Gen. David Petraeus and other military leaders have urged a Florida church not to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9-11, suggesting that such a spectacle would inflame many people in the Muslim world and possibly endanger our troops. Yet the military saw no problem burning boxes of Bibles written in local Afghan dialects that a soldier received from his home church. Does the military apply a clear double standard in how it treats Islam compared to Christianity? How is this manifested in everyday military life? Is the military increasingly hostile towards Christianity? And if so, how could that impact recruiting and retention? We discuss all this with retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis, who is now a senior strategist with the Army.
