The right-wingers whipping themselves into a frenzy over Abdul Rahman's death sentence think they have an issue that can distract the country from their government's incompetence. Guess again. The ghastly decision to kill a convert is the direct result of Republican ineptness, and it's likely to happen again - in Iraq.
Blaming non-extremist Muslims for the despotic laws of Afghanistan is like blaming blacks for being on low ground when Katrina struck. Conservatives tried that tack, too, but decent Americans recoiled...
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