America’s Islamic Blind Spots
As protests against the Koran-burning at the US Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, continue to escalate, and the death toll mounts, Americans' blindness to the roots of Afghans' rage needs to be addressed. As Goethe put it: where they burn books, soon they burn people – and that certainly seems true of Bagram.
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NEW YORK – In the wake of the Koran-burning by troops at the United States’ Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, protests continue to escalate, and the death toll mounts. In the process, three US blind spots have become obvious.