> It is ironic that these two events are unfolding at the same time.
> Furor over the Danish cartoons covers the fact that the power elite
> of the other predominantly Muslim states are totally subservient to
> the Euro-American hegemony. Only Hugo Chavez, a non-Muslim, is
> willing to buck it and side with Iran.
That is pathetic, is not it? But it is revealing of the nature of today's politics, not limited to the Arab world. People are getting incensed over cartoon characters, fictitious figures and religious symbols, but swallow raw the economic and political crap that the ruling classes dish them out.
Wojtek