General Petraeus or general Betr...wait

Freepers have their ideals, but they are really all about hating or loving people. The hate is, of course, stronger than the love. Sarah can do no wring, except when she endorses the hated McCain.

The best way to get on the "love" list is to have someone they hate disparage you in some way. Thus Petraeus, a military man previously maligned in an ad by move-on back in the day, is a Freeper hero.

S0 what to do when he says some troops might be put in danger if that random church of 40 people holds their Koran burn? Freepers love hating Muslims! But they love Petraeus! Oh noes!

(To be fair, some few Freepers think the Koran burning is petty crap, but Free Republic's brief moments of sanity are not any fun)

Joan Kerrey thinks insults lead to learning:

Muslims are never going to like us. Why are we concerned when their ideology dictates our overthrow and conquest?

I’m surprised that our generals even consider political correctness in their quest to defeat the enemy. War, especially, is not the time for worrying what the enemy thinks of us.

The more our free speech insults them, the better. They need insulting and they need to learn that we’ll defend that right at all costs.

Tagurit thinks if we don't burn the Koran, we're basically going to go Sharia:

So,,,Are we supposed to do as they say, or tell them where to go?
Bowing to their demands is admitting defeat, and the beginning of succumbing to shariah law.

BURN ‘EM IF YA GOT ‘EM!!!

Hugin thinks not insulting Muslims is a bigger threat to the troops than insulting Muslims is:

With all due respect to the good General, political correctness is a much greater threat to our troops than Americans burning Korans in Florida. Jihadis bomb Christians as sport in that part of the world, but we mustn't antagonize the backwards, moon-god worshiping pedophiles, because it my interfere with our brilliant plan to make them love us and want democracy.

PAR thinks building that Mosque is the same as burning Korans.

Wonder if the liberals who cite the constitution to defend the 911 mosque will also defend the right to burn the quran? I am sick of the whole world kowtowing to Islam for any perceived slight. Let the chips fall where they may, then deal out any necessary punishment to radical muslims swiftly and harshly.

Screw diplomacy!

mastervisa thinks war is simple:

The heck with these bastards. If you can burn the flag you can burn what ever you want!! FREE SPEECH !! Petraeus needs to go kill people and break things and not worry about free speech. Get your helmet on and go shoot people!!

Free speech means you must do stupid crap!

Tzimisce's a regular or I would think this was parody of Freeper know-nothingism:

Laugh.

Aren't we fighting the Taleban because they do evil, rotten things?

So if we don't burn the Quran, they'll be nicer to us?

This guy is/was leading our troops in battle? Are you serious?

They're building a mosque at Ground Zero and we're worried about their feelings?????????

In the face of this overwhelming stupidity, why am I unemployed???????????????????????????????????

Note: there is a longer thread that got pretty heavily edited by the mods, I think in favor of the sane folks, for what it's worth.