the war in iraq. a fascinating statement. let s get into it with jeff morel, ess secretary for the pentagon. there s plans of a florida church to burn korans and general petraeus quite strong saying it puts american troops lives at risk. here we are trying to win the trust and confidence of afghans, of iraqis, obviously, predominantly a pastor down in florida who has thenened to burn korans. clearly not helpful. the last time there was a story, you remember the newsweek story three or four years ago when allegedly interrogators at gitmo had flushed a koran down the toilet. it sparked protests around the world that killed a dozen, 15 people. that story turned out to be wrong. here we are, this koran burning has not even taken place yet and there are already protests in afghanistan. we have 50,000 forces in iraq.
what s latest on this uproar? the general saying the lives of the military personnel are in danger. general petraeus weighed in and said virtually the last same thing. the lives of soldiers could be put in dangering as well as endangering the entire mission in afghanistan. and it seems incredibly unbelievable that this uproar over what amounts to a nondenomination church in gainesville, florida, which has a membership of 50, that s right, 50 people, and now this outreach center put on its website and on facebook, announcing that on 9/11, they would go ahead and burn korans. not because they have any hostility towards muslim people, they say, but because they do not believe in what they call the teachings, the strict
sharia law that it s not welcomed in america. if somebody is going to react to what you re going to do, do you think it s going to be positive or negative? i think it s going to be positive. yeah, it s been great. people are dead right now, reverend. what did you expect him to say, chris? i know, i know. let s go to this dangerous question. there are politicians like newt gingrich and i can t keep a list anymore of the charts they make that we re falling under sharia law. selling the argument that somehow american law has been undercut by sharia law. here he is saying he s going to keep burning bibles or korans because we re being overtaken. no we re not. that s a fact. no law in the united states is being subverted by sharia law. thigh keep spreading this rumor on the right, people like newt gingrich and the rest of them. they re building the case for this billy bob character to burn