Does it strike anyone else as completely absurd how much emphasis they're now putting on the fact that, while American military and/or intelligence personnel may have mishandled the Muslim holy book, there is no credible evidence that it was actually flushed down a toilet.
Is it me, or this splitting hairs? How retarded are we as we collectively fall for one pathetic euphemism after another?
Whatever it is, it's carefully explained in the first paragraph of every story I've seen on this, presented as if it's some kind of excuse.
"Sure, we desecrated their scripture, but come on, we DID NOT flush it. We just crapped on it, set it on fire, you know, stuff like that."
Ah, yes. You see, we only placed the Qu'ran in "stress positions." The Qu'ran was under no circumstances flushed.
All but one of the five incidents appear to have taken place before January 2003. In three cases, the mishandling of the Koran appears to have been deliberate, and in two it was accidental or unintentional, the commander said, adding that four cases involved guards, and one an interrogator. Two service members have been punished for their conduct, one recently.
Notice also, that we hear nothing in the way of an apology coming from the administration. Newsweek apologized and retracted their story, and THEY WERE RIGHT. The Bush administration shamelessly exploited the situation, blamed the story for many deaths, but is strangely silent now.
In fact, Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita, who 10 days ago said he "had not seen specific, credible allegations," yesterday responded to a question of whether the Pentagon was going to apologize to the Arab community by asking, "For what?".
At this point, seriously, anyone who supports these clowns is a fool.
