{"id":4490,"date":"2011-04-04T03:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4490"},"modified":"2011-04-04T03:00:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T10:00:42","slug":"republican-bigot-sparks-chaos-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/04\/republican-bigot-sparks-chaos-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Bigot Sparks Chaos in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we begin, let me say that getting our troops out of Afghanistan is long past due.  That said, we have enough trouble there without another pseudo-Christian follower of Republican Supply-side Jesus (not the real one) stirring up violence through his bigoted gospel of hate.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"4burnKoran\"Responding to news that Florida pastor Terry Jones had last week burnt the Quran, a mob of Afghans in the relatively calm city of Mazar-i-Sharif ransacked the United Nations headquarters there, killing 12 people. Last year, Jones sparked widespread condemnation when he threatened to burn a copy of the Quran outside his church. While he ultimately decided against it after pleas from high ranking U.S. officials such as Gen. David Petraeus and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Jones last week burned the Quran after a supposed \u201ctrial\u201d of the Muslim holy book at his church found it guilty of \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201d <\/font><\/p>\n

Violent protests in Afghanistan have now spread<\/font><\/a> as far south as Kandahar. However, Jones feels no sense of responsibility. \u201cWe do not feel responsible,\u201d he said on Friday. \u201cWe feel more that the Muslims and radical Islam uses that as an excuse.\u201d Now, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Jones says he might also put the prophet Mohammad on trial<\/font><\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n

Terry Jones, the radical pastor who oversaw the burning of a Koran in his Florida church last month after a mock court hearing, may put the Islamic prophet Mohammed on trial in his next \u2018day of judgement\u2019, he told The Sunday Telegraph.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is definitely a consideration to stage a trial on the life of Mohammed in the future<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d he said in interview on Saturday. <\/font><\/p>\n

Jones said in an interview with ABC News<\/font><\/a> that his burning of the Quran \u201cdefinitely does prove that there is a radical element of Islam. \u2026 I believe the UN needs to stand up to countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Muslim-dominated countries. They have been persecuting, killing Christians for generations.\u201d <\/font><\/p>\n

Una Moore, a development professional based in Afghanistan, wrote on UN Dispatch<\/font><\/a> on Friday that the reaction to Jones in Mazar-i-Sharif marks \u201cthe end\u201d of the international community\u2019s involvement in Afghanistan\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em><\/span>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I\u2019m not saying that Terry Jones alone is responsible for the violent acts of the mob of Afghanis.  They are responsible for their own crimes.  I am saying that, without his act of Republican hate, hypocritically committed in the name of a God of love, those crimes would not have happened, making Jones an accessory before the fact.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jones had previously promised not to burn a Koran, but greedy for media attention, he broke his word.  We should not be surprised.  The moral imperatives of Republican Theocons are tor others to obey, not themselves.<\/font><\/p>\n

The consequences of his evil are horrific.  Not only have innocent people been killed, but also, the United Nations is abandoning their mission in Afghanistan depriving those people of the aid they were providing.<\/font><\/p>\n

This is not the act of a Christian.  No authentic Christian would hate in Jesus\u2019 name.  People who follow Republican Supply-side Jesus and display hate, bigotry, intolerance, dishonesty and greed are not Christians.  Authentic Christians are not perfect, but at least we try to emulate the real Jesus by displaying love, acceptance, inclusion, and generosity.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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