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Friggin' wussies must be in charge.

Wrong answer. Earley isn't talking about "let's all get along with our wonderful Muslim brothers, tra-la-la-la-la," he's talking about not handing the crazies any recruiting tools. It's not as if all the potential Al-Qaida recruits are sitting around watching Fox News, Disney Channel and Happy Day reruns plus a little Janet Jackson boob shot once in a while. For many people in Muslim countries, the public face of America ends up being the very worst our entertainment industry has to offer. Some guy watches all his friends ditch the faith to go watch jiggling silicone implants, some imam whispers, "See, they're seducing our young! They must be stopped." There's nothing else he sees from the U.S. that indicates otherwise, so why not believe him?

It's as if somebody beamed anti-Semitic propaganda into 1935 Germany 24/7 and then said, "Well, too bad if those Germans don't like the bloodsucking Jews, I'm not helping Hitler."

All that said, I realize the bin Laden types will hate us no matter what, but let's not make it easier for them to distort what this country is and has been.

Amen. I've been to conservative Muslim countries, as the representative of a pro-family NGO. They know I am religious, and that I have raised six religious children. They know that traditional Christian values of chastity are the same as their own. The people with whom I've met are the society's leaders. They are well to do, and they have satellite dishes, bringing them American television and movies. The question I was asked in meeting after meeting, by men and women alike:

"How do you raise decent children, when they are bombarded with the stuff we see on our satellite dishes."

They are genuinely concerned for their children and grandchildren, as I am concerned for mine. They are not disposed to be sympathetic to terrorists. But the spiraling depravity, family dissolution, and complete amorality that is marking our culture scares them to death.

Not to change the subject, but what makes a lot of people think these contained silicone implants. They're not that big. Have you seen A-Cup or flat-chest women? Come on, she wasn't disproportionate. I saw this incident, and it didn't look like a straight torpedo sticking out of her chest. Maybe they do contain silicone, but you have no proof.