This whole thing has got the left searching to defend Obama and his reelection efforts and I believe it’s unnecessary. These protests, particularly in Libya their origin, were not initially due to the anti muslim film. In Libya it was a planned event to mark the anniversery of 911, the organizers just stumbled into the film and used it for cover. The press was covering the film and other agitators picked up on it and spread it to do what agitators do. These agitators have their own agenda, whether they are all supporters of Al Qaida remains to be seen, but they are all part of some political organization trying to further their cause. None of this is necessarily Obama’s fault, his admin may share some of the blame in Libya if they were warned ahead of time and didn’t react, but without specific information, like on 9/11 its hard to justify over reaction to a non specific event. Those scling our embassies and torching buildings are not typical, they are the agitators, just as they infiltrated the OWS movement. They have a separate agenda and are good at promoting it, playing right into the vulnerablities of the muslim youth.
I agree that the majority of Muslims do not resort to violence even when hurt by some idiot making a cheap film.

Of course this isn’t a case of entire countries rising up to attack Americans, but the availability of people in the Middle East and even Muslims around the globe willing to clash with police, burn things down and scale embassy walls is alarming. Sure, the Tea Party is crazy, but they don’t start massive, violent protests outside Muslim countries’ embassies every time an American flag gets torched overseas.

And Jon Stewart captured it brilliantly when he said, “Religion – It’s given people hope, in a world torn apart by religion.”