> “Are we fighting a war on terror or aren’t we? Was it or was it not
> started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September
> 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not
> brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac
> from our nation’s capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania? Did nearly
> three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or
> crushing death that day, or didn’t they?
>
>
>
>
> And I’m supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was “desecrated”
> when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I
> don’t. I don’t care at all!
>
>
>
> I’ll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents
> for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
>
>
>
>
> I’ll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start
> caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime
> in Saudi Arabia.
>
>
>
> I’ll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for
> hacking off Nick Berg’s head while Berg screamed through his
> gurgling, slashed throat.
>
>
>
> I’ll care when the cowardly so-called “insurgents” in Iraq come out
> and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by
> hiding in mosques.
>
>
>
> I’ll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search
> of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their
> suicide bombs.
>
>
>
> I’ll care when the American media stops pretending that their First
> Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law
> instead of the United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
>
>
>
> I’ll care when Clinton-appointed judges stop ordering my government
> to release photos of the abuses at Abu Ghraib, which are sure to set
> off the Islamic extremists just as Newsweek’s lies did a few weeks
> ago.
>
>
>
> In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up
> an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don’t care.
>
>
>
> When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have
> been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest
> assured that I don’t care.
>
>
>
> When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told
> not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the
> bank that I don’t care.
>
>
>
> When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat,
> and fed “special” food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is
> complaining that his holy book is being “mishandled,” you can
> absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don’t care.
>
>
>
> And oh, by the way, I’ve noticed that sometimes it’s spelled “Koran”
> and other times “Quran.” Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and — you guessed it
> — I don’t care!”
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