"Were the actual burning to take place, the safety of our soldiers and civilians would be put in jeopardy and accomplishment of the mission would be made more difficult."" WAPO
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Petraeus is obviously correct. The US has gone to a lot of trouble to try to establish the idea that the US is not at war with Islam. It has been poorly done, but nevertheless it has been done.
Now we have this semi-literate "pastor" in Florida who is going to burn the Qur'an in a public spectacle to "send a message to MUZLIMS that we don't want Sharia law here..." The message, in fact, is a declaration of war on Islam. As Petraeus sees, the MUZLIMS will react to that declaration.
The vast majority of MUZLIMS (Muslims) understand the Qur'an to be the uncreated word of God. They do not think that the book was written by Muhammad under the guidance of God. They think that the Qur'an has existed from all time in its present form and words as an aspect of the mind of God and that it "descended" to earth in the time of the coming of Islam.
Do you think that they will not react to this insult? pl
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090701595.htmlPS The photograph is of a ceremony for the dedication of a statue of St. Anthony at the Catholic school at Aleppo in Ottoman times. pl
