Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said he had viewed the video and considered it “utterly deplorable.” He telephoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai and pledged a full investigation.Actually, peeing on the enemy has many historical roots, including during the American Revolution. There is a minor Revolutionary Holiday called Peeing Day.
Peeing Day, sometimes called Pissing Day, is a local Holiday celebrated in Princeton, New Jersey on the second Saturday of March, which commemorates the retreat of Charles Mawhood and his troops from Princeton following the Battle of Princeton. This holiday is derived from a local tradition that the expulsion of Mawhood’s forces from Princeton involved urinating on them, and consists primarily of a loose re-enactment of this event.[6]
The Taliban seem to have their panties in a bunch over the incident.Peeing Day was first celebrated in 1877 to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Princeton. From 1877 until 1883 holiday was celebrated in January, on the exact date that British forces retreated from Princeton, but in 1884 the date of celebration was changed to March because weather conditions during the latter month were more frequently hospitable to it. Since its origin, Peeing Day has been celebrated every year except 1918, when activities which could be considered anti-British were discouraged due to the American-British Alliance of World War I.
But later on Thursday, in an official statement, the Taliban dropped references to the talks and emphasized the brutality message. “We strongly condemn the inhuman act of wild American soldiers, as ever, and consider this act in contradiction with all human and ethical norms,” the statement said.Unfortunately, the Taliban thought executing a 7-year-old boy by hanging, in June of 2010, was within human and ethical norms.
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