2 American NATO troops dead in Afghanistan as locals rage at US's proper burning of Quran

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AURAPTOR

Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:06 PM

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Demonstrators hurled grenades at a U.S. base in northern Afghanistan, and a gun battle left two Afghans dead and seven NATO troops injured Sunday in the escalating crisis over the burning of Muslim holy books at an American airfield.

More than 30 people have been killed, including four U.S. troops, in six days of unrest.

30 now dead, hundreds injured... and for what ?

I know, I know...it could have been MUCH much worse, had Obama not repeatedly apologized.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

ANTHONYT

Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:31 PM

Hello,

There is an easy solution to the problem, and one we should have embraced already.

--Anthony

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"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner

AURAPTOR

Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

There is an easy solution to the problem, and one we should have embraced already.

--Anthony

Drop more bombs.

And bigger ones.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

ANTHONYT

Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

There is an easy solution to the problem, and one we should have embraced already.

--Anthony

Drop more bombs.

And bigger ones.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

Hello,

I see you've outlined your Afghani Solution.

--Anthony

_______________________________________________

"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner

AURAPTOR

Sunday, February 26, 2012 11:01 PM

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:

I see you've outlined your Afghani Solution.

--Anthony

That's NOT the direction you were going ?

Huh. My bad.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

RIONAEIRE

Monday, February 27, 2012 6:32 AM

Lots to say about this.

I think that we should have just given them to the proper people to take care of as they see fit, when you're in another culture you have to try and behave, within reason, according to what is acceptable behavior. It may seem goofy and silly to Americans, but apparently it isn't goofy or silly to them, its serious stuff and so they'll be way less cooperative if we don't respect their way of taking care of this kind of stuff. It wouldn't have hurt to just drop them off at the local mosque and called it a day. And if the military insisted on burning them themselves, which is dumb anyways, they should have at least done it secretly so noone would find out, I mean what did they do, videotape it and put it on youtube? I'm glad Obama apologized, it may not seem like a big thing to us but obviously it was pretty serious to them, and they're who we're in the country and space of, trying to make good relations with. You can't win over "hearts and minds" by acting in a way deemed uncivilized.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

WISHIMAY

Monday, February 27, 2012 2:37 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

Drop more bombs.

And bigger ones.

ATTENTION ALL MORONS WHO KILL PEOPLE OVER A DAMN BOOK, HOLY OR NOT:
THERE WILL BE SEVERAL BOOK BURNINGS SCHEDULED IN SEVERAL PLACES IN YOUR SUCK-ASS COUNTRY TODAY...PLEASE RIOT WITHIN THE DROP ZONE...ER I MEAN...PROTEST ZONE... AND THEN KISS YER ASS GOODBYE!

BTW, I think Obama did the right thing. If appologizing for a percieved wrong gets even one less person killed, you appologize. Don't matter what for. Can't reason with people who don't know what reason is....

CAVETROLL

Monday, February 27, 2012 2:54 PM

And yet Obama doesn't feel like he should apologize to catholic organizations who he is making violate their religious beliefs.

ANTHONYT

Monday, February 27, 2012 3:29 PM

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And yet Obama doesn't feel like he should apologize to catholic organizations who he is making violate their religious beliefs.

Hello,

And that's what makes our nation great: that precious separation of church and state.

In other lands we must abide the fuss, lest they take offense and chide us,

But in our land churches make none of the rules, they do not make laws, we are not their tools.

And so our people are not stoned, no matter how they choose to be boned.

God bless the great USA- Where the tyrannical church has little Sway!

--Anthony

_______________________________________________

"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner

CAVETROLL

Monday, February 27, 2012 3:36 PM

So; Outside of the US we follow their religious instructions, people die when there's a total chimp out because we're following the rules of their religion, and our president apologizes and bows towards Mecca.

Inside the US we make religious organizations break their religious rules, there's a protest, the protesters are told to shut up and like it, and the president doesn't have to do anything.

Got it.

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