….if this pastor had scheduled a burning of the Koran on Sept. 12, 2001 how many of us would object? I speculate not many at all and we would probably cheer him on. Has the past nine years softened our outlook?

Yes, there are good reasons why he shouldn’t go forward with the burning but fear of retribution, angering Muslims around the world or troop safety shouldn’t be among them. Unfortunately our troops are always in danger while at their Middle East duty stations and our citizens are aware that a homeland attack could occur at any time. A cowering attitude is not the way to go.

We as a nation pledged to “Never Forget”, but the relaxing of our attitudes seems to indicate otherwise.