The appointment makes me nervous, as it does Baron Bodissey at the Gates of Vienna. The Baron writes:

The core of Mr. Cumber's mission -- or the mission of any American envoy or ambassador -- is to represent the interests of his country to his host organization or country. Nothing more, nothing less.

And what work do we have "to do in certain areas"? This sounds rather ominous. Is it now time to regulate "hate speech" about Islam, the way the European governments do?

In any case, we've got no business trying to prove our friendship to Muslims. That's a real monkey trap, and we'll be left standing there like idiots with our hand stuck in the jar while the Caliphate is constructed around us.

We've no need to explain anything to do to Islam; Islam has some explaining to do to us.

They can start by explaining the discrepancies between the pious English-language platitudes uttered at the UN and the "death to infidels" rhetoric shouted to the crowds at home in Arabic.

They can explain why their clerics issue death fatwas against people who draw cartoons, make movies, or publish books.

They can explain why they demand more mosques and special accommodations in Western countries when no one can build a church or read a Bible in Saudi Arabia.

And that's just for starters.

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