over there? you mention, i have been in afghanistan four times in the last 18 months. most of the time i spend on lower unit levels and villages. the relationships that we americans have, our troops, our civilians and contractors with the afghan people is remarkable. we respect their customs, respect their traditions, and as a result of that we have forged close relationships with them based on mutual respect. i have seen it time and time again in the meals we eat with them, how they re create with each other. that is the norm in afghanistan. this is by far the exception. we should not let it distort what the norm is. i get frustrated how much the media jumps on his incident and there is very little reporting of the fact that we have turned the war around in afghanistan. we are succeeding in stan there
recurrence to include holding those accountable responsible. general, i want to talk about the response to this. there is no question that burning the koran in afghanistan is a severe and very controversial thing. that s clear. but why did we apologize and were we right to do so? absolutely. we made a bone headed insensitive mistake dealing with this significant holy book representing one of the great religions of the word. all the holy books representing religions are very sensitive. but in the koran it s even more so for the muslim people. there is always going to be charged situation as a result of this.
fired 45 more rounds into an suv. not a single round peered th pierced the verdict. they said zapata should never have stopped the car, but the door lock system should have been disengaged which is easy to do. and all of the vehicles in foreign lands have them diseve disengaged. one of the guns found on the ground was in texas. authorities are investigating whether the gun had been allowed to walk across the border. the locks have been fixed, the gun is in question. megyn: unbelievable. newt gingrich calling out president obama for his handling of the riots in afghanistan in the wake of these koran burnings, riots who have lead to the murder of at least two u.s.
this there are stakeholders trying to undermine karzai s government. there are stakeholders trying to undermine the united states of america. the president is trying to give karzai a tool to help him diffuse the situation. that s what the apology is all about. karzai goes before the parliament and asks the parliamentarians to help him with the situation and quotes from the letter the president s statement. he s using the president of the united states as leverage to accomplish what he s doing. karzai is not the strongest leader we have ever dealt with, quite the contrary. he s a her he s a mercurial figure and at times drives us nuts. megyn: there may be other forces at play and there is a question whether this is being used by some forces in afghanistan as prop began today, a reason to turn against americans and fuel
record straight right here. plus a third grader dressed in an orange jumpsuit and crying in court. a judge is set to decide whether he will face criminal charges in connection with his shooting of a classmate. by did this little boy really know we did was wrong? and wait until you hear how he got the gun. a powerful kelly s court coming up. new fallout over president obama s apology for koran burnings in afghanistan. the u.s. military said to have burned the holy books after finding extremist messages inside. i ask a four star general and former vice chief of staff of the army what he thinks. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i ve been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder whaother questionable choices i ve made?