I remember long ago when gasoline was about 30 cents a gallon. My grandfather used to start the barbeque using a quart of gas. He would pile up a stack of wood, put a small amount of paper underneath, and toss on the gasoline. Then he would spark up wooden match - the kind with the red and white tip - fire up his cigar and tell us kids to, "Stand Back." Tossing the match onto the pile, the thing would erupt with a gaawhoomp. All followed by a cheer by us kids.
The trouble with the situation surrounding the treatment of the Koran is that the flames were already there. If we were to toss a can of gasoline onto the fire where a small flame was already present, no doubt, we would all get burned. Who's responsible for the conflagration afterward?
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The three-page memorandum, dated Jan. 19, 2003, says that only Muslim chaplains and Muslim interpreters can handle the holy book, and only after putting on clean gloves in full view of detainees.
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Here are some thoughts about the article from a friend who pointed my mouse to it:
This is nothing but PC, politically correct, carried to its logical conclusion. Manipulation of the strong by the weak. Feeding into PC is dangerous. We should be saying to the Islamicists, ''You treat any book you want your way, we treat it our way.'' They have to get over themselves. Who do they think they are, dictating to the world? And why are we abetting it? We are the problem.
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