Here is what I posted at Gates of Vienna:

Member nations of the EU should show Obama some appreciation for his support to an Asian country like Turkey, to join the European Union.

Obama stated in Turkey, it is important for Europe to make more gains in diversity of ethnicity, tradition and faith.

Wouldn’t be nice if some EU politicians asked Obama why he doesn’t tear down that fence along the Mexican border so the USA could also – just like the EU - make more gains in diversity of ethnicity, tradition and faith?

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

"I think we are in a period in which this democratic value is under pressure, so it has to be defended" So says Kurt Westergard, of Danish cartoon fame.

Sounds ok to me, as such defenses of free speech go these days. However, it appears that Danish PM Anders Rasmussen will hop on the "Apologists train", along with President Obama, who just can't stop himself from denigrating America's involvement in Europe for the last almost 100 years.

Why is it, that men like Mister Westergard seem to get it, and some men(Obama) never will? The average American has nothing to offer in the way of apology, for there are many of his countrymen lying in shallow graves in Europe and around the world. This was their price, paid in full, for having helped to rid the continents of the world, of the facists hell-bent on taking countries from their legitimate citizens.

Today, Obama has brought shame upon himself by not recognizing the supreme sacrifices made by his countrymen, many generations gone by. Instead, he offers insincere apologies for the Americans of this day, proclaiming we have been arrogantly disrespectful, and dismissive of tender European sensitivities. That was no earthquake felt in Italy this morning, it was the rumbling of brave men and women turning in the graves not of their choice.

This panderer-in-chief, travelling on his ship of state, will have his journies prolonged as the barnacles of the hate mongers attach themselves firmly. Then again, the Euro-socialists, fantasizing in the glory of Michelle's sweaters, will falsely assure the Obama's nothing but good for the "I just Want To Be Loved" tour of Europe, and the middle-east.

The longer he stays abroad, the better for America domestically. The longer he stays abroad, the worse for the world's image of America as an exceptional nation of achievers. We just can't win, it seems.

Bravo, to men like Kurt Westergard. The world, today, could sure use more like him.

Obama is in Turkey at the moment . It will be interesting to see what he has to say, if anything, on this matter.

There was no apology of Mr Rasmussen on the cartoon issue. On Turkey's abstentions regarding Roj TV and the ’cartoon crisis’, he said he totally understands the concerns (Hürriyet). Rasmussen said he would be in close cooperation with Turkey and he would establish good relations with the Muslim world. Commenting on Roj TV, Rasmussen said Denmark would take the necessary actions if the necessary proof was provided and the court made a decision on such matter (RojTV is already banned in Germany). "One of the issues is to have a Turk as one of Rasmussen’s deputies and to have our commanders in NATO command. The other issue we put forward was how to improve relations by being more sensitive over the cartoon issue," PM Erdoğan told the reporters in Ankara (Hürriyet).
Meanwhile, Rasmussen fell down the stairs and dislocated his shoulder.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth - Oscar Wilde

In my country we have a saying. "He who hunts the tiger, must expect to be eaten" - Aristotle Thermopolae

In our country we also have a saying. "He who annoys the elephant, must expect a tusk up the bracket" - Anthony Aloisius Hancock