You know there are times when you have to give the freakishly paranoid conservative panic movement a nod. You know when they say things like the nation is lost, the US is under socialist invasion, that eating your vegetables is a communist plot... well, note this out of Geneva from a couple of weeks ago:

A top UN official has condemned as "inadmissible" Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland. "Such declarations on the part of the head of state are inadmissible in international relations," said Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the UN chief in Geneva. Col Gaddafi criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country.

...and compare it to this out of Washington now:

The US state department has apologised for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad against Switzerland. Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend. Col Gaddafi had criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country. Mr Crowley described it as "lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense."

Really? Do you really really have to apologize for that? Granted Switzerland is one of the most conservative Western countries and Gaddafi is a conservative authoritarian so it is no wonder that the pinkos in charge of the White House get a little confused but... really? You really need to apologize for that?