What is life without honour? Degradation is worse than death. We must think of the living and of those who are to come after us, and see that by God's blessing we transmit to them the freedom we have ourselves inherited.
Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson 1862
I've discussed this issue about the soldier and what he did to the Quran on quite a few message boards in the past week. Most liberals defended the Quran and put down the soldier at every opportunity. Some went as far as to claim he should have been brought up on charges and dismissed from the military. They saw it as a huge sign of disrespect to Muslims and all they stand for.
Funny how these are the same liberals that will defend the right for idiots to burn the American Flag as "freedom of expression".
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
I personally do not "defend the quran".... and I only think it was a stupid thing to do.... not really illegal in any way..... it was just bad judgment.
If we want to win the hearts and minds of the ordinary people in Iraq, his actions were not helpful.
And I do defend someone's right to burn a flag. I find it insulting and abhorent and disrespectful, but certainly within an American citizen's rights, if they want to be insulting and abhorent and disrespectful.