U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice; military apologizes

[Leslie Anne]

We're not at war with Islam. Using a quran as target practice is completely moronic. That soldier did not have "the right" to shoot at it. As a U.S. soldier he is representing our government and our country. What he did only added fuel to the fire of radical Islamic extremist hatred and pushed the Iraqis we are trying to work with further away from co-operation.

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

We're not at war with Islam. Using a quran as target practice is completely moronic. That soldier did not have "the right" to shoot at it. As a U.S. soldier he is representing our government and our country. What he did only added fuel to the fire of radical Islamic extremist hatred and pushed the Iraqis we are trying to work with further away from co-operation.

I agree with everything here, although I think it is very important to note that the entity we ARE at war with is Islamic.