Phyrfight Intel

Michelle Malkin: SUPPORT DENMARK: WHY THE FORBIDDEN CARTOONS MATTER

“Things came to a head over the past week. In Gaza City, Palestinian gunmen took over an EU office to protest the cartoons:

Masked gunmen today took over an office used by the European Union to protest the publication of cartoons deemed insulting to Islam. About five gunmen stormed the building, closing the office down, while 10 other armed men stood watch outside. One of the militants said they were protesting the drawings, one of which depicted Islam’s Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban shaped as a bomb.

Danish flags are being burned. Danish workers have reportedly been beaten. The country now faces an international boycott from Muslim nations.

While the intrepid newspaper has not apologized for printing the cartoons, it has issued a statement acknowledging that the cartoons “offended many Muslims, which we would like to apologize for.” Paul Belien at The Brussels Journal singles out the courage of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who has refused to capitulate to the bullies:”

From the WSJ Opinion Journal:

“During her August protest, she gave a speech to an outfit called Veterans for Peace. According to a transcript on the group’s Web site, she said that if the President agreed to meet with her:

I’m gonna say, “And you tell me, what the noble cause is that my son died for.” And if he even starts to say freedom and democracy I’m gonna say, bullshit. You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich. You tell me my son died to spread the cancer of Pax Americana, imperialism in the Middle East. You tell me that, you don’t tell me my son died for freedom and democracy.

Cuz, we’re not freer. You’re taking away our freedoms. The Iraqi people aren’t freer, they’re much worse off than before you meddled in their country.

You get America out of Iraq, you get Israel out of Palestine.

In September, after Hurricane Katrina had brought her 15 minutes of fame to an end, Sheehan wrote on the Huffington Post website: “George Bush needs to . . . pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq.”

All these comments were easily available on the Internet, yet they were seldom mentioned in the news coverage of Mrs. Sheehan’s protest. They didn’t fit the script–a script in which Mrs. Sheehan was playing the role of an ordinary American whose personal tragedy had turned her against the war.”