United Nations calls for disciplinary action against the United States for Koran burning

   In the wake of Barack Obama’s assurances that the multiple apologies issued to the Middle East in the wake of the accidental Koran burnings have helped to quell the violence in the region two more people–Afghan citizens–were killed earlier today at a United States base in Afghanistan in a protest against the Koran burnings.

  Meanwhile the United Nations is calling for disciplinary action to be taken against those who are responsible for this “grave mistake.” Simply going through sensitivity training on the proper way to handle religious materials is not enough for the United Nations, they want punishment for those involved:

I agree with those who say that after this apology and after the  investigation disciplinary actions should follow, those who were behind  this grave mistake should be held accountable for it

  The people who were behind this “grave mistake” must be punished? Grave mistake? You would think the United States just firebombed Dresden by this reaction, when in fact it appears as if the “offenders” were simply following protocol for the destruction of property which was being used by the captured enemy to communicate with the outside world to further their cause in the war.

    As for the desecration of the Koran; the reporting on this issue is notable in its absence of reminding everyone that the Muslim inmates themselves desecrated the Koran first by writing notes inside of it in the first place. Where is the outrage in this instance and why aren’t those inmates also facing the same scrutiny from the United Nations for desecrating the Muslim holy book?

  If we have reached the point in Afghanistan where we can no longer effectively prosecute the war without fear of repercussions from the United Nations then perhaps it is time to end the war.

  The United States has brought Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, and most of the al Qaeda leadership to justice so why are we still fighting if our troops are going to be brought to trial for actions so trivial as burning a few books which were being used to fight the war against us?

  Our troops have performed brilliantly, they have met every challenge in this unorthodox war and they have either killed or captured virtually every person behind the September 11th attack with one loose end still remaining; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is still rotting in GITMO awaiting justice. It is becoming more clear to me every day that there is nothing else we can accomplish in Afghanistan, the rest is up to them to settle amongst themselves.

  Our troops will come home in honor and we can settle the one piece of business still pending; putting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in a military tribunal and executing him once he is found guilty. Then it will truly be “mission accomplished.”