Why They Hate Us

Bin Laden lambasts the Europeans:

Osama bin Laden, in a new audio message posted Wednesday, condemned the publication of drawings that he said insulted the Prophet Muhammad and warned Europeans of a "severe" reaction to come.

The caveman warned:

"The response will be what you see and not what you hear and let our mothers bereave us if we do not make victorious our messenger of God," said a voice believed to be bin Laden's, without specifying what action would be taken.

Ah yes, slaughering civilians. So easy, a caveman can do it!

So explain to me again about how our invasion of Iraq has caused the jihadis to hate us?

Oh, right, invade Iraq or publish cartoons. One or the other will enrage the Islamo-fascist nutballs.

Glad we cleared that up. I await the judgment from the Nuanced-Americans about just how far we should retreat to satisfy our enemies' many and ever-expanding demands on us.