Koran Burning Craziness

[Papewaio]

Apparently my sarcasm isn't working too well. Their culture and tribal society is savage. There's no getting around that anytime soon.

Burning the most precious object of an oppressed people isn't part of the portfolio of winning hearts and minds.

If I went into some parts of LA and starting burning Rap music would I expect a different outcome?

If I went into the bible belt and started burning bibles? I'd expect upset locals who'd tell me to go *insert rude but non-god offending word here* myself.

Go into a country where they have very few books and they are by comparison far more precious. A country whose economy is 1% of that of the foreign military that is in charge. An economy where children are dying in the cold. Where even basic coloring books cause children to fight over their possession. Well burning books is a much bigger thing given the comparative value.

Could the book disposal been done in a more thoughtful manner? Heck yeah. I'm not saying don't dispose them. Ask the local Islamic leaders what is the proper method, if none then inter the books for 25-40 years. There are just much better methods than ones that have such a poor historical association than book burning.

For all of those on here who aren't quite getting it. The likes of Pindar... one of the smartest minds to have frequented the Org, quit over getting one of his posts deleted. People get very angry over post deletion, think about how you would feel if all your posts where deleted by a moderator being over zealous.

Nope. The Taliban miscalculated and refused to hand over Bin Laden, they reaped the whirlwind. They can go back to being abused by the Taliban if that's their comfort zone. Aid and abet any more terror attacks on the US, expect more of the same.

It's not an either or win-loss equation. There is a better path. Taliban were not in control of the entire country. Bin Laden wasn't even found in Afghanistan, he was in the Pakistan equivalent of Fort Bragg township.