There have been no delicate moments in the Afghan war

U.S. Deplores Video of Marines Urinating on Taliban - NYTimes.com: "KABUL, Afghanistan — A video showing four United States Marines urinating on three dead Taliban fighters provoked anger and condemnation on Thursday in Afghanistan and around the world, raising fears in Washington that the images could incite anti-American sentiment at a particularly delicate moment in the decade-old Afghan war."

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This is an Obama gamble that will be no more than a very expensive wash, if that. We need to get out and to look to our culture. We have a culture in which fully half the people would probably approve of the mindless action of those in the video. That means we are a bullying-inclined culture, that our values are askew, that tolerance, democracy, helpfulness and non-idolatry are less than honored. That is sad and that is reason enough to quit Afghanistan before more videos tell the same sad story.


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