Barbarians In Afghanistan, mobs attack the Norwegian embassy (hey, guys, I know all those Scandinavian types look alike, but check out a map some time—how would you like it if we confused Iraq and Iran?)....in Pakistan, thousands of protesters chant "Hang the man who insulted the prophet!"...In Iran, "supreme leader" Ayotollah Khamenei says the publication of the Danish cartoons was an Israeli plot as revenge against the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections, despite the fact that they were published months before those elections...Pakistani chief minister Akram Durrani proposed that the cartoonists "be punished like a terrorist" before explaining, "Islam is a religion of peace."

Yeah. He's doing a great job of showing it.

I suppose these prophets of hate would miss the irony that all they're doing is proving the validity of the cartoon in question.

But here's a good time for the CIA to make itself useful: I propose a massive effort to dissolve tons of Xanax in the water supplies of certain Muslim countries. Somebody needs to tell these people that all this anger is bad for their health!

I've spoken to people lately who haven't been following this madness; what's all the fuss about, they say?

Only the most serious attack on the liberal Western values of democracy, free speech and tolerance since 9/11....  ¶ 8:47 AM