this is so disheartening:

U.S. CONDEMNS CARTOONS

The United States condemned the cartoons on Friday, siding with Muslims who are outraged that newspapers put press freedom over respect for religion.

"We ... 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," said State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper.
of all the nations in the world i would have put the US amoung the largest supporters of free speech (dhimmis all) something MUST be done about this.