it was intolerable. it was awful. because the morale just plummets for the men and women on the ground when they work so hard at something and then it all goes away in a flash. >> let's stipulate, ugly as it may be, that the same kind of religious freedoms that say to us, that the backers of park 51 project in new york are entitled to build that islamic center two blocks from ground zero, that gives mr. jones the right to burn those korans but practically speaking given your experience on the issue of burning korans and having americans blamed for it how do you go about winning the hearts and minds of afghan people or other muslim nations who agree with the u.s. government in this case that this is a bad idea but who disagree with the american right to do it anyway? >> i think the biggest piece to highlight is that this is a very small few of americans that are taking part in this tactic and most importantly when i served over there i served with many american muslims in uniform fully decorated individuals who are proud of their service, proud of the work they do over there, and they are the ones there, and they are the ones that are ultimately being highly insulted by this happening. it's absolutely awful. >> what do the troops, all of the muslim american troops and