General Patraeus Says Burning Qu'rans Will Endanger US Troops

General David Patraeus has stated the obvious, but thank God he did.  The misguided zealot Terry Jones and his Dove World Church have come up with a great publicity gimmick, "Burn A Quran Day".  They intend to burn the sacred boks on September 11 as some kind of statement.  Well it's a statement alright, a really crazy, racist and bigoted one.

First of all burning books is so 1939 Germany, and second of all the whole thing is only going to be used as a rallying cry for the Taliban and Al Quaeda to inflame already strained tensions in Afghanistan and the Middle East.  That will result in more American's getting killed and the whole thing taking on a heightened sense of holy war.

Of course that is what Jones and his apocalyptic wackos want!  They are itching for a fight that of couse doesn't actually endanger them.

Well, here's the deal.  Already the Taliban is calling for the assassination of President Obama and renewed vigor in the attacks on US troops.  That sounds like a national security threat to me, and so that trumps Jones "free speech".  So when is soneone from Homeland Security going to arrest him for giving aid to the enemy?

Better still, someone needs to get him in a room and lay out this whole picture for him.  He isn't just thumping a Bible for his flock, he is trying to ferment more terrorist attacks.  Of course I feel sure his vision involves something very much like that.  He probably wants Armageddon sooner than later so he can be raptured up to Jesus.  Somehow I get the feeling his actions will not endear him to the Prince of Peace. 

Note to Rev. Jones and the Taliban as well:  Open your holy books, Qu'ran and Bible, and look back toward the beginning.  You will find that Abraham is listed there in both books as the patriarch of us all.  Christians, Jews and Muslims all sight a common ancestry,  why is that so hard to understand?  Rev. Jones, when you burn the Qu'ran, you are burning stories of the patriarchs and even Jesus.  Maybe we would all be better off with a read the Qu'ran day or for that matter a "Read the Bible" day.  Something positive would be much better than this incendiary crap!