Footwedge;475250 wrote:Is this a serious question? If one promotes religious wars...then more religious wars one will get. the Central Intelligence Agency has written manifestos on this...this is not an anomaly regarding what Petraeous has proclaimed here.

It's called blowback. It's pretty easy to recruit Islamic radicals, when the US Christian clergy are burning their holy book. Just as it was really easy for Al Quada to recruit thousands in Iraq after America invaded a country that had nothing to do with 9-11.

Come on jhay...this is not rocket science.

majorspark;475273 wrote:As for the comments of General Petraeus, he is correct. It would likely be used for propaganda and recruitment of fighters. This could be used to put a religious tinge too it. But there is plenty of material out there for those purposes. They have a stockpile of pictures of innocent women and children our bombs and bullets have killed and maimed over the last decade.

If we are going to go to war, we should be less concerned if our enemies or potential enemies like us. Our biggest concern should be that they fear us. A little piss running down the leg is a great way to combat recruitment of fighters.

tk421;475130 wrote:Uh huh, wow that 95% figure was just pulled out of your ass. Like you know and speak for all Muslims now, huh Chud? Give me a freaking break.

CinciX12;474839 wrote:More power to them. I don't agree with it and think it promotes racism towards Arab people, but like you said they are technically allowed to do it.

BoatShoes;474963 wrote: They don't have to burn the Bible... all they have to do is build a Mosque on their own private property to get an angry response from Christians

FairwoodKing;476298 wrote:I'm an atheist so I don't care how many Korans or Bibles or whatever other holy books are destroyed. This world would be a lot better without all of them. .

sleeper;476815 wrote:I hope Obama puts a stop to it IMMEDIATELY.

sleeper;476821 wrote:Maybe he should have, but its national news now, meaning the spotlight is already there and its up to Obama and his cronies to take care of business.

FatHobbit;476831 wrote:It's within this guys rights to burn any book he chooses.

FairwoodKing;476298 wrote:I'm an atheist so I don't care how many Korans or Bibles or whatever other holy books are destroyed....

Con_Alma;476863 wrote:You only care about the things that you believe????

What if all others took that approach? How would it impact you?

Military officers considered sending the Bibles back to the church, he said, but they worried the church would turn around and send them to another organization in Afghanistan -- giving the impression that they had been distributed by the U.S. government.

That could lead to violence against troops or U.S. civilians, Wright said.

FairwoodKing;476897 wrote:I don't believe in bullshit and I try to keep it out of my life. If everybody accepted what I believe, we would have a very peaceful world and everyone would enjoy their human rights.

FairwoodKing;476298 wrote:I'm an atheist so I don't care how many Korans or Bibles or whatever other holy books are destroyed. This world would be a lot better without all of them. But I am also an American and I believe in the Constitution. The Muslims are entitled to the same rights of worship that I am the right not to worship. I think what this preacher is doing is very bad and I do not support it.

rydawg5;476391 wrote:False.

I don't know if you believe in magic, but I certainly don't. Take Bibles and Korans out of the equation and you still have the human race fighting over SOMETHING. Yes, I know that books encouraging and teaching masses to be selfless, caring, sharing, etc will have such a negative affect on people, but I'm sure people would have still been as imperfect without them.

Good job though for trying.

majorspark;476902 wrote:The US military burned Bibles in Afghanistan because they feared muslim backlash. If we are going to war over there they should be fearing our lash. Not us their backlash.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.bibles.burned/



Someone's got their panties in a bunch.

FairwoodKing;476897 wrote:I don't believe in bullshit and I try to keep it out of my life. If everybody accepted what I believe, we would have a very peaceful world and everyone would enjoy their human rights.

jhay78;476952 wrote:Actually, atheism is the one true solution for a peaceful world.

Sincerely,

Marxism
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