I know everyone (including me) is justifiably all over Newsweek for their irresponsible reporting which “sparked riots.”

But it’s starting to get to the point of insanity. Check this out.

Afghanistan’s government said Tuesday that Newsweek should be held responsible for damages caused by deadly anti-American demonstrations after the magazine alleged U.S. desecration of the Quran, and it suggested that foreign forces may have helped turn protests violent.

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Afghan presidential spokesman Jawed Ludin said Newsweek’s retraction Monday was a “positive step” toward clearing up concern about the report.

“But at the same time, we feel angered at the way this story has been handled,” Ludin told a news conference Tuesday. “It’s only fair to say at this stage that Newsweek can be held responsible for the damages caused by their story.”

We need to not forget that when we scream and yell that people be held responsible for their actions - as Isikoff and Whitaker should be - that there are also people here who actually rioted and killed people and broke things in their anger that resulted from the story.

One has to wonder where the outrage is from the governments of the impacted countries, that their citizens would react in such a reprehensible manner.

UPDATE 5/18: One has to wonder why this didn’t spark riots.

While Muslims have responded with deadly outrage to the now-retracted report by Newsweek of alleged Quran desecration by U.S. interrogators, there was little outcry three years ago when Islamic terrorists holed up in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity reportedly used the Bible as toilet paper.

Catholic priests in the church marking the spot where Jesus was believed to have been born said that during the five-week siege, Palestinians tore up some Bibles for toilet paper and removed many valuable sacramental objects, according to a May 15, 2002, report by the Washington Times.