Afghans burn an effigy representing President Obama in Ghani Khail, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2012, during an anti-U.S. protest over the burning of Korans at a military base. (AP Photo)
The following excerpt from Emirates247.com is hard for Americans to understand:
Rallies elsewhere in Afghanistan were largely peaceful, however, authorities said, with protesters chanting "Death to America"
Imagine living in a culture where religious doctrine under Sharia Law allows what we would consider to be unspeakable acts to be righteous under Allah. Imagine a culture where women have less rights than animals and inciting riots using "Death to America" is considered to be peaceful. Imagine a president apologizing to this culture.
Iran Daily is reporting that the UN compound in Afghanistan has been set on fire. What is the US goal in Afghanistan? Why can't we answer this question after ten years? Our nation's blood is too valuable to be sacrificed without a reason. I want to have closure on 911 as every American does. Time is now the only treatment to heal this wound since the war in Afghanistan has no clear mission. Is this enough? Unless our "leaders" provide a clear mission with defined objectives to meet this goal, the answer is yes. And that is a telling statement in itself.
If our leaders were goal oriented, the mission would have been completed. Eight years ago. Kicking the can down the road MUST stop in Washington, D.C. America is at a crossroads: we all know it. This is not about an impotent president, a corrupt Congress and an activist judiciary. This is now about the future of the country. Or to me personally, a free future for our children. Our founding principles do not make a country: our sacred honor carrying out these principles gives our children freedom. The two are not mutually exclusive but we have to understand what is at stake and how to fight for it. Listening to politicians posturing as they enslave us with debt will lead to the same condition in our streets as the scene above in Afghanistan. This cannot be our children's legacy.
David DeGerolamo
Nato and Britain have pulled staff out of Afghan government institutions after the killing of two US military advisers took the death toll from raging anti-US protests to around 30.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday's shooting after an incident that forced US President Barack Obama to apologise to the Afghan people.
In a day of violence across the country, a UN compound came under attack by thousands of demonstrators in northeastern Kunduz province, but they were driven back when police fired into the crowd, an AFP correspondent said.
Five people were reported killed in the attack, adding to the death toll from five days of often violent protests at the US-run Bagram airbase.
President Hamid Karzai issued a statement urging demonstrators and Afghan security forces to exercise restraint, saying the government was pressing Washington "on the need to bring to justice the perpetrators of the crime".
Comment
Comment by Lanny C. Valentine on February 28, 2012 at 5:59pm Hand over obama as a peace offering
Comment by Ken on February 27, 2012 at 5:40am Bill, you ignored or misunderstood the content of my statement. Yes, unfortunately there are any mooslims in America and we have socalled Americans calling for the including of not only sharia law but european law in our courts, congress, and senate. These fools have no idea what they are asking for. They have no idea of the impact on women but men also. I am extremely sad to say but it may be time for a revolution to reclaim our country. islam is a cult and not a religion. It is just as bad as jim jones and Guyana times ten.
Comment by Ronald Sorrells on February 27, 2012 at 12:39am Janet:
I believe we are "assessed" a certain amount of money each year by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). You always get a blank look when you ask someone in Congress about when and how are these "Foreign Aid" issues handled.
Ron
Comment by janet barks on February 27, 2012 at 12:18am Afghanistan hates us, yet we send money. Why?
They aren't accepting our help. Why are we there?
We send our troops, and tie their hands? Why?
We apologize for the Koran incident, and they kill our people. Why are we there?
WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE. THE LIVES OF OUR MILITARY ARE NOT WORTH US BEING THERE.
Comment by Edward M. Plitt on February 26, 2012 at 8:20pm Mug, You can say that again. Let us all say it LOUDER for all to hear.
Comment by MUG on February 26, 2012 at 8:18pm There was no crime. coded messages of prisoners of war were destroyed. There are no perpetrators to be punished. If Obama apologizes again or punishes any Americans or turns over any American to those sub-human satan worshipers, the people in this country will take to the streets and bring Obama down.
Comment by David DeGerolamo on February 26, 2012 at 7:52pm Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was thrown at their base in northern Afghanistan, police said, underscoring the depth of anti-Western fury over the inadvertent burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base.
Despite an apology from President Barack Obama, riots raged across the country for a sixth day against the desecration of the Muslim holy book last week at the biggest NATO base in Afghanistan. Some protesters hoisted the white Taliban flag.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/27/us-afghanistan-shooting-s...
Comment by Ronald Sorrells on February 26, 2012 at 7:21pm 
Comment by DianaS on February 26, 2012 at 6:29pm Now why would these "folks" be upset, he did apologize......oh are we in for some rough times.
Comment by Ronald Sorrells on February 26, 2012 at 6:02pm Vern:
Obama is a Muslim and I do not care what "He says" !
Ron
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