The Middle Eastern country has slipped into violent turmoil after it was learned last week that copies of the Koran were burned in a trash pit at a NATO military base.
Last week, two U.S. troops were shot dead by an Afghan soldier in the midst of the unrest.
Mr Gingrich, who's now flailing in the polls after leading the Republican pack months ago, said in Tennessee yesterday that Afghanistan is beyond saving.
He said: 'We're not going to fix Afghanistan. It's not possible. These are people who have spent several thousand years hating foreigners.'
Mr Gingrich added: 'There’s some problems where what you have to do is say "You know, you’re going to have to figure out how to live your own miserable life because I'm not here - you clearly don’t want to hear from me how to be unmiserable,"'. [sic] » | Daily Mail Reporter | Tuesday, February 28, 2012
