A group of folks in Florida are apparently planning on burning copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. It is intended as a warning to the Muslim world, whatever that means, according to Terry Jones, the pastor organizing the event. Whatever his meaning, it is not a good idea.
There is no need to potentially incite the entire Muslim world. Burning their holy book is far more likely to make things worse than better. Besides, why stoop to such a level? Why not, as Americans, stay above the fray so much as we can?
The military leadership in Afghanistan rightly fears that it may lead to intense retaliation against the troops there. But more than anything else, it appears to be meant to provoke simply to provoke. That is not the basis for any decent reaction to terrorism. It is merely petulant.
We are better than that.
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