[Kaveh]

Blasphemy accusations are a dangerous game, as we have seen in Afghanistan, where the accidental incineration of religious texts this February resulted in protests and attacks that killed at least 40 Afghans and Americans; or in Pakistan last month, when a young Christian girl was arrested for allegedly burning a Quran, causing hundreds in her community to flee their homes in fear of retaliation; or in the famous case of 2005, when a Danish cartoonist's depiction of Muhammad caused protests across the Middle East that killed at least 100 people.

In an environment like this, and especially as the United States struggles to establish new diplomatic relationships with quickly changing societies all across the Middle East, Bacile's decision to produce a provocative anti-Islam video was both reckless and foolish.

Bacile was not the one to carry out the attacks against the American Embassy in Benghazi; he is not responsible for the deaths of four Americans on Tuesday. But his actions will complicate the ongoing efforts of Stevens' peers, diplomats from Western countries and others, as they work to establish a peaceful presence in the burgeoning democracies of Northern Africa and the Middle East

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