Who authorized this and why?

US sides with Muslims in cartoon dispute

That's it, fuck the president. I'm switching sides.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of the Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion.

Thier death cult deserves nothing but ridicule. The right to say what you want should be preserved above all.

By inserting itself into a dispute that has become a lightning rod for anti-European sentiment across the Muslim world, the United States could help its own battered image among Muslims.

Fuck 'em, they will hate us no matter what. Do you honestly think that the muslims loved slick willie because he did everything they asked? They took advantage of him at every oppertunity. They will do the same to bush.

"These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims," State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question. "We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable."

It's not the US press you fuckwit, stay out of Denmarks biz unless they ask you.

"We call for tolerance and respect for all communities for their religious beliefs and practices," he added.

A big "Fuck you" too. I will respect islam when they respect Roman Catholicism.

Major U.S. publications have not republishing the cartoons, which include depictions of Mohammad as a terrorist. That is in contrast to European media, which responded to the criticism against the original Danish newspaper that printed the caricatures by republishing the offensive images themselves.

God forbid that the US press offend thier and the state department's allies in the middle east.

It's a sad day when the european papers have more guts than American ones.