In a move that cost them nothing, the US State Department blasted the real cause of tension between the West and Islam: cartoons!

“We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility,” [spokesman Justin] Higgins told AFP.

And ‘press responsibility’ means the responsibility to print what we tell ’em!

No wonder the US came out on this one. They can’t stand it when the media won’t follow message discipline. Whip them into shape!