Amazingly, and sadly, it would appear the US government has chosen the way of appeasment: US State Department weighs in on cartoon, on side of muslims

I'm frankly shocked by this. At least this little weasel from the State Department, Mr. Kris Cooper, refused to call on American papers not to print the cartoons.

To my muslim friends, I hope you understand to many of us here in the West, this is not about insulting Mohammed or Islam. I know just how infuriating this sort of thing can be. Hell, in the US, an artist got an endowment from the NEA to dip a crucifix into a jar of his own urine, and it was labelled 'performance art'. But silencing the obnoxious by making threats or worse is not the answer.

To Condi, and the rest of the clods at the US state department.... shame on you.