for more, i can speak to rick stengel from the state department. this was an attack on france. how alarming was it for the united states? >> not just an attack on france. it is an attack on freedom of expression -- freedom, to use satire or comedy and much larger than just an attack on france. we have to defend those valleys. -- values. >> you are doing a hearts and minds effort. you look at what the west is up against and it is almost impossible. people walked into offices and shoot journalists. >> it has been around for hundreds of years. our partnership with france is older than britain. it has been about fundamental values, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. what we are seeing with other publications at reprinting the cartoons and with imams and clerics condemning this, there will be a revolt into this. it will buttress freedom of speech. >> you have moroccans and egyptians coming out and attacking -- condemning the attack. what more would you like american allies to do? >> we salute them. the thing we forget about is that the line share of muslims are peaceloving w