The Cartoon War is ramping up to full speed with the burning of Danish embassies in both Lebanon and Syria (in Lebanon, the Islamists also threw stones at a nearby Catholic church - in Syria, they also burned down the Norwegian embassy). Its now being tossed about that the violence has risen to the level to allow NATO to invade since both Norway and Denmark are NATO allies and the embassy ground is soverign.

It goes without saying that this situation has gotten out-of-hand, and honestly, I don't see any end in sight. This is simply the way things are done in the Middle East. Find something to be offended about, then rail with violence and threats until people die or an 'acceptable' apology is issued. Well, an apology was already issued - one I totally disagreed with - yet here we are, with escalating violence.

So what now for the Western world? Bow down to the most violent group of people in existence on the planet today? Or just stand back and watch it continue to escalate.

Some countries have already bowed down, including in the UK:

Yesterday, more than 1,000 demonstrators staged a second protest outside the embassy. The only arrests made were of two men found carrying cartoons of Mohammed. Police said they had been detained "to prevent a breach of the peace". A man dressed as a suicide bomber, however, was left unhindered, while the police sought to prevent photographers taking pictures.

Absolutely disgusting. More like this please.

UPDATE: Austrian embassy attacked in Iran, Danish embassy attacked in Iran and related violence in Afghanistan (plus stone-throwing protestors in Somalia).

UPDATE #2: Violence (though its not clear how much) also in Indonesia as the US and Danish embassy are 'attacked' (BBC's word).

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