Also Powerline's comments about the State Dept's stance are very good. Here's a snip:
The State Department says that publishing cartoons like this one, and even tamer ones, constitutes "inciting religious or ethnic hatreds." Why? These cartoons are very mild commentary by any standard. Compare them, for example, to the vile, anti-Semitic cartoons that appear frequently in the Arab press. The cartoons are said to be offensive because Muslims don't believe in depicting the prophet, even in complimentary ways. I can understand that. Likewise, we Christians don't believe in submerging crufixes in urine, and calling them art. So the Muslims can adhere to their prohibition; but if someone else chooses to draw a picture of the prophet--or, say, eat bacon--it should not be an occasion for threats of genocide. For the State Department to suggest that there is some shadow of legitimacy to the widespread, violent reaction to the cartoons is unfortunate, to say the least.