Is there no end to the violence that rages in the Middle East? What has happened to the pseudo-utopian words of George W. Bush, delivered at his 2005 Inauguration address just 10 months ago:

By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well – a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world.

A fire burns in the minds of men… and that fire is not freedom, but fear and violence.