Cupp: Muslim Uprising Not About A Movie

"We've got this all wrong," says S. E. Cupp.

Our public statements on the developments in Libya, Egypt and now Yemen, have bought wholesale into the false premise that the attacks on our embassies and assets were in retaliation for an amateur video some idiots made lampooning Islam.

The tawdry little film is the red herring. As was the Danish cartoon, and every other rationale Islamic terrorists have given for killing innocent people (including many Muslims). Even acknowledging the film in our official statements is giving credence to a lie. Waxing poetic about free speech and religious tolerance might make us feel like good and high-minded people, but it does nothing to alter the threat. Islamic extremists will not be intellectually bullied into sanity or respect for life. Our imposing strength, our military might and our readiness to use it is the only response that matters.

The UK Independent reports that the "U.S. State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert ..."