The Second Battle of Denmark

Scarcely a year after Jyllands-Posten's decision to publish cartoons that mildly mocked the "prophet" Mohammed and the subsequent wave of threats, violence and bloodshed by "peaceful" Moslems across the globe, a second confrontation against the Danes is shaping up.

This one goes even further than the first in showing the complete lack of rationality on the part of the Moslem side:

Videos showing anti-immigrant party members mocking the Prophet Muhammad were pulled from Web sites Monday as two youths seen in the clips were reported in hiding and the Foreign Ministry warned Danes against travel to much of the Middle East.

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The video was produced by an artists' group, Defending Denmark. In a message posted along with the video, the group said it had infiltrated the Danish People's Party Youth, known as DFU, for 18 months "to document (their) extreme right wing associations."

"This is not an example of something that is meant to provoke. This is an example to show how things are in Danish politics," artist Martin Rosengaard Knudsen told Danish public radio.

So even though the beneficiaries of this reporting would presumably include many Moslems -- that counts for nothing because the makers of the documentary didn't black out the images of my blog's mascot!

Hmmm. If my life were in danger from a bunch of neo-Nazis, I'd be more than happy for the video to show exactly how vicious they were. Obviously, the Moslems are so medieval that a superstition against depicting their prophet is a higher priority to them than their very lives.

In a sense, this part isn't news. After all, the cartoons the Musselmen used to excuse their first wave of rioting were drawn ultimately due to the difficulty experienced by the author of a children's book about Mohammed in finding illustrators.

But other things here are newsworthy. First, consider that Denmark is a small country whose government cannot project military power as well as a certain other country I can think of that ought to have done so long ago.

Citing critical media reports from many Muslim regions, the Foreign Ministry cautioned against travel to Gaza, the West Bank, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.

"Against that background, we urge Danes to use caution as the matter could possibly lead to negative reactions. The atmosphere and reactions can vary dependent on time and place. Danes should be aware of the local mood," the ministry said. [links dropped]

A government should be warning terrorists against the harm that will befall them if they continue to act as they do -- not convey the threats of the terrorists to its own citizens. That the Danish government finds itself having to do this is a direct result of America's irresolute prosecution of the war, of which the Cartoon Riots were a part.

Second, we see more direct fallout from last year's capitulation by the West after the Cartoon Riots.

The clip was removed from that broadcaster's Web site Monday, as well as from a newspaper's site.

Nice. If you're an Islamofascist. You can riot about something else now. You can now say accurately that last year's riots effectively outlawed editorial cartoons as well as accurate journalism.

And there's this:

A party official reportedly said that two youths seen in the video clips had gone into hiding.

Not to condone racism or thuggery, but it's a sad sign when a country's home-grown thugs are afraid of their own shadows no thanks to that country's law enforcement.

And finally, we have an ominous indication that the worst elements in the Moslem world are really beginning to feel their oats.

In Jordan on Monday, a powerful umbrella for some 200,000 professionals including engineers, doctors and journalists, said the video "reveals hatred toward the Prophet who came to the world with a message to enlighten the people."

"We call on all Muslim states to sever relations with Denmark or any other country which harms Islam," the associations said in a statement.

They said the video revealed the "nature of the struggle between Muslims and their enemies which are led by America."

The associations are vocal critics of the moderate policies of Jordan's pro-Western government. Hard-line Muslims and leftists in these associations have repeatedly called on the government to abolish a 1994 peace treaty with Israel. [link dropped, bold added]

Is it any wonder that anti-Western forces in the Islamic world feel emboldened now? If we didn't stand up for freedom of speech last year, why should they worry about us standing up for a friendly regime in the Middle East now?

We have just barely begun to pay the price for last year's ignominious surrender and our continuing inconsistent, less-than-ruthless prosecution of the war.

-- CAV