Pastor Cancels Koran Burning After Defense Secretary Calls

In the book, Hot, Flat and Crowed, the author Thomas Friedman points out the reality of "where the birds don't fly" referring to the American society. This article from the New York Times shows how close we got to putting ourselves in danger.

 

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who set the world on edge with plans to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, said Thursday that he had canceled his demonstration.

But the global controversy he started — drawing pointed criticism from President Obama and an array of leaders, officials and celebrities in the United States and abroad — stirred new questions and concerns even as he announced its end (which he later in the day threatened to retract.)

Mr. Jones said he called off the burning in return for a promise to move a proposed mosque in New York City to a new location far from ground zero.

That supposed deal, announced here on the lawn of Mr. Jones’s church, does not appear to exist.

This cancellation of Koran burning just saved numerous lives of innocent people. A media showing the world a white American man burning the most sacred book of Muslim? Would trigger more anger from the Muslim people all over the world and this can be the b

est tool for the terrorists to recruit more terrorists. This is a global relief.