And last week, the United Nations permitted the Iranian president, who has called for the destruction of the United States and Israel, an opportunity to address its Members. It allowed the Venezuelan president to call for the world to unite against America. That such a meeting occurs on American soil and that we go to this dubious organization for "approval" when it comes to defending ourselves is abominable.

Now, five years after 9/11, I ask myself why does a Muslim have a moral right to his or her dogmas, but we must be continual apologetic and tentative about our rational principles of free speech? Why are Muslims allowed to respond with death threats and violence? Help me understand why we admonish the good to pacify the evil? Why do we permit this inexplicable double standard by continuing to apologize, apologize, apologize? Is it not yet clear that by accepting that tenet of Islamic teaching that prohibits criticism, we are in fact surrendering our tenet of free speech? I say Muslim Islamic rage be damned; my memory is simply too good to collude in any apologies. My memory tracks to 9/11.

"Pope implies Islam a violent religion...Muslims bomb churches." This revealing if not ironic headline appeared on the Redstate blog.