muslim belief.  [b]But that was not important to them that the Korans had been desecrated by their fellow muslims in the first place. [/b]
Before you accuse me of watering down the current situation- DON’T.  I fully believe this was a horrible event and another show that its past time for us to let that country be.  [/quote]

It's irrelevant, though.    The preferred methods of disposal of a Qur'an are to either[b] respectfully [/b]wrap it in a clean cloth and bury it, or [b]respectfully [/b] place it in a river.  Burning it is permissible if neither of the other two methods is possible.  However, if the Qur'an is burned, all references to Allah (swt) and the messengers must be erased first.

The smart thing to do would have been to consult a local sheikh and determine the most appropriate way to dispose of them in a respectful manner.  I'm sure you can see the difference between a respectful disposal and just burning them in a fire pit for no apparent reason by an occupying military force.   And so far reports indicate they weren't supposed to be burned.   That they had been removed from a prison library because Muslim prisoners were apparently writing messages to one another in them.   But the Qur'ans were placed in storage.   5 soldiers apparently took them out of storage to burn them, even though they were ordered to simply remove them, not actually destroy them.

As far as the comparison to Taliban murders of civilians, I don't see it in the comments above.  Of course they are horrific, but we don't control the Taliban.   We are responsible for our soldiers alone.   [/quote]

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