"I think the press ambushed some State Department people and spun up some statements (probably pretty innocuous) and tried to make it sound like the U.S. was BLASTING the cartoonists, and siding with the violent demonstrators."
Nevertheless, the State Department is a pack of Weasels and always has been. They seem to bend over backwards to serve anyone but the U.S.
Pack of weasels? Yes. There have been far too many weenies with their own agendas over there. I don't trust them very far, but I trust the MSM even less. In this case, I think the press is getting the best of us.