Quran burning ‘un-American’, says White House

Washington: The White House has termed the burning of the Quran as “un-American” while stressing that “absolutely nothing” justified the killings of UN personnel in Afghanistan following protests over the destruction of the holy text.
“We absolutely condemn the burning of a holy text. We think it’s un-American and inappropriate,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.
He said “absolutely nothing” justifies the kind of violence that took the lives of workers at the United Nations in Mazar-i-Sharif.
“Our interest is not in elevating somebody whose behaviour is inappropriate and un-American, or does not represent what we believe are America’s values,” Carney said when asked about the radical Florida pastor, Terry Jones, who was responsible for the incident.
“Our focus, however, is also on condemning the heinous acts that took the lives of UN workers in Afghanistan,” he said.