Asad Abukhalil had a good posting about this earlier today:
Irony: pro-Western Islamists versus anti-Western Islamists
One has to note the irony. Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of Hizbullah supporters demonstrated against the offensive internet film. It was noteworthy that the protest by the "anti-American" Islamist Shi`ite party did not result in one act of violence while the protests by "pro-Western" March 14 Salafites in Tripoli (Lebanon) resulted on attacks on KFC and Hardee's. (The press indicated that the attackers ate all the fried chicken before setting the restaurant on fire--kid you not). So the pro-US Islamists are more dangerous than the anti-US Islamists? And the Islamists of Benghazi who attacked and killed the Americans were also part of the pro-NATO Islamists. What does that say? Plenty.
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/09/irony-pro-western-islamists-versus-anti.html
I thought it was a nice touch that the goons ate all the chicken before burning the place; at least the food didn't go to waste. And those are the people that the State Dept wants to send against Hizbu'llah and run the place instead. The future looks bright...and with that phrase, I am indeed only referring to the glow of the fires that'll be set.
Saw some of the footage of the event. Massive and well organized, very discliplined HA core with a large cross-section of their non-Shiite supporters prominently on display. It was interesting to see a lot of Christians and others still supporting the Party at this time.
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