One more time:
Whether it was true, or not...a lot of people, especially the left aisle, want a "Hearts and Minds" campaign run. "Change the reasons people become terrorists" "Kumbaya", etc.
Little incidents such as this set back any progress that was made almost to sqaure one, or worse. Media HAS to be sensitive to these things. How many of any of you give a rat's ass about a Qeran being flushed? Is this important news that will affect your life? Well, Abdhul the goat farmer has an entirely different concept. I can only imagine what CENTCOM's information operations people are thinking right now. I can pretty well guarantee it's not about re-newing their NEWSWEEK subscriptions.