Burning of the Quran

I just read the article "Quran-burning on again, off again" and it made me upset. A church's pastor in Florida, Terry Jones, believes that burning copies of the Quran will be beneficial. I assume that he wants to do this because he was either hurt on 9/11/01, he doesn't want a Mosque built near Ground Zero, and/or he just hates Muslims. The part that he doesn't understand is that the 9/11 bombing wasn't contributed by all muslims; It was only the sick, cruel, extremists that attacked America. He thinks he'll get back at the extremists by retalliating and burning the book that Muslims believe to be very sacred. Terry Jones made America look stupid, immature, and radical. If he believes that the Quran caused Muslims to be more radical/violent, what is he proving by promoting this idea of burning copies of the Quran? HE is the radical piece of shit who made America seem to discriminate against Muslims. If I were to go crazy and cuss-out a kid at my school, who was 1/3 German, because I was offended that his ancestors tortured my ancestors, I would look like a fool. I think Terry Jones is a fool.

"President Barack Obama urged Jones to listen to 'those better angels,' saying that besides endangering lives, it would give Islamic terrorists a recruiting tool. Defense Secretary Robert Gates took the extraordinary step of calling Jones personally. He briefly spoke to the pastor before his first announcement to call it off. Gates expressed 'his grave concern that going forward with this Quran burning would put the lives of our forces at risk, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan,' Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said."