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Anonymous wrote:And how will the junkies in our land then get their heroin?
Or how will the politicians get their share
What will happen if the profits of organized crime vanishes?

You realize that they want to wall us off to keep our trashy television, booze, and internet pornography out of their country?

Anonymous wrote:And how will the junkies in our land then get their heroin?
Or how will the politicians get their share
What will happen if the profits of organized crime vanishes?

Anonymous wrote:I'm beginning to think we should do in Afghanistan and thhe Parkistan border region what Gen. Macarthur once proposed for North Korea: sow a belt of radiactive cobalt around the borders so no one can get in or out for 60 years.

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Anonymous wrote:

The preferred methods of disposal of a Qur'an are to either respectfully wrap it in a clean cloth and bury it, or respectfully 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.

Note that the Muslim prisoners had defaced their holy book in the first place.

Certainly the US military should be, and usually is, very respectful of cultural and religious beliefs and sensitivities. For example, look at how Osama bin Laden's body was handled and buried with as much attention to religious tradition as possible. In this case, military personnel were not as sensitive to the niceties of disposing of a Koran and clearly made a mistake. The U.S. tries to hold itself to a higher standard than Al Qaeda and its Taliban enablers. The terrorists certainly weren't very respectful when they burned and destroyed the World Trade Center and a side of the Pentagon and the poor souls trapped inside and on those planes. And it's interesting that there were days of rioting in Afghanistan over a mistake about buring some copies of the Koran yet a rather muted response to this horrific mass killing involving a solider.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The preferred methods of disposal of a Qur'an are to either respectfully wrap it in a clean cloth and bury it, or respectfully 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.

Note that the Muslim prisoners had defaced their holy book in the first place.

Certainly the US military should be, and usually is, very respectful of cultural and religious beliefs and sensitivities. For example, look at how Osama bin Laden's body was handled and buried with as much attention to religious tradition as possible. In this case, military personnel were not as sensitive to the niceties of disposing of a Koran and clearly made a mistake. The U.S. tries to hold itself to a higher standard than Al Qaeda and its Taliban enablers. The terrorists certainly weren't very respectful when they burned and destroyed the World Trade Center and a side of the Pentagon and the poor souls trapped inside and on those planes. And it's interesting that there were days of rioting in Afghanistan over a mistake about buring some copies of the Koran yet a rather muted response to this horrific mass killing involving a solider.

Try? You set a horrifically low standard to beat. Awesome morals, there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The preferred methods of disposal of a Qur'an are to either respectfully wrap it in a clean cloth and bury it, or respectfully 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.

Note that the Muslim prisoners had defaced their holy book in the first place.

Certainly the US military should be, and usually is, very respectful of cultural and religious beliefs and sensitivities. For example, look at how Osama bin Laden's body was handled and buried with as much attention to religious tradition as possible. In this case, military personnel were not as sensitive to the niceties of disposing of a Koran and clearly made a mistake. The U.S. tries to hold itself to a higher standard than Al Qaeda and its Taliban enablers. The terrorists certainly weren't very respectful when they burned and destroyed the World Trade Center and a side of the Pentagon and the poor souls trapped inside and on those planes. And it's interesting that there were days of rioting in Afghanistan over a mistake about buring some copies of the Koran yet a rather muted response to this horrific mass killing involving a solider.

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Anonymous wrote:another Obama failure. Bush won Iraq. Obama lost afghanistan. What a punk.

No, this is when America got punk'd. Can anyone explain to me how they could mistakenly think the war was over? What did he say later, "oops my bad?" Nope, he used that one when they didn't find WMD.

Sorry dude, but Bush accidentally invaded the wrong country, then he accidentally declared the war over about eight years too early.

Anonymous wrote:

The preferred methods of disposal of a Qur'an are to either respectfully wrap it in a clean cloth and bury it, or respectfully 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.

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Anonymous wrote:I happen to know that at least one high security US facility in DC area is doing major disaster scenario training exercises next week in direct response to what happened in Afghanistan and to prepare for blowback from Iran in response to SWIFT shut down. I've never seen this level of heightened security since 9-11.

well i hope your information divulgence isnt anything more than For Official Use Only info, otherwise, you probably shouldnt publish that in a public forum. but thanks for the ohh ahh, Ill go pack my disaster pantry.

Well, spouse has the clearance, I don't. But yes, I've probably said too much.