How to punish a US Sniper for shooting at the Quran (exclamation marks)

If you don't read / listen / write the news, then you need to read ME.

In an apparent effort to calm and extinguish any possible "return to violence and hatred" due to the irresponsible, and quiet honestly, stupid actions of a US sniper. Mr. Bush (in his daily video conference with Iraqs president, Malaki) apologized 'sincerely' (does he know how to do that?) for the actions of the soldier, now at a US base having been sent home. A quick pause for thought here, if Bush is on the video phone (God bless Cisco) with Malaki every morning (which is how, we are told, he apologised), why do people still ask why is there no progress being made in Iraq? mmm.

Mr Maliki's office said in a statement: "The American president apologised on behalf of the United States... promising to present the soldier to the courts."

Excellent. Its good to see the American president apologising on behalf of the United States... of which perhaps only 25% of its population know of the incident (we love digg) and only 10% of them care! Furthermore, being that the culprit was a member of the US Army, wouldn't it have made sense (and ultimately, been incredibly wiser) for the cogs of PR that work behind the scenes at the White House and Pentagon to say 'lets not use President or United States (distancing the US from such actions would be them doing their job) and rather lets use Master in Chief and United States Army (the apology would seem more personal and sincere, surely?). So instead the statement should have read:

"The Master in Chief of the united United States Army sincerely apologised for the action of the soldier in question... promising to present the soldier to the courts."

Wow, thank you MinC!

Hmmm.... somehow something isn't quite right here. Its all good to promise to 'suitably punish' the US soldier. Most in Iraq would probably picture a brutal flogging or a 'drag him down the road' parade, the likes of which would have made Saddam tear with pride! Truth of the matter is though, there is *NO* punishment for shooting at the Quran in Iraq (they blow up their own mosques!) let alone a US court! Promising to present the soldier to court might as well just be a guarded escort to star bucks!

Having said that, I doubt any of the Arabs in the Middle East would have picked up on this... so im going to lay low a bit.

FUdge CaKING ARABS