Muslim tantrums over 'insults' hit Egypt, Libya

Washington Post:

U.S. diplomatic compounds came under attack in two Muslim countries on Tuesday, with the walls of the embassy in Cairo breached by protesters and a consulate in Libya under attack by militants. 

A group of protesters scaled the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday evening and entered its outer grounds, pulled down an American flag, then tried to burn it outside the embassy walls, according to witnesses. In Benghazi, Libya, the consulate was attacked by militants, and Libyan and American officials were working to secure the compound, a State Department spokeswoman said. 

In Cairo, protesters said they were demonstrating against anti-Islamic attitudes in the United States and an alleged film in the U.S. that insulted the Prophet Mohammed. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed at a briefing that the security breach had taken place and said she was not aware of any injuries. 

“We are, obviously, working with Egyptian security to try to restore order at the embassy,” Nuland said. “We all want to see peaceful protests, which is not what happened outside the U.S. mission, so we’re trying to restore calm now.” 

Nuland downplayed any significance of the protest to U.S.-Egyptian relations. “I think the bigger picture is one of the United States supporting Egypt’s democratic transition and the Egyptian government very much welcoming and working with us on the support that we have to offer,” she said.  

Nuland later confirmed that a U.S. consulate in Bengahzi, Libya had been attacked in a similar incident. “We are working with the Libyans now to secure the compound. We condemn in strongest terms this attack on our diplomatic mission,” she said. The Associated Press reported that no one was in the consulate at the time, and quoted a Libyan Interior Ministry official as saying that protest was also against a video that defamed the prophet.

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I guess it is asking too much of some Muslims to act with maturity in the face of what they perceive as insults by people unrelated to the government of the US.  It apparently is also asking too much of our State Department To rebuke these mobs for what they are instead of issuing their own ritualistic semi apology.  Instead we get a less than robust defense of freedom offered in a "Thank you.  May I have another" tone indicative of either a frat house initiation or Fifty Shades of Grey.  Pandering to the childish reactions of the professionally insulted only encourages their bad behavior.

The film that allegedly provoked the tantrum is a Dutch film that has nothing to do with the US.  I guess they just expected a better grovel from Obama.

Charles Krauthammer has his own response to the tantrum throwing mob: