Don’t want your ball?

Muslims in the Khost province of Afghanistan are all worked up again, this time over a soccer ball with the Saudi flag on it.  The US dropped the balls into a village for the children to play with but apparently the balls weren’t good enough for them.  The soccer balls had the flags of many different countries printed on them including the Saudi flag.  U.S. apologizes to Afghans for soccer ball snafu:

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military said Monday it regretted any offense it may have caused by giving out a soccer ball with the word Allah written on it as part of a public relations exercise in Afghanistan.

At least one of several balls dropped by helicopter to children in eastern Khost province had a small picture of the Saudi Arabian flag. The flag features in Arabic script the Islamic declaration of faith, which contains the words Allah and the Prophet Muhammad.

So let me get this straight, it is ok to murder Christian missionaries in your country but it isn’t ok to kick a soccer ball with the word Allah on it?  What happens when Americans start burning the Saudi flag much like the Muslim world is so fond of burning ours?  Am I the only one who finds it ludicrous how easily offended these people are?  Why is it again that CAIR offers “sensitivity” training to government workers but neglects to “train” their fellow believers in the fine art of being “sensitive”? 

I vote we start using the ball in MLS play, that would at least raise awareness for the league around the world.  We would then have Beckham and a cool ball that pisses off our enemies.

LGF has more on the story here and Michelle Malkin here.