And as an enormously costly part of them giving up that lifestyle. There's no hint that it's done as a cheap symbolic way of offending others as would be the case with Quran burning, nor that anyone in question regarded them as semi-divine.
Are you presuming the US military burned those Korans as some kind of symbolic gesture? If so, that's your prejudice. What proof do you have that this was the case? It may have been, but then they also could have just been taking care of the rubbish. So I will not share your presumption.
Regardless, the US was burning its own property, so there was no right for those Afghanis to complain. They were acting as if something sacred was desecrated, hence my comment about idols.
So did the US do wrong? The difference between right and wrong is not subjective or cultural; it is found in the Bible. So with regards to that Biblical principle which commands striving to be at peace with all, the answer is: probably.
The US may not have deliberately aimed to offend the Afghanis (like you seem to imply), but if they were striving to keep the peace they would have realized the offence such an act could cause. Were they doing it as a symbolic gesture for all to see? Or were they rather trying to be inconspicuous about it? If the latter, it would seem unwise to the point of being negligent with regards to that Biblical principle.
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