http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-militia-stone-youths-death-emo-style-171115804.html Granted at the outset that this story deals with the sovereign state of Iraq. Also granted that essentially these murders are none of our business. Lastly, granted that the President of the USA cannot comment upon everything that happens in our world. Yet this story is very shocking because it comes out of Iraq. It is remembered that we lost the lives of several thousand of the best of USA youth in order to secure the freedom of this Moslem Nation. It is also remembered that ten thousand of USA youth were maimed in the war to “free” the Iraqi people. Therefore, to read that this type if Islamo/nazi radicalism is once again prominent in Iraq is disheartening.
Taking all of the above items into consideration, this writer is disappointed that the President of the USA displays a very pro Islamic orientation. He apologizes for an accidental burning of a mere book, namely the Quran. Hey, it is not our problem that Moslems cannot cope with the burning of their scripture. I am a Christian and my church discards dozens of holy Scriptures yearly. The printed books are worn, or weathered, or yellowed or their covers are destroyed. As a Christian, our holy Bible is a book. It is the content and the message of the content that is holy and not the pages on which the words are printed. And while I can accept the President’s statement that he apologized in order to save lives, nonetheless, I do not hear him protesting the incident here described nor do I hear him decrying the continued genocidal bombing by Moslems of Christian churches in Nigeria.
Why is this important? This writer believes that the job of the President of the USA is to uphold the Constitution, to defend the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic and to extend the interests of the nation worldwide. However, President Obama seems more intent on apologizing for the nation, and taking a defensive position concerning the international interests of USA.
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Accidental burning of a mere book? Really? You do realize that in the Islamic faith this is tantamount to desecration of the crucifix, or the destruction of a church?
I also love how in your take on this story you only mention the “emo” factor- rather then the gay/lesbian factor. Do you believe like so many far right christians that gay/lesbians are less human, less worthy of respect and protection?
And really- a “War to free the Iraqui people”? Hmmm- I was under the impression it was a war based on lies, against a SECULAR government, lies that they had attacked us, that they had weapons of mass destruction, and that they were a threat. An attack on an “evil dictator” that much of Bush jrs cabinet, his father, and republican icon Reagan had no only supported for decades- put provided with weapons of mass destruction.