"But the missing ingredient, so far, is Afghan outrage..."

"... But the missing ingredient, so far, is Afghan outrage. There have yet to be protests, let alone violence — although it’s possible that will take time to build. Yet just this past spring, Afghans rioted in response to a preacher who burned Korans in Florida, which occurred shortly after photos surfaced of a rogue U.S. “kill team” posing with their gruesome trophies. Twenty people died in those riots after protesters in Mazar-e-Sharif stormed a United Nations compound.

The U.S. isn’t taking any chances. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the video “utterly deplorable.”...