this makes me sad

because after you've sparked international riots that have killed people you can just apologize and make it better?

i don't think so.

someone is to blame here and an apology doesn't take back all the violence that occured in response.

(in case you've been oblivious to news this week, newsweek reported that american questioners at guantanamo bay in cuba mistreated to koran and even flushed one down a toilet. rightfully so, this outraged muslims worldwide, and sadly started riots/protests globally in which a number of people were killed. now, newsweek reports that although it was a reliable source they got the info from before, there's questions about how accurate their source's report was before and the incident may or may not have happened. hello, OBVIOUSLY printing such things in newsweek of all places is going to cause an international stir... shouldn't they check the credibility before mass publishing news that ended up indirectly killing people?!?!?!...

whether you're muslim or not, it's impossible to not know that the islamic faith regards the koran to be a holy book, and whether you view it as such or not, it's utterly stupid, ignorant, and wretched to deface something that millions of people hold in high reverence. if this story really happened, then there are some american soldiers who completely dishonored themselves and their country. if it didn't happen, there's some mighty irresponsible people in newsweek or in their source material.

either way, people make me sad.)