Dreams and nightmares
On the one hand, the culture editor of Jyllands Posten eloquently explains why he published the Mohammad cartoons. On the other hand, the Telegraph reports that Muslim clerics in Britain believe that they have won the debate: "They believe that the British Government has capitulated to them, because it feared the consequences if it did not."
Karen Hughes's speech at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum suggests a certain capitulation in the American government as well. Together with capitulation comes the art of saying what is referrred to in Book IV of Gulliver's Travels as "the thing which is not":
Recently, the Palestinian people had an election and voted for change. I want the Palestinian people to know that America shares your hope for a better life and your dream of a state of your own living side by side in peace with Israel, and we are working to help you achieve both.(Thanks to Michelle Malkin.)
