Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan

How many bad turns will this story take?

The military's explanations are getting more incredulous every time. I personally don't believe those bibles were burned as trash. Call me a skeptic.

Hmmm? Proselytizing, whether done by Islamic or Christian zealots is usually justified to save heathens from their godless ways. And, it was federally sanctioned and institutionalized in the good ol' USA up to less than a century ago; see the histories of the http://www.twofrog.com/rezsch.html

"I think we need to let our Soldiers know what type of government they are supporting and give them a choice to go or not go into this type of situation."

Would this be a new form of conscientious objector? Or would it be a new way to get out of combat duty as opposed to fleeing to Canada, getting pregnant, or suddenly discovering you're gay?

What would happen if a clandestine Islamic group in the military were procuring Korans for proselytizing operations in America. The military investigated it, found it was nothing more than an isolated, over-zealous group of Muslim soldiers, and shut it down. But a former soldier had secretly filmed the activities and a year later, gave the film to Fox News for broadcast. Would we hear the same criticism of this exposure?

Duty, honor, country. Same then, same now.

I assume the correlation between survival relates to handing out Bibles and the potential deadly consequences of that action in a country like Afghanistan, fair enough.

“I don’t see why these cowards need to hide behind the skirts of the US military to “spread the good news.”

I am not quite sure I follow you on this one. I infer you are saying that they would not do this activity if they didn’t feel the US military would protect them against any adverse consequences. This may be true, but it is only conjecture.

All this goes to show that being born in the United States is still a great blessing. One does not have to die because he simply chooses to change his religion. I remember being in Peshawar once and having dinner with an Afghan cleric who chose to change his religion. We asked him what would happen should he be found out. They would have killed both he and the entire family, Leon. It’s nice being an American, isn’t it?

I wonder if because of this religious problem, you will support the idea of the US banning de dispatch of US Christian soldiers to Afghanistan, like you claim about Korean soldiers.

They are potential idiots like the Korean missionaries and soldiers.

I don't see why these cowards need to hide behind the skirts of the US military to "spread the good news". Their faith must be rather weak on a basic level. If what they are doing is righteous, they should have confidence that the Good Lord will protect them.

/Why does God need a starship?

However, an entire year after the fact this documentary film maker decides to give the film to Al Jazeera of all people even though the problem has been addressed.

If he gave the film to lets say NBC it would be less inflammatory then giving it to Al Jazeera that this guy knows is going to use for propaganda purposes to inflame the locals like with the false Koran desecration story at Gitmo.

Earth. Our history has been one of instilling democratic and religious freedom values in countries we “occupy”. One can argue that its NATO in Afghanistan and not only the US, but I think we all know the truth of who is doing and paying the most. If we support a government that is so openly against Christianity we will surly lose God's favor and will not be successful. I think we need to let our Soldiers know what type of government they are supporting and give them a choice to go or not go into this type of situation. This would be true religious freedom. God blessed America (not Mohamed)