The Diane Rehm Show

I am tired of the Muslims who have called into the station and talking about how we have riots and clashes, they mentioned the Rodney King insident. First of all America gives its people the Freedom of Speech and yes ther have been riots, and thoso who have broken the law do get arrested and they have their day in court and if found guilty they go to jail. Those who killed our Ambasador will never be found, and if they are will probably be rewareded. They kill and burn in the name of Allah, I still remember those contractors that were killed, burned and then hung from a bridge. This video is just another excuse to kill Americans. The people of all these countries asked for help and now they bite the hands that feeds them. America has to wake up and pull out. Yes there are good people in these country but unfortunatly they are the few. The majority of these people are fanatics and indoctrinate their children to hate us, its a cycle that will never be broken.I am glad that America open her arms to me, this might not be perfect but it beast the alternatives. GOD BLESS AMERICA A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE FREEDOM

Regarding anti-Muslim films, cartoons, etc., I think that many people in Western-style democracies do not agree with the ideas, but feel as if our rights to free speech are being held hostage by the violence erupting from fundamentalists all over the Muslim world. We should not allow our rights to be abridged through apologies and appeasement by Western governments. This is taking respect for religious faith too far. It is unlikely that we would see threats and violence of this magnitude from any other religious group, even if their religious sensibilities were violated in an extreme way.

kathleen wrote: Do we know if this was an attack in retribution for the U.S. drone killing of Al Libi.

How does Obama and the campaigns "spiking the ball" play in your misinformed little world Kathleen?

"Last week John Kerry said: "Ask Osama bin Laden if he is better off now than he was four years ago." According to the Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram, the Cairo mob answered that taunt with the chant: "Obama, Obama there are still a billion Osamas."

Last Sunday on Meet the Press David Gregory asked Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu if he was trying to influence the U.S. Presidential election. Netanyahu of course denied such efforts. This week an ad with PM Netanyahu has been released in Florida with Netanyahu's "red line" speech about Iran which we know will stir up votes for Romney in Florida.

Please discuss this foreign leader making such extreme efforts to influence our election. Now we know that Israel influencing our Presidential elections has become normalized but that does not make it acceptable. What other country so publicly tries to influence our elections like this?

It's absurd that Israel is demanding "red lines" in regard to the unsubstantiated claims about Iran when Israel crosses the "green line" everyday undermining their own security and U.S. national security....daily

The motive for this film is not in question. It was made to cause trouble in the Muslim world, with the purpose of hurting anyone working with, having sympathy for or living in, plus all Muslim people who would object to the film. I find anyone who does ANYthing with the sole purpose of hurting people as heinous,, criminal and wrong. There is NO right of free speech for anyone who does it with the intent of causing harm and this movie was made with that intent. Don't muddle up the debate with the idea that it in any way deserves the right of free speech protection. I am in favor of serious, respectful discussion of differences to find ways to come together with respect for both sides, but This had no such intent and does not deserve any protection. If there was any other motive, the people who financed and made this film would be open about who they are and with the actors. But they lied all the way through because their motive, they knew, was criminal.

I am a proud American of Chinese heritage who researched both American and Chinese histories after being told "to go back to where you came from." I note that your panel was mistaken about the Diaoyutai islands.

Unlike expansionist acts elsewhere, these islands have considerable, historic meaning to the Chinese People. The Communist leaders risk losing the "mandate of the people." Too weak back in 1972, they made little noise when we turned the islands over with Okinawa to the Japanese, while breeching Taiwan's territorial integrity.

Japan took these island as part Taiwan in 1895 after China lost to Japan in their first invasion. Japan's colonization effort continued until their defeat in World War II. During the period in between, they built a Japanese railroad over Manchuria and created the puppet Manchukuo. The very racist Black Dragon Society, which viewed the Chinese as second class human beings, spearheaded their efforts and its inheritors are personified by Ishihara, Tokyo's mayor, the instigator behind the current dispute

And, the Japanese invasion was every bit as savage as the Nazi's were in Europe. [Unit 731 tortured prisoners and a head-chopping contest was heralded in the Japanese news media.] Most Chinese families have suffered at their hands and the memories have not faded. Germany had apologized over its atrocities but Japan never did. So, the wounds have never healed and they are reopened easily.

So, we gave away islands to which we have no right. To us, they are worthless, but to the Chinese people on both sides of the Strait they represent their dignity.

One possible solution is for us to negotiate with Japan and return the islands to Taiwan. Neither we nor Japan would be caving in to China. And, they would be in Chinese hands so the Chinese dignity is intact. Finally, Taiwan would regain lost territory.

Why is it called "Green on Blue" attacks when it is infiltrators and not the actual Afghanistan Military doing this. That term implies that all of the Military is against the U.S. Not sure that is true.