I think JerseyGuy's comment are irresponsible. Unsurprisingly, he puts them forward anonymously.

Al-Qaeda and other militant, extremist Muslim groups have had success recruiting people from the same demographic profile of those who have attacked the American diplomatic corps in Benghazi and have protested near the American embassy in Cairo. Their recruits are, generally, 18-35 year old men who are disaffected, under- or unemployed, and have few prospects.

It's evident that much of the Arab world has a culture of protest which is more common in France, Germany, and Scandanavia than is seen in the United States or Canada - not withstanding a history of oppression in those lands. Too often, protests are used as a political tool by factions in the Arab world - and too often they beget either sectarian or anti-American violence. The result here is a tragic confluence of some Muslims taking offense and others taking advantage in order to attack the Embassy.

This is NOT, however, because Muslims "love violence and killing people." It's because the Arab world has not yet learned democracy, restraint, and tolerance. Lest we forget, the United States had dozens of political riots, race riots, and labor clashes in the 1800s and early 1900s, on top a culture of worker exploitation, slavery, and a bloody Civil War. The Civil Rights era was not free of violence either - both church bombings by the KKK and riots in cities. (Europe wasn't better either - it was worse in both the 18th and 19th centuries.)

But, nobody would say the European or American culture "loves violence and killing people."

So, what JerseyGuy wrote about Muslims is irresponsible and insulting to all people who believe in human dignity. Moderate Muslims do need to stand up against violence, but it's little wonder that they've been cowed into silence by extremists. They're afraid, too - just as many tolerant Southern whites were afraid of backlash by terrorists in the KKK, and just as many tolerant Irishmen and Brits are afraid of backlash from the PIRA and UVF and other paramilitary factions.

This only reinforces the widely held belief that Muslims are intolerant, violent and blood-thirsty. Is there any other religious group in the world today that routinely responds with disproportionate violence to any offending actions? Islam teaches intolerance, hate and violence. Even so-called moderate Muslims are sympathetic to radical, terrorist and violent movements. Even moderate Muslims say they understand terrorists' motivations and frustration and can see why they had to resort to terrorism. Even moderate Muslims provide financial support to terrorist organizations. Even moderate Muslims seek to establish a worldwide caliphate in which Islam would be law and non-Muslims would be at best second-class citizens. Moderate Muslims are complicit in the violence of the radicals. Moderate Muslims are guilty of remaining silent and not speaking out against terrorism. The overall impression I get is that Muslims love violence and killing people.

The obvious question wasn't asked: was the Lybian government behind or supporting the demonstration and violence that killed four US dipomats?

Please see Goldberg's Blog at Atlantic Monthly on investigations as to truesources of film, being erroneously attributed to an Israeli-American in California. This is urgent as misinformation conveyed actually matters.