Flushing the Koran

Here we go again! As if that whole prision torture thing were not enough, now there are reports that prisioner's copies of the koran were ripped up and flushed down the toilet, apparently as a way to make them talk. I have to wonder what goon came up with this idea.

Of course someone leaked, and now the world knows about it. In the muslim world, this is a big deal. Imagine the fuss that the born agains in charge of the republican party would make if copies of the bible were ripped up and thrown into porta-potties at a gay rally? They would be outraged! How dare someone desicrate the holy book! And so on. But, when it is someone elses holy book, aparantly it is OK.

In the middle east, the fundamentalist islamic crazy people are saying that the west hates islam, that the christian and jewish crusaders want to take over all muslim holy land, and so on. We say it is not true, we just want to spread "freedom" and "liberty" - but then we use their bible as toilet paper. This action only gives credibility to the crazy towel wearing fundies. What would you believe if you were a muslim, the guys who are using your "word of god" as toilet paper, or the priest who says the west hates you?

No matter how you look at the situation, it was a stupid move. As long as stuff like this keeps happening, things will not get better. At times like this, I seriously question the motive for moving to war in the first place. What are we really trying to do in the middle east? If the answer is to really spread freedom, this is an ass backwards way of doing so.