[thesharkboy]

Un-freaking-believable. Did the State Department say the same thing when a cross was put in a jar of urine?

[Sir Gawain]

WTF BARF!

[Texas_Jarhead]

Time to flood Foggy Bottom. This is absurd.

[Choose Ye This Day]

The State Department is full of nothing but spineless, appeasing crapweasels.

Courtesy of Pookie18's Today's Toons thread.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Well...at least the feds condemned that stupid cartoon in the WAPO the other day...so they're 1-1...in the great toon wars.

[Sir Gawain]

Oh, "State Department". That explains it.

[Libertina]

Not unbelievable. These people are cowards who quake in their tasseled loafers when hearing the word "Muslim."

[mbraynard]

This whole situation must have liberals in a quandry as it puts in conflict two of their cherished beliefs:

1) Absolute free speech in the press

2) 'Religious tolerance'

[Texas_Jarhead]

http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/home.php

[A message]

Mistake, mistake , mistake.

Get your State Dept. under control Condi.

[popdonnelly]

I'm not a great believer in poking fun at other people's religions. Nonetheless, freedom of the press in other countries is their business, not ours. And not the business of Jihadists.

[dead]

I really thought you linked to a spoof site, but that's a real article.

Our State Department is an absolute mess of hippies and morons.

[tallhappy]

I see no reason for a non-Muslim to be drawing this type of picture. What do they care?

The response is of course crazy. But the idea of insulting people's religion is common among liberals and the like.

The response is a separate issue.

The use of the pictures and inclusion of very nasty pictures not drawn by the same European but presented as such throughout the Middle East is also a seperate issue.

[Lexington Green]

Is this satire?

[samtheman]

There is a difference between cartoons that make fun of Muslims and Islam and cartoons that draw caricatures of Mohammed. In the name of free speech, I support all cartoons of both categories. But from the point of view of diplomacy, I do see a difference.

Personally, if I had talent as a cartoonist, I would eagerly draw cartoons showing how stupid and brainless the Islamic world is, without having to actually draw a picture of Mohammed. Why make fun of someone's belief system, when it's so much more to the point to satarize their bad behavior?

[Frenetic]

Did the US threaten to fire cruise missiles at the papers that do? Nope. Free speech...it is a bitch.

All smokescreen folks. Just like Bush calling Islam a "Noble Faith" in his SOTUA. You could almost see him gag while saying it. If anything the state department making this comment actually invites more public mocking of Islam and Mo-Ham-Head.

[Virginia-American]

Pictures of the "Prophet" (pigs be upon him) through the ages.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Send a Message to the Secretary of State

[Cyclopean Squid]

Arabists have always been the dominant power in the State Department.

[RexBeach]

Well, just as I've thought for a very long time: The State Department is full of pussies.

[bill1952]

She does not speak for "Washington."

Screw her, and any supporters in the US government.