Strange doings in Belgium

If a European capital burns, and no one reports it, does it actually happen?

That is the question posed over on Gates of Vienna.  While the American news media fixates on petty bureaucratic back-stabbing over interdepartmental memos, the world continues to turn and burn.

The question of whether liberating Iraq has made the US more or less safe is revealed to be utterly irrelevant when is faced with the reality of violent uprisings in Europe's most peaceful and accomodating countries.

Belgium is naturally seeking to appease the insurgents, reportedly releasing 10 suspects in a gesture of goodwill and utter cowardice.

Of course Belgium was famously opposed to the Iraq campaign, even going so far as to threaten Donald Rumsfeld with being charged as a war criminal.

The fundamental question Democrats therefore need to answer is this:  If US involvement in Iraq is so central to the anger and radicalization of the "Muslim Street," why is Belgium being hit by riots?

Comments

[dymphna]

If Rumsfeld weren't SecDef, they'd still hate whoever was in the catbird seat. This is about making Iraq into Vietnam but Iraq won't roll over.

Darn hard to find dependable natives anymore.