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Afghanistan
NATO Agrees to Trial for Koran Burners - Afghan Government sez
2012-02-28
H/T Gatewaypundit
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate

Following the insulting and shameful act of burning Quran in Bagram airbase that injured the religious sentiments of the Islamic world and particularly of the Afghan Muslim nation, two delegations comprising of representatives from government, the National Council of Ulemma and the National Assembly were assigned and dispatched to investigate the circumstances and causes that have led to the inhumane incident.

The delegations, while deeply touched by the religious sentiments shown by the Afghan Muslim and Mujahid nation, inform our citizens of the following:

1. In view of the particular security situation in the country, we call on all our Muslim citizens of Afghanistan to exercise self-restraint and extra vigilance in dealing with the issue and avoid resorting to protests and demonstrations that may provide ground for the enemy to take advantage of the situation.

2. After the shameful incident by the US soldiers stationed in Bagram, senior NATO and American officials expressed their deep apologies to the Muslim nation of Afghanistan and assured that such incidents will not happen again.

3. NATO officials promised to meet Afghan nation's demand of bringing to justice, through an open trial, those responsible for the incident and it was agreed that the perpetrators of the crime be brought to justice as soon as possible.
Should this NOT be entirely a fabrication by the government of the Sharia Abomination Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, bring all Westerners out of Afghanistan now! If this causes chaos, ruin and devastation in Afghanistan, that would be an additional benefit. Afghanistan became dangerous when the Taliban regime stabilized.
4. The assigned delegations demand from the government of Afghanistan to take over from the Americans the authority of the Bagram prison so no such incidents can recur and calls on the US government to fully and comprehensively cooperate to this end.

5. The delegations also want from the Afghan government to formally praise those brave Afghan army soldiers and all others who showed feelings against the disrespectful act by preventing more religious books and Quran copies from burning, so that the pure Muslim sentiments of our honored Mujahid nation can remain alive.
This article was published in English by the Afghan government, so it may not be entirely for domestic consumption.
Reading this piece one could get the impression that this was part of an instrument of surrender (the US being the party surrendering.)

This is the reward for Western restraint and mercy after 9/11. Bush broke with historical precedent to spare the Afghans great suffering. Here's the punishment for that good deed.
Posted by:Speregum Thavitch1008

#5  The rot set in long before Obama.

One of the outrages of the 2005 Koran Controversy was Newsweek's lie.

Another outrage was this:
"...several hundred clerics issued a statement Sunday saying they would call for a jihad against the U.S. if those responsible for the alleged desecration were not handed over to an Islamic country for punishment within three days."

Less than 4 years after an attack on the scale of Pearl Harbor these clerics, residing in defeated and occupied Afghanistan, could threaten the US with impunity.

Rather than swiftly bringing these people to justice (either by shipping them to Guantanamo, or by trying them for war crimes and punishing them.) the occupation apologized, and thereby affirmed the legitimacy of the Afghan's behavior.

Bush wasn't criticized for this for whatever reason, even though the choice between the integrity of a copy of the Koran and human lives saved because a terrorist was made to talk (at the cost of a desecrated Koran) should be trivial.
Posted by: Speregum Thavitch1008   2012-02-28 18:59  

#4  This is the result of that so-called "Smart" diplomacy I keep hearing so much about.

More like complete capitulation to barbarians. How about we just pay them 1,000lbs of gold and 200lbs of pepper and call Rome sacked?
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-02-28 13:29  

#3  Obama should know that if there is such a trial there will be protests in this country. If he wants to hand the Republicans an issue that will certainly defeat him in November he couldn't pick a better issue than this.

We let these people forget that we conquered them. We let them forget why we conquered them. It was their holy Quran that inspired the attacks that were launched on 9/11 from Afghanistan soil. We should have burned every copy of it in that whole country and made them apologize to us. We should have punished them, all of them, let them know exactly why we were doing it and let the whole world know that this is what happens if they attack the United States.

This incident angers me more than anything that has happened since 9/11. What makes it even worse is our mealy mouthed president who actually bows down to these bastards when he should be telling them to fuck off and die, literally and publicly.

But if he can't or won't do that then get all of our people out of there before we lose any more of them. It is rapidly degenerating into an untenable situation and it isn't worth it. We have not won the hearts and minds, we have lost them. The logistics are not sustainable. If we're not going to kill them all we need to get out, but only after letting them know that if they ever attack us again we will kill them all.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-02-28 12:12  

#2  And we are spending billions and lives because?
Posted by: Gruth McGurque5303   2012-02-28 09:36  

#1  puke!
Posted by: Water Modem   2012-02-28 02:24  

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