Troops Being Punished for Accidentally Burning Korans

Here we go again.  Barack Obama is appeasing our enemies, and at whose expense?  It's on the backs of our brave troops for burning Korans accidentally.  Any soldier who supports this America-hating president needs to have his/her head examined.

Read from Atlas Shrugs:

DISCIPLINE RECOMMENDED FOR 7 U.S. TROOPS IN QURAN BURNING

Who the h*** is in charge around here? Our boys are giving their lives for these barbarians and this is how they thank us?

The Afghans are outraged? Really? Let them get worked up about the heinous human rights abuses commited in the cause of Islam. Let them get outraged over honor killings, poisoning of girls schools, FGM, Islamic Jew-hatred.

Obama commands that we respect a poisonous book that calls for genocide, misogyny, subjugation of women and non-Muslims. It's too bad Obama wasn't raised in this country. Too much Indonesia, not enough America. We are a free people. This is a violation of our first amendment rights. This is the enforcement of Islamic law, which deserves no respect, let alone adherence.

Discipline recommended for 7 U.S. troops in Quran burning USA Today

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military investigation is recommending that as many as seven U.S. troops face administrative punishments, but not criminal charges, in the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in February, The Associated Press has learned.

U.S. military officials said the classified report and recommendations for disciplinary action against the service members involved were delivered to the Pentagon more than a week ago. They have been turned over to the Army and Navy secretaries. No final decisions have been made.

According to the officials, one Navy service member and as many as six Army soldiers could face nonjudicial disciplinary actions, which can range from a letter in their file to docking their pay or assigning them additional duties.

The lack of any criminal charges is in line with early assertions from military officials that the incident, while regrettable, was a mistake. But it is likely to anger Afghans who were enraged by the burning.

Thousands took to the streets across the country in deadly riots after it happened. More than 30 people were killed in the clashes, including two U.S. troops who were shot by an Afghan soldier and two U.S. military advisers who were gunned down at their desks at the Interior Ministry.

The Qurans and other Islamic books were taken from the Parwan Detention Facility, and officials believed that extremists being detained there were using the texts to exchange messages. The religious books and other materials were put in burn bags and then later thrown into a fire pit used to burn garbage at Bagram Air Field, a major U.S. base north of Kabul.

Military officials said the investigating officer in Afghanistan completed the report and recommended the disciplinary actions. The report was approved by Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and forwarded to Pentagon.

U.S. military officials spoke about the report on condition of anonymity because the matter is classified and still under review.

Altogether, two Navy and nine Army service members in Afghanistan were sent back to the United States in conjunction with the Quran burning shortly after it happened. But, based on the investigating officer's report, several would not face any punishments.

U.S. officials have said that the service members did not know what they were throwing into the burn pit and that the books were pulled out by Afghan workers before they were destroyed. President Barack Obama apologized to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the incident.