[Calpernia]

Not talking about the characture of the CIA agent. I mean the text "Next Time" and the Plane embedded in the building.

[Americanexpat]

"Not talking about the character of the CIA agent. I mean the text "Next time" and the plane embedded in the building."

I agree, this wasn't meant to be humor. Wished we could find out which Arab newspaper and which country it was from.

If we showed a cartoon of a nuke descending on Mecca the Islamic world would be flaming right now.

[John Valentine]

This cartoon may have been picked up by an Arab newspaper or website, but I'll give dollars to donuts that it was drawn right here in the US of A by a non-muslim.

Really, the whole point of the cartoon is that the CIA has become ineffectual. That's all it's saying. On the other hand I understand why lots of us could take offense.

If you lived here in Korea, you would have seen much worse. Like a local newspaper's 30 second TV advert where a plane heading toward the twin towers is diverted at the last minute when a thoughtful Korean passenger gives the Arab hijacker a copy of the paper's Sunday comics section and he breaks down in mirth.

Now, THAT'S offensive.