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16. WH Press Secy Jay Carney points out Bush Press Secy Dana Perino also apologized for Quran abuse...

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 10:34 PM

Feb 2012

Andrea Mitchell ? @mitchellreports
White House Press Secy Jay Carney points out Bush Press Secy Dana Perino also apologized for Quran abuse to protect U.S troops
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Barack Obama apology to Afghanistan over Koran burning [View all] alp227 Feb 2012 OP

religious bullies insecure in their own beliefs; religion is so wonderful eh? nt msongs Feb 2012 #1

yup it's great n/t LostinRed Feb 2012 #27

Murder over a freeking book leftynyc Feb 2012 #2

Agreed 100% BigDemVoter Feb 2012 #46

And I agree with your thoughts 100% leftynyc Feb 2012 #47

I look at it like this JonLP24 Feb 2012 #88

RW will use this as ammunition librechik Feb 2012 #3

If we're ever to have a civilized world, apologies should be more common. sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #4

I'm sorry you feel that way... didact Feb 2012 #42

And I'm terribly sorry that you don't. sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #44

I wish he'd told them to lighten up instead slackmaster Feb 2012 #5

I wish he'd told them to shove it. Or just ignored the whole thing. Fortran Feb 2012 #14

Someone at a much lower level should have apologized Mosby Feb 2012 #50

And it (legitimately) gives ammuniton to the wingnuts who claim the Prez appeases terrorists. Fortran Feb 2012 #65

How exactly does it "legitimately" give ammunition to the Idiocrats? lunatica Feb 2012 #76

It is legitimate in the precise same way that facts are. Fortran Feb 2012 #82

Why should Obama be afraid of facts? lunatica Feb 2012 #84

Pabst Blue Ribbon. Varp ent slorp. I now understand your username. Fortran Feb 2012 #85

My username is quite clear lunatica Feb 2012 #86

so when the american flag and the bible get burned SemperEadem Feb 2012 #6

I would hope we would be sane enough to realize it's just a book. chrisa Feb 2012 #7

I would also hope that the people in Afghanistan would also realize that the totodeinhere Feb 2012 #9

well they don't--and that is square one here. SemperEadem Feb 2012 #48

We? don't you mean them? demosincebirth Feb 2012 #19

Who is cheering? leftynyc Feb 2012 #10

If you read all the replies in this thread, you will find those cheering this on. uppityperson Feb 2012 #22

I don't see anyone cheering the burning leftynyc Feb 2012 #25

right, if the people of New York City were occupied by a foreign power and drones rained down upon Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #30

Spare me the martyr routine leftynyc Feb 2012 #90

I thought we were talking about Afgahanistan and this particular incident in Afghanistan Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #91

Yes, we were leftynyc Feb 2012 #94

agree AndySipowicz Feb 2012 #79

Cultural sensitivity should be a two way street. I don't see much of it over on their side totodeinhere Feb 2012 #60

Agreed. nt cstanleytech Feb 2012 #92

Good for him. I'm sure the GOP will trash him, but he did the right thing... Drunken Irishman Feb 2012 #8

It is time for us to get out of Afghanistan. bin laden is gone /nt still_one Feb 2012 #11

The "Koran" is NOT just a BOOK, it is HOLY drynberg Feb 2012 #12

Indeed and thank you for your post. uppityperson Feb 2012 #21

In light of your signature line, I find it amazing that you're defending a religion that says gay Fortran Feb 2012 #68

If that is your view, I am glad you are shaking in fear. uppityperson Feb 2012 #71

Why would you imagine I'm shaking in fear? I'm not afraid of imaginary deities... Fortran Feb 2012 #83

because you chose the smilie of shaking in fear, the "scared"one. uppityperson Feb 2012 #87

There's no such thing as anti religious bigotry unless people are the target. alp227 Feb 2012 #35

Isn't it disrespectful to use the book to pass messages to one another instead of religious study? hugo_from_TN Feb 2012 #55

A cross-cultural mistake does not justify homicidal raging mobs. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #74

So, we can use burning of Christian bibles as an excuse to kill Afghanis? PavePusher Feb 2012 #78

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #13

Zackly. The only thing in this goofy world that actually is holy is Fortran Feb 2012 #15

what a disgusting post CrawlingChaos Feb 2012 #18

Monty does kind of christx30 Feb 2012 #61

It was not disgusting, it was prescient and intelligent. Fortran Feb 2012 #69

WH Press Secy Jay Carney points out Bush Press Secy Dana Perino also apologized for Quran abuse... Tx4obama Feb 2012 #16

Lest we forget, there was also the Letter of the Two Sorries. (nt) Robb Feb 2012 #17

Did they apologize for the two American soldiers they killed? Beacool Feb 2012 #20

No, but we're supposed to be better than the fundamentalists. Arkana Feb 2012 #49

I have no problem with Obama's apology. Beacool Feb 2012 #62

The US soldiers were killed by an Afghan soldier. I don't think the rioters killed anybody. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2012 #63

Oh, OK. Beacool Feb 2012 #64

Gingrich blasts Obama’s apology to Afghan president Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #23

I guess the Afghanistan people should be more grateful for all the wonderful things we are doing Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #24

When it comes to Iraq, I agree with you leftynyc Feb 2012 #26

I just don't see how disrepecting the Afghanistan people helps Afghanistan's women or anyone else Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #29

That's a whole different topic leftynyc Feb 2012 #31

it is not just the people who are rioting or murdering who are offended. If one cares the least bit Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #32

Again, they're offended by a book burning leftynyc Feb 2012 #33

it is hardly a secret that almost all people in Afghanistan are deeply offended by burning the Koran Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #34

Respectfully disagree leftynyc Feb 2012 #37

I would be very surprised if you found a single Muslim Afghanistan women or Muslim women from Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #39

But we did apologize leftynyc Feb 2012 #40

yes and apologizing was the right thing to do, wasn't it? Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #41

So how do we help the women? leftynyc Feb 2012 #45

unless we are going to position at least a million troops in the country for the next hundred years Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #53

Sigh - unfortunately, I think you are right leftynyc Feb 2012 #57

But I thought Bush declined a taliban offer to extradite OBL alp227 Feb 2012 #36

That was AFTER we had already leftynyc Feb 2012 #38

so that must be why military action directed by Clinton never got OBL. alp227 Feb 2012 #51

Sorry - I have no idea leftynyc Feb 2012 #52

your point was that Afghanistan was shielding OBL alp227 Feb 2012 #56

And? (n/t) leftynyc Feb 2012 #59

We asked for bin laden and they refused. krshnbrn Feb 2012 #54

Shrug - we had the power leftynyc Feb 2012 #58

The same people who are screaming over Obama apologizing over avebury Feb 2012 #28

Google burned bibles afghanistan if you want to see what actually happened slackmaster Feb 2012 #43

You are 100% wrong. I don't think Obama should have apologized, and I wouldn't have lost one Fortran Feb 2012 #70

Riddle me this: uranus is my home Feb 2012 #66

Answers: boppers Feb 2012 #72

Symbols loyalsister Feb 2012 #67

I find these anti-American assumptions of bad intent disgusting. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #73

I completely agree. knowledgeispwr Feb 2012 #75

true AndySipowicz Feb 2012 #80

It's impossible to tell whether fanatical religion is a cause -or a result- of insanity but Fortran Feb 2012 #77

ugh AndySipowicz Feb 2012 #81

Amen (LOL) BadtotheboneBob Feb 2012 #89

This is bullshit you creeps... you can't have it both ways... noel711 Feb 2012 #93

Their fundies go beserk because we burn a book Amaril Feb 2012 #95